Elmore, Gloucestershire Family History Guide

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Elmore is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.

Parish registers begin: 1560

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Independent/Congregational.

Adjacent Parishes

Elmore Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.

Elmore, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials, 1556-1812

Elmore, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1913

Marriage and Banns Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.

Elmore, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1755-1938

Death and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.

Elmore, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1813-1921

Poll Books

Poll Book 1834, Eastern Division Gloucestershire The Poll at the Election of a Knight of The Shire to serve in Parliament for the Eastern Division of the County of Gloucestershire taken August 11th and 12th 1834 before Harry Edmund Waller, Esquire, High Sheriff. Candidate Christopher William Codrington, Esquire, and Charles Hanbury Tracy Leigh, Esquire. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Historical Directories

Elmore Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1856

Elmore is a township, parish and village, 4 miles south-west from Gloucester station, in Dudstone and King’s Barton Hundred, Gloucester Union and archdeaconry, and Gloucester and Bristol bishopric.  It is situated on the navigable river Severn. 

The church is an old stone building, in the early English style, has tower, nave, south aisle, two cancels, 6 bells, some monuments and stone slabs within the altar-rails, belonging to the Guise family; the latter were originally covered with brass.  The living is a perpetual curacy, worth £73 yearly, with 40 acres of glebe land, in the gift of the Guise family, of Elmore Court.  The Rev. J. Daniel is the incumbent; the Rev. R. W. Geldart is the curate. 

There is a Free school for boys and girls of the parish, supported by Sir John Guise and W. V. Guise, Esq. Sir John Guise is lord of the manor and principal landowner.  The population is 393, and the number of acres 1,486.

The Back is the name given to a considerable part of the township.
Leightons and the Hollow are farms.

Guise William V. esq. Elmore court

Traders
Arnold Thomas, farmer, the Back
Astman William, farmer
Boughton David, farmer
Carter Jasper, master of Free school
Carter Louisa (Miss), mistress of Free school
Green John, beer retailer, the Back
Griffiths Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Guilding Edward, farmer, the Back
Guilding William, shopkeeper & baker, the Back
Guilding Joseph, farmer
Hargrave John, farmer & parish clerk, Leighton’s farm
Hill George, shopkeeper
Hill John, farmer, Hollow farm
James William, farmer, the Back
Lane Joseph, ‘Stone Bench House’
Meek Daniel, tailor
Merratt Joseph, blacksmith
Niblett Thomas, boot & shoe maker, the Back
Norris John, farmer
Prosser James, farmer
Phelps Elizabeth (Mrs.), beer retailer, the Back
Symonds George, gamekeeper
Titus William, boot & shoe maker
Vick Daniel, farmer
Vick Elias, boot & shoe maker
Vick Mary (Mrs.), farmer
Wathen Deborah (Mrs.), farmer, the Back
Watts Geo. shopkeeper & beer retailer
Watts James, coal merchant

Letters through Gloucester, which is also the nearest money order office.

Free School, Jasper Carter, master; Miss Louisa Carter, mistress.

Source: Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire with Bath and Bristol.  Printed and Published by Kelly and Co., 19, 20 & 21, Old Boswell Court, St. Clement’s, Strand, London. 1856.

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ELMORE, a parish in the district and county of Gloucester; near the river Severn, the South Wales railway, and the Great Western Union railway, 5 miles SW of Gloucester. Post town, Hempstead, under Gloucester. Acres, 1,486. Real property, £2,949. Pop., 374. Houses, 77. The property is not much divided. Elmore Court is the seat of Sir W. V. Guise, Bart. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £73. Patron, Sir J. W. Guise. The church is ancient, but good; and has an embattled tower. Charities, £17.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Maps

Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps

Administration

  • County: Gloucestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Gloucester
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Pre 1836 – Gloucester, Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol
  • Rural Deanery: Gloucester
  • Poor Law Union: Gloucester
  • Hundred: Dudstone and King’s Barton
  • Province: Canterbury