Frampton Cotterell, Gloucestershire Family History Guide

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Frampton Cotterell is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.

Other places in the parish include: Wick Wick.

Parish church: St. Peter

Parish registers begin: 1561

Nonconformists include: Independent Methodist, Independent/Congregational, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Frampton Cotterell Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers for Frampton Cotterell.

Frampton Cotterell, Bristol Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1561-1812

Frampton Cotterell, Bristol Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1922

Frampton Cotterell, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1870

Marriage and Banns Records

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

Frampton Cotterell, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1870

Death and Burial Records

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

Frampton Cotterell, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1813-1870

Marriage Licences and Allegations

London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869

The following have been extracted from London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.

Abbreviations. — B. Bishop of London’s Office; D. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; F. Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury; V. Registry of the Vicar-General of Canterbury.

Chute, Edward, of the Vine, co. Southampton, esq., bachelor, 27, and Katherine Tracey, of Frampton, co. Gloucester, widow — at Hampstead, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, or St. Clement Danes, co. Middlesex. 28 Sept. 1686. F.

Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887

Bankrupts

Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.

Hill Moses Smallcombe, Frampton, Cotterell, Gloucestershire, brewer, Nov. 20, 1829.

The London Gazette

Debtors Prison

The people listed below were sent to the debtors prison.

Thomas Hathway late of Frampton Cotterell Gloucestershire Saddler and Harness Maker In the Gaol of Gloucester – Saturday the 29th day of March 1851 – The London Gazette 

Discharge of Prisoners

The people listed below were discharged as a prisoners in the debtors prison.

Thomas Hathway sued as Thomas Hathaway formerly of Westerleigh Gloucestershire Saddler and Harnessmaker and late of Frampton Cotterell Gloucestershire Saddler and Harnessmaker – 1 May 1851 – The London Gazette

Parish History

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

Frampton-Cotterell, a village and a parish in Chipping-Sodbury district, Gloucester. The village stands on the river Frome, 2 ½ miles WSW of Yate r. station, and 4 W by S of Chipping-Sodbury; and has a post-office order Bristol.

The parish includes the tything of wick-wick. Acres, 2,120. Real property, £6,167; of which 51 are in quarries. Pop., 1,931. Houses, 418. The property is much subdivided. Hat-making and other manufactures are carried on. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £520. Paton, the Rev. W. C. Fox. The church was rebuilt in 1859, at a cost of £4,931; is in the late perpendicular and debased styles; and consists of nave, chancel, and S aisle, with tower and vestry.

A portion of the parish, with a pop. of 920, is in the chapelry of coalpit-heath. There are three dissenting chapels, two public schools, and a private lunatic asylum.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

FRAMPTON-COTTERELL (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Chipping-Sodbury, Upper division of the hundred of Langley and Swinehead, W. division of the county of Gloucester, 5 miles (W. by S.) from Chipping-Sodbury; containing, with the hamlet of Wickwick, 1991 inhabitants. This place derives its name from being situated on the river Frome, and from Cotel, the name of an ancient proprietor, whose family were possessed of the manor until 1245.

The parish comprises about 1400 acres, principally laid out in pasture; it is intersected by the road from Bristol to Sodbury, and is distant about two miles from the railroad between Bristol and Gloucester. The soil is in some parts a red grit, and in others a deep clayey loam; the surface is undulated, and the scenery varied and picturesque.

The manufacture of hats, which is extensively carried on, affords employment to a great part of the population; and there are some coal-pits and stone quarries in full work. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £11. 16. 0½., and in the gift of the Duke of Beaufort: the tithes have been commuted for £530. 10., and the glebe comprises 60 acres. The church is in the later English style. There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyans.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Maps

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

Administration

  • County: Gloucestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Chipping Sodbury
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Pre 1836 – Gloucester, Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol
  • Rural Deanery: Hawkesbury
  • Poor Law Union: Chipping Sodbury
  • Hundred: Langley and Swinehead
  • Province: Canterbury