Frenchay is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Gloucestershire, created in 1836 from Winterbourne Ancient Parish.
Alternative names: St. John Baptist, Frenchay
Other places in the parish include: Hambrook and Frenchay.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin: 1834
Nonconformists include: Presbyterian, Society of Friends/Quaker, and Unitarian.
Parishes adjacent to Frenchay
Historical Descriptions
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
FRENCHAY, a tything and a chapelry in Winterbourne parish, Gloucester. The tything lies on an affluent of the river Avon, 2 miles NNW of Mangotsfield r. station, and 4 NE of Bristol; is a conjoint tything with Hambrook; and has a post office under Bristol. Pop., 1,621. Houses, 358. The chapelry was constituted in 1836; and is less extensive than the tything. Pop., 1,531. Houses, 337. The property is divided among a few. Frenchay House is a chief residence. A thin vein of coal occurs here in a solid rock. The living is a rectory in the diocese of G. and Bristol. Value, £500. Patron, St. John’s College, Oxford. The church is good.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
FRENCHAY, a tything, in the parish of Winterbourne, union of Clifton, Upper division of the hundred of Langley and Swinehead, W. division of the county of Gloucester; containing 594 inhabitants.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Directories
Frenchay Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1856
Frenchay includes the village and tithing of Hambrok and part of Winterbourne Down, having a population of 1,446. It was separated for ecclesiastical purposes from the parish of Winterbourne, by Order in Council, on the 27th of May, 1836. The special act of Parliament is dated the 21st June, 1841. In this Act it is designated the parish of St. John Baptist, Frenchay. It is in Langley Hundred, Clifton Union. Here are many good residences.
Frenchay Lodge, Cliff Court, Newlands, Begbrook, and Cedar Hall, are places here.
Gentry
Burgess Edward, esq. Frenchay lodge
Carter Rev. John, B.D. [rector]
Clarke Colonel, Newlands
Greenstreet General
Greenstreet Rev. Frdk. Wm. M.A., [curate]
Harford Charles Gray, esq
Harwood Rev. Daniel [Unitarian]
Haywood John, esq
Howse Rev. Henry Edwd. [Unitarian]
Hunt Robert, esq. Cliff court
Johnson Robert, esq
Parsons D. esq. Begbrook
Phillips Miss Georgina
Robinson Lieut.-Col. William Henry
Rooke Mrs.
Slater Mrs.
Surtees Rev. John, [canon of Bristol]
Taylor Miss, Cedar hall
Tuckett Francis, esq
Traders
Cates Thomas, grocer, shoemaker & beer retailer
Emett Walter, stonemason
Hobbs Thomas, iron agricultural implement & edge tool manufacturer
Hutton Charles, dairyman
Mauler George, coal carter
Norgrove Joseph, beer retailer
Pearce Henry, miller
Pinnell Thomas, shoemaker
Shipton Robert, butcher
Veale William, master of National schls
Vowles Hannah (Mrs.), grocer & postmistress
Post Office – Mrs. Hannah Vowles postmistress. Letters delivered at ½ past 8 a.m. & at 6 p.m.; dispatched 20 min. past 9 a.m. & 20 min. past 4 p.m.
St. John’s Church, Rev. John Carter, B.D. rector; Rev. Frederick William Greenstreet, M.A., curate.
Unitarian Chapel, Rev. Daniel Harwood, minister
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 Records
Gloucestershire Archives & Family History Groups
Gloucestershire Family History Society
Gloucestershire
England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996
England, Bristol Parish Registers, 1538-1900
England, Bristol, Non-Conformist Church Records, 1777-1936
Gloucestershire Births, Marriages & Deaths
Gloucestershire Inquisitions 1626-1648
South Gloucestershire Burial Index
Gloucestershire Hearth Tax 1672
Records for England
Births and Baptism Records
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Great Britain, Births and Baptisms, 1571-1977
England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
Marriage Records
Great Britain Marriages, 1797-1988
England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
Death Records
England Death Records, 1998-2015
England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
Great Britain Deaths and Burials, 1778-1988
England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957
England and Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1640-1660
Non-Conformist Records
England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977
Census
England and Wales Census, 1841
England and Wales Census, 1851
England and Wales Census, 1861
England and Wales Census, 1871
England and Wales Census, 1881
England and Wales Census, 1891
England and Wales Census, 1901
England and Wales Census, 1911
Occupations
United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941
War and Conflict
Great Britain, War Office Registers, 1772-1935
United Kingdom, Chelsea Pensioners’ Service Records, 1760-1913
United Kingdom, Royal Hospital Chelsea: Discharge Documents of Pensioners 1760-1887 (WO 122)
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
United Kingdom, Militia Service Records, 1806-1915
United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920
United Kingdom, World War I Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps Records, 1917-1920
Newspaper Archives
British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices
British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries
Administration
- County: Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Clifton
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Gloucester and Bristol
- Rural Deanery: Bristol
- Poor Law Union: Clifton
- Hundred: Langley and Swinehead
- Province: Canterbury