Hailes, Gloucestershire Family History Guide

Hailes is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Gloucestershire, created in 1837 from a chapelry in Didbrook Ancient Parish.

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Parish registers begin: 1814

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Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HAILES, or HAYLES, a parish in Winchcomb district, Gloucester; under the Cotswolds, 2 miles NE of Winchcomb, and 6 SE of Beckford r. station. Post-town, Winchcomb under Cheltenham. Acres, 1,520. Real property, £2,705. Pop., 102. Houses, 17.

The manor belonged anciently to Osgot, the Saxon; and belongs now to Lord Sudeley. A Cistertian abbey was founded here, in 1246, by Richard, Earl of Cornwall; was given, at the dissolution, to Sir Thomas Seymour: and passed to the Marquis of Northampton and the Tracies. Some interesting remains of the abbey are still standing.

The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Didbrook, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol.

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

Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

Hailes, a parish, in the union of Winchcomb, Lower division of the hundred of Kiftsgate, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 2 miles (N. E. by E.) from Winchcomb; containing 120 inhabitants.

Richard, Earl of Cornwall, afterwards King of the Romans and Emperor of Germany, established a Cistercian abbey in the year 1246, the greater part of which was destroyed by fire in 1271, but was restored by the founder at an expense of 8000 marks; it continued to flourish till the Dissolution, when its revenues we’re returned at £357. 7. 8.; there are still some remains.

The parish comprises 1500 computed acres, of which about 250 are wood, and the remainder chiefly pasture, with a due portion of arable land. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Didbrook.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Gloucestershire, Hailes – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Hailes, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Gloucestershire, Hailes – Church history ( 1 )
Hailes : the story of a Gloucestershire abbey
Author: Winkless, Doreen

England, Gloucestershire, Hailes – History ( 1 )
A Cottswold shrine : being a contribution towards the history of Hailes, county Gloucester, manor parish and abbey
Author: Baddeley, Welbore St. Clair

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Directories

Hailes Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1863

Hailes, or Hayles, is a parish, 2 miles north-east from Winchcomb (its post town), in the lower division of the hundred of Kiftsgate, Winchcomb union and county court district, East Gloucestershire, rural deanery of Campden, archdeaconry of Gloucester, and bishopric of Gloucester and Bristol. Here, is a chapel of ease. The living is a chapelry, annexed to the vicarage of Didbrook, and held by the Rev. H. B. Pruen, M.A., of Pembroke College, Oxford. The register commences in 1556.

There is a school, supported by voluntary contributions; and there was formerly an abbey for monks of the Cistercian order, of which some interesting remains are still standing. The population in 1861 was 102; the acreage is 1,278: the soil is stiff clay and gravelly loam. Lord Sudeley is the lord of the manor and landowner.

Ireley and Millhampost are farms.

Edwards Mr. John

COMMERCIAL.

James Richard, farmer

Perret Alfred, farmer, Abbey farm

Smith Thomas, farmer, Ireley farm

Letters received through Winchcomb, which is the nearest money order office

Source: Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and the City of Bristol, Printed and Published by Kelly and Co., Old Boswell Court, St. Clement’s, Strand, London. 1863.

Hailes Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1856

Hailes, or Hayles, is a township and parish, 2 miles north-east from Winchcomb, in the lower division of the Hundred of Kiftsgate, Winchcomb Union, East Gloucestershire, and bishopric of Gloucester and Bristol. Here is a chapel of ease; living a curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Didbrook. There is a school, supported by voluntary contributions; and there was formerly an abbey for monks of the Cistercian order. The population in 1851, was 90; and the acreage is 1,418; soil, stiff clay and gravely loam. Lord Sudeley is the lord of the manor, and chief landowner. Ireley is a farm.

Edwards Mr. John

Traders
James Richard, farmer
Smith Thomas, farmer, Ireley farm
Taylor Samuel, farmer

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

Registrar of Births & Deaths, William Fluck, Winchcomb
Relieving Officer, Edwin Wells, Winchcomb

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.