Hawkesbury Gloucestershire Family History Guide

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Hawkesbury is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire. Hillesley is a chapelry of Hawkesbury.

Other places in the parish include: Hawkesbury Upton, Little Badminton, Upton, Tresham, and Saddlewood with Tresham and Killcott.

Parish registers begin: 1603

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Independent/Congregational, Particular Baptist, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

HAWKESBURY UPTON HIGH STREET
Hawkesbury Church Monument 1908
HAWKESBURY UPTON
HAWKESBURY UPTON VILLAGE

Hawkesbury Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

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

Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials, 1578-1812

Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1901

Tresham, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1841-1913

Marriage and Banns Records

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

Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1890

Death and Burial Records

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

Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1813-1951

Tresham, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1856-1988

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.

Cullern, John, of Goursdon, Wilts, gent., bachelor, about 25, and Elizabeth Young, of Malmsbury, said county, spinster, about 17, consent of father, Robert Young, of same, gent., who alleges — at Stannton or Gauersdon, Wilts, or Hawkesbury Upton, co. Gloucester. 18 June, 1673. V.

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

Marriages at Hawkesbury 1603-1812 – Transcriptions

Hawkesbury Marriages 1810 to 1812

William John Denby, of St. Pancras, co. Middlesex, b. (a minor), & Mary Ann Cater, s., lic., 1 Jan. 1810

Matthew Hopkins & Elizabeth Moody, 1 Jan. 1810

John Pear & Mary Hix, 27 Feb. 1810

Joseph Wicks, w., of Tortworth, & Ann Gardner, w., lic., 21 Apr. 1810

Thomas Wait, w., of Great Badminton, & Mary Arthurs, w., 27 Aug. 1810

Thomas Marsh, of Chipping Sodbury, & Jane Hatherell, lic., 20 Sept. 1810

Charles Pinnell & Elizabeth Chappel, 3 Dec. 1810

Daniel Bennett & Mary Nelms, 30 Dec. 1810

Joseph Hicks, of Sopworth, co. Wilts, & Ann Hort, 31 Dec. 1810

John Long, of Titherington, & Elizabeth Cull, 12 Jan. 1811

John Parsons & Esther Smith, 12 Jan. 1811

William Ellery, of Wotton-under-Edge, & Mary Hodges, 24 Feb. 1811

John Fry & Amelia Hort, 18 Mar. 1811

Isaac Milliner & Sarah Bond, 1 Apr. 1811

Michael Edward & Charity Bishop, 22 Apr. 1811

William Limbrick, b., & Hannah Orchard, s., lic., 23 Apr. 1811

James Goulter, b., & Sarah Allen, s., lic., 2 May 1811

John Gleed, of Tormarton, & Esther Hopkins, 7 May 1811

Robert Cook, b., & Sarah Grimes, w., lic., 11 June 1811

Thomas Cooper & Joyce Rouch, 8 July 1811

Thomas Smith, of Great Badminton, & Anna Courtier, 5 Aug. 1811

William Gowen & Ann White, 6 Oct. 1811

Isaac Bishop, of Wotton-under-Edge, & Ann Crips, 10 Nov. 1811

John Lewis, of Luckington, co. Wilts, & Elizabeth Bishop, 1 Dec. 1811

James Niblet & Sarah Chappel, or Sarah Chappel Pritchard, 16 Jan. 1812

George Green & Sarah Winbow, 20 May 1812

William Perks, of Great Badminton, & Elizabeth Maskelyne, 12 Aug. 1812

Cornelius Gazard, of North Nibley, w., & Mary Collins, s., lic., 3 Sept. 1812

Roger Gauntlett, b., of Sherston, co. Wilts, & Cecilia Hickox, s., lic., 17 Sept. 1812

William Rouch & Martha Stinchcomb, 22 Oct. 1812

John Halling, of Berkeley, & Mary Rodway, lic., 17 Nov. 1812

Alexander Watts & Betty Fry, 23 Nov. 1812

Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol V. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 36, Essex Street, Strand, London. 1899.

Hawkesbury Marriages 1805 to 1809

William Hannam, taylor, of Bray Maidenhead, co. Berks, & Sarah Rodway, lic., 21 Mar. 1805

James Stinchcomb & Hester Mallard, 27 Mar. 1805

Giles Collins & Susanna Andrews, lic., 3 Apr. 1805

Isaac Isaac & Ann Amos, lic., 15 Apr. 1805

Robert Butler, of Tetbury, & Mary Hancock, lic., 29 Aug. 1805

John Sanders & Hannah Skinner, 23 Sept. 1805

William Hayward & Elizabeth Vines, 24 Sept. 1805

Thomas Hart, of Great Badminton, & Elizabeth Tandy, 6 Oct. 1805

John Collier & Hannah Thomas, 6 Oct. 1805

Isaac Clarke & Mary Box, 9 Oct. 1805

William Bennett, of Great Badminton, & Ruth Hatherell, lic., 28 Oct. 1805

Isaac Gibbs & Ann Dyer, 16 Dec. 1805

John Howell & Mary Smart, 30 Dec. 1805

Giles Thompson & Mary Drew, 8 Apr. 1806

John Hunt & Ann Harris, 28 July 1806

John Tandy & Jane Webb, 5 Aug. 1806

John Thomas & Ann Hiscox, 8 Oct. 1806

Charles Gibson & Mary Bailey, 16 Oct. 1806

John Burrow, of Frampton Cotterell, & Sarah Box, 5 Feb. 1807

James Hatherell & Ann Gunter, lic., 11 May 1807

William Tandy & Lucy Gulwell, 9 July 1807

Benjamin Eliots & Sarah Rouch, 7 July 1807

Edward Cox & Mary Shill, 27 July 1807

Joseph Bartlett, b., & Martha Procter, of Nettleton, co. Wilts, lic., 17 Oct. 1807

James Thomas & Ruth Hayward, 26 Oct. 1807

Edward Dorney & Anna Maria Hancock, lic., 8 Dec. 1807

Robert Cull & Mary Always, 14 Feb. 1808

Richard Harding, b., of Horton, & Mary Matthews, s., 13 Apr. 1808

Thomas Francomb & Harriet Almonds, 1 June 1808

Henry Stinchcomb & Susannah Cook, 1 June 1808

Edward Hopkins & Diana Stinchcomb, 7 June 1808

John Long, of Great Badminton, & Hester Drew, 25 July 1808

Robert Hopkins & Hannah Rummin, 26 Sept. 1808

Charles Hancock & Ann Edwards, lic., 31 Oct. 1808

John Goulter, b., & Mary Morse, s., of Cam, lic., 8 Nov. 1808

William Niblett & Mary James, 10 Nov. 1808

George Tandy & Hester Thompson, 21 Nov. 1808

Thomas Oldland & Hester Fox, 4 Dec. 1808

Charles Webb & Virgin Clarke, 26 Dec. 1808

Charles Almonds & Sarah Fry, 27 Mar. 1809

James Thompson & Anna James, 10 may 1809

George Hopkins & Elizabeth Lawrence, 16 July 1809

Thomas Smith, of Wotton-under-Edge, & Ann Walkley, 27 Aug. 1809

Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol V. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 36, Essex Street, Strand, London. 1899.

Hawkesbury Marriages 1800 to 1804

Joseph Arthurs & Mary Joyn, 5 Jan. 1800

Jacob Askew & Priscilla Clarke, 30 June 1800

William Brown & Sophia Collins, 27 July 1800

Thomas Blaken & Catherine James, 26 Aug. 1800

Richard Woollright, of Wotton-under-Edge, & Sarah Ashby, lic., 1 Nov. 1800

John Ford & Mary Cox, 1 Feb. 1801

John Robertson & Ann Roach, 10 Aug. 1801

John Allen & Susannah James, 17 Jan. 1802

John Carrington, of Old Sodbury, & Elizabeth James, 16 Mar. 1802

Richard Bennett, of Boxwell, & Sarah Andrews, lic., 18 May 1802

John Teagle, of Wotton-under-Edge, & Ann Coats, 24 May 1802

Richard Hatherell & Betty Naish, 7 June 1802

Thomas Hayward, of Little Sodbury, & Jane Gingell, 12 July 1802

John Tarrant & Martha James, lic., 21 July 1802

Charles Southall & Jane Witchell, lic., 2 Dec. 1802

John Taviner, of Alderley, & Hester Cotes, 25 Dec. 1802

Robert Weight & Ann Ashbee, 26 Dec. 1802

James Carter & Elizabeth Thompson, 6 Feb. 1803

John Harris, of Tetbury, & Mary Hancock, lic., 16 April 1803

John Howell & Esther Cox, lic., 29 June 1803

Isaac Bishop & Mary Bishop, 31 July 1803

Edwd. Collins, of Boxwell, & Ann Hatherell, lic., 6 Aug. 1803

Moses Stinchcomb & Elizabeth Rodway, 22 Sept. 1803

William Tandy & Hester Hopkins, 25 Dec. 1803

Chas. Sansbury, or Sainsbury, & Sarah Watts, 5 Jan. 1804

Daniel Watts & Sarah Watts, lic., 27 Feb. 1804

John Dowling, of St. Nicholas, Gloucester, & Elizabeth Goulter, lic., 15 Mar. 1804

Joseph Cooke & Mary Rannols, 25 Mar. 1804

Edward Noel Stinchcomb & Catherine Dorney, lic., 5 Apr. 1804

Henry Dean & Mary Davis, lic., 15 Apr. 1804

Thomas Gingell & Elizabeth Hodges, 30 Apr. 1804

William Carter & Mary Chappel, 22 May 1804

Thomas Matthews & Sarah Elias, 30 May 1804

William Ball & Ann Cox, 31 July 1804

John Hayward & Sarah Harrison, 12 Aug. 1804

John Niblet & Betty Chappel, 13 Sept. 1804

Thomas Gay, of Nettleton, co. Wilts, & Elizabeth Barrington, 17 Sept. 1804

Nathaniel Sargent & Mary Milsom, 13 Oct. 1804

William Rodway & Esther Allen, lic., 16 Oct. 1804

Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol V. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 36, Essex Street, Strand, London. 1899.

Hawkesbury Marriages 1798 and 1799

Volume VI.

John Morse & Mary Lidiard, w., 15 Oct. 1798

Charles Hughes, of Winterbourne, & Betty Andrews, 20 Oct. 1798

Edward Long, of Tresham, & Sarah Clark, of Alderly, lic., 24 Oct. 1798

Thos. Heaven, of Wickwar, & Sarah Robinson, 30 Oct. 1798

John Haynes, of Oldbury, & Thomazen Witts, of Tresham, lic., 18 Dec. 1798

John Stinchcomb & Mary Cull, 15 Jan. 1799

William Sanders & Frances Tompson, 17 Mar. 1799

Joseph Powell & Mary Ashmead, lic., 10 Apr. 1799

Daniel Stinchcomb & Betty Dancey, 14 Apr. 1799

William Young the younger, of Little Sodbury, & Mary Hatherell, lic., 15 May 1799

Thomas Rowland & Ann Moore, 18 June 1799

Thomas Bishop & Hannah Dancey, 11 Aug. 1799

James Hyde & Susanna Tandy, 29 Sept. 1799

John Roach, of Little Badminton, & Ann Sainsbury, 10 Dec. 1799

Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. V. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 36, Essex Street, Strand, London. 1899.

Hawkesbury Marriages 1790 to 1798

John Hort & Jane Pincott, lic., 13 Jan. 1790

Isaac Reeves, of Cherington, & Mary Viner, lic., 22 Jan. 1790

Richard Yeates, of Broughton, co. & dioc. Oxford, & Sarah Hort, lic., 14 Mar. 1790

Samuel Cook & Ann Stinchcomb, 1 Apr. 1790

John Higgs & Hannah Davis, 26 Apr. 1790

William Powell & Martha Linerd, 4 May 1790

Rev. Lewis Clutterbuck, Rector of Ozleworth, & Catherine Partridge, lic., 20 July 1790

Thomas Jopsons & Ann Griffin, 7 Aug. 1790

Thomas Cooper & Ann Thomson, lic., 14 Aug. 1790

Joseph Stinchcomb & Sarah Cussons, or Cousins, 15 Aug. 1790

Hugh Watts & Betty Jackson, lic., 21 Nov. 1790

Isaac Mealin & Mary Ashbee, lic., 2 Jan. 1791

John Watts & Hester Chappel, 31 Jan. 1791

Arthur Hobbs & Mary Williams, 10 Feb. 1791

Thomas Arthurs & Mary Marsh, 8 Mar. 1791

Alexander Watts & Elizabeth Keepen, of Marshfield, lic., 9 Mar. 1791

John Jones, of Wotton-under-Edge, & Ann Rodman, 3 May 1791

William Allaway & Christian Stinchcomb, 13 June 1791

William Winbow & Mary Cleavely, or Cribley, 27 June 1791

William Web & Mary Atkins, 3 July 1791

Robert Harris, of Wotton-under-Edge, & Hannah Somers, lic., 10 July 1791

John Bear & Mary Clark, 22 Aug. 1791

John Hopkins & Hester Allen, 17 Oct. 1791

Thomas Richings, of Little Sodbury, & Hannah Bear, 13 Dec. 1791

Samuel Gully & Elizabeth Kinson, 17 Jan. 1792

Thomas Crew & Martha Allen, 8 Feb. 1792

Henry Stinchcomb & Margaret Turner, 16 Feb. 1792

Thomas Pitt & Tabitha Cooper, of Frampton Cotterell, lic., 26 Mar. 1792

Thomas Cook & Hester Davis, 30 Apr. 1792

Moses Isles & Ann Hancock, 3 Sept. 1792

Thomas Cooper & Elizabeth Dutton, 25 Sept. 1792

John Weight & Mary Dutton, 28 Oct. 1792

William Tait, of St. George, Hanover Square, Westminster, & Ann Somers, lic., 10 Nov. 1792

James Stinchcomb & Mary Chappell, 24 Dec. 1792

James Tiley & Mary Ann Cross, 11 Feb. 1793

John Tandy & Elizabeth Always Rodway, 25 Mar. 1793

John Snell & Betty Webb, 31 Mar. 1793

Robert Stinchcomb & Sarah Rumin, 14 Apr. 1793

Thomas Tandy & Mary Hatherel, 27 May 1793

William Pritchard & Sarah Eyfill, 10 June 1793

John Stinchcomb & Betty Smith, 12 June 1793

James Long, of Horton, & Mary Cook, 25 June 1793

Henry Harris & Hannah Pagler, 23 July 1793

William Cooper & Jenny Andrews, 20 Oct. 1793

Henry Mealing & Hester Dorney Lusty, 30 Dec. 1793

John Rodway & Jane Weight, 3 Feb. 1794

William Jones, of Yate, co. Gloucester, & Mary Stinchcomb, 9 Apr. 1794

John Tovey & Jane, or Mary, Marsh, 14 Apr. 1794

Charles Walker, of Old Sodbury, & Elizabeth Tiley, 8 June 1794

Thomas Neall & Diana Hinder, 16 Oct. 1794

Gabriel Kinson & Eddy Barninton, or Barrington, 13 Apr. 1795

Thomas Andrews & Sarah Niblett, 20 July 1795

James Andrews & Sarah Andrews, 21 Oct. 1795

William Moss & Hannah Pearce, 23 Nov. 1795

John Pitt & Mary Edwards, 28 Nov. 1795

Isaac Tandy & Hannah Mills, 9 May 1796

John Webb & Jane Bick, 23 May 1796

Edward Sumpton & Patience Longden, 18 July 1796

Thomas Merret, b., & Betty Stinchcomb, w., lic., 27 July 1796

Jeremiah Skinner & Mary Slip, lic., 29 Sept. 1796

Robert Stockwell & Christian Thomas, 16 Oct. 1796

Joseph Stinchcomb & Honour Jones Always, 12 Dec. 1796

Thomas Creed & Sarah Long, lic., 31 Dec. 1796

Thomas Jones & Mary Leight, lic., 23 Feb. 1797

William Kilmister & Sarah Webb, 9 Apr. 1797

William Purnell & Hannah Rodway, 18 Aug. 1797

Thomas Carter & Ann Reed, 25 Sept. 1797

John Cooper & Sarah Summers, lic., 30 Dec. 1797

John Gunter & Joyce Bartlett, lic., 1 Feb. 1798

Charles Pinnell & Jane Pitcher, 4 Feb. 1798

John Watts & Diana Brooks, 29 Mar. 1798

William Halloway & Betty Ashby, 1 Apr. 1798

Giles Allen, of Blagdon, co. Somerset, & Sarah Trotman, lic., 7 Apr. 1798

Stephen Dando Alsop, of Frampton Cotterel, & Ann James, 8 Apr. 1798

Joseph Rannolds & Mary Tily, 14 May 1798

Richard Turner, gentleman, of Shirston, co. Wilts, & Mary Bartlett, lic., 31 May 1798

William Roach & Elizabeth Harding, 30 July 1798

Thomas James & Ann Brooks, 30 July 1798

Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. V. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 36, Essex Street, Strand, London. 1899.

Hawkesbury Marriages 1785 to 1789

William Stinchcomb & Mary Mills, 31 Jan. 1785

Daniel Alway, of Horton, & Mary Cooper, lic., 6 Mar. 1785

George Roach & Ann Werrett, 28 Mar. 1785

John Clark & Jane Davis, 28 May 1785

James Dutton & Joyce Webb, 3 July 1785

Isaac Joyns & Margaret Trull, 7 Aug. 1785

James Lidert & Hester Dansy, 11 Sept. 1785

John King & Ann Davis, 18 Oct. 1785

Richard Wilkins & Sarah Thompson, 30 Dec. 1785

James Harrison & Alce Dancy, 8 Jan. 1786

Samuel Stinchcomb & Sarah Ettery, 13 Feb. 1786

William Brookes & Mary Tandy, 18 Feb. 1786

William Thompson & Elizabeth Watts, 15 May 1786

John Stinchcomb & Elizabeth Stinchcomb, 3 Aug. 1786

Nathaniel Pullin & Sarah Pincott, 7 Aug. 1786

Thomas Symmons, of Wotton-under-Edge, & Sarah Hitchman, lic., 5 Oct. 1786

William Lewis & Mary Nibblett, 14 Oct. 1786

Robert Skill & Martha Tanner, 31 Oct. 1786

Thomas Houlder & Mary Weerett, 14 Nov. 1786

Philip Charles, of St. John’s, Gloucester, & Betty Pool, 5 Dec. 1786

William Morgan, of Chipping Sodbury, & Mary Hopkins, lic., 23 Dec. 1786

Thomas Hayward & Mary Wheeler, 19 Apr. 1787

Daniel Fry & Esther Long, lic., 19 Apr. 1787

Nathaniel Tandy & Ann Joyns, 19 June 1787

Thomas Stinchcomb & Sarah Pitcher, 17 Sept. 1787

John Fry, of Weston Birt, & Elizabeth Harrison, 22 Oct. 1787

Christopher Skinner & Sarah Hicks, 22 Oct. 1787

George Flowers & Jane Butt, 24 Nov. 1787

Peter Park, of Kingswood, co. Wilts., & Elizabeth Trotman, 12 Feb. 1788

Edward Stinchcomb & Hannah Hancock, lic., 14 Feb. 1788

Matthew Hopkins & Martha Crew, lic., 11 Mar. 1788

John Clark, of Alderley, & Hester Robertson, 20 Mar. 1788

Henry Andrews, of Frampton Cotterell, & Mary Weetts, of Witts, lic., 16 Apr. 1788

Robert Brooks & Betty Bennett, 11 May 1788

John Park, or Porch, & Ann Arthers, of Arthurs, 3 Aug. 1788

Daniel Allen & Mary Smart, 11 Sept. 1788

James Stone & Hester Alway, 14 Sept. 1788

Henry Arnold, of St. Ann’s, Westminster, & Sarah Walsh, lic., 4 Dec. 1788

John King & Susannah Giles, 2 Mar. 1789

Steven Hiscocks, or Hickox, & Elizabeth Hancock, lic., 6 Apr. 1789

William Stinchcomb & Jane Stinchcomb, 8 June 1789

John Simes, or Sims, & Mary  or Sarah Tandy, 29 June 1789

Joseph Tandy & Mary Stinchcomb, 12 July 1789

Robert Cull & Sarah Mills, 9 Aug. 1789

Thomas Limbrick & Mary Comley, lic., 19 Aug. 1789

John Clark, of Didmarton, & Susannah Tiley, 28 Oct. 1789

William Hodges & Sarah Webb, 2 Nov. 1789

John Hancock & Ann Wigg, of Chipping Sodbury, lic., 11 Nov. 1789

William Rodway [sic] & Alce Moody, 15 Nov. 1789

William Hill & Mary Davis, 16 Nov. 1789

Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. V. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 36, Essex Street, Strand, London. 1899.

Hawkesbury Marriages 1775 to 1784

George Dancy, of Youley, & Sarah Penley, lic., 15 Feb. 1775

Thomas Coalman & Mary Tayler, lic., 28 Mar. 1775

Isaac Collins & Ann Norton, 12 Oct. 1775

Nathaniel Tandy & Sarah Jayns or Joyns, 20 Oct. 1775

John Hunt & Sarah Pretty, 3 Nov. 1775

Robert Gainey, of Horton, & Mary Andrews, 27 Nov. 1775

Joseph Bartlett & Mary Webb, of Alderley or Hawkesbury, lic., 4 Apr. 1776

Richard Lennard, of Hawkesbury or Wotton-under-Edge, & Martha Clark, 30 May 1776

Thomas Traffit, of Sydney, & Hannah Woodward, 25 June 1776

John Morris, of Alderley & Sarah Collins, 26 Aug. 1776

Nathaniel Browning, of Stinchcomb, & Ann Worlock, lic., 8 Oct. 1776

William Williams & Amey Rodway, 9 Dec. 1776

John Rice & Betty Gowen, 27 Apr. 1777

William Stinchcomb & Betty Tandy, 30 May 1777

Robert Ward, of Walcott, dioc. Bath and Wells, & Hannah Chappell, lic., 17 Aug. 1777

Allen Matthews & Elizabeth Wimbole, 25 Sept. 1777

Richard Weeks & Mary Hickox, 2 Oct. 1777

William Saunders & Mary Hewlans, 12 Oct. 1777

John Price & Rachel, or Mary, Davis, 18 Nov. 1777

Nathaniel Wall & Sarah Robbins, 29 Dec. 1777

James Tandy & Sarah Rouch, 5 Jan. 1778

Wm. Edwards, of Ozleworth, & Susanna Dancy, 27 Feb. 1778

James Hayward & Mary Pincott, 20 Apr. 1778

John Combs, of Bradford, co. Wilts, & Decima Wollen or Walne, 25 May 1778

John Eastmead, of Kingswood, & Judith Heaven, lic., 10 Aug. 1778

George Wiatt & Ann Heaven, 13 Oct. 1778

Josiah Viner & Ann Smith, 26 Oct. 1778

Abraham Young, of Brinkworth, dioc. Sarum, & Mary Shipway, lic., 26 Oct. 1778

John Dutton & Sophia Hitchman, 8 Feb. 1779

William Hicks & Hannah Newman, 14 Apr. 1779

John Penley, of Youley, or Uly, & Ann Davis, lic., 20 May 1779

John Marsh & Ann Pincott, 21 Sept. 1779

William Stinchcomb & Mary Urwick, of Great Badminton, lic., 2 Dec. 1779

John Woolley, of Chipping Sodbury, & Sarah Thompson, 30 Dec. 1779

Thomas Coock & Ann Williams, of Hawkesbury, or Horton, lic., 29 Mar. 1780

James Long & Ann Woodward, 4 June 1780

John Reed, of Horton, & Sarah Rodway, 6 Nov. 1780

William Hayes, of Church Yatton, or Yatton Keynnell, & Alice Neale, 14 Nov. 1780

John Pearce & Mary Payn, lic., 17 Feb. 1781

Noah Maggs, of Winterborn, & Jane Pincott, 19 Mar. 1781

John Dutton & Hannah Davis, 5 Apr. 1781

William Pain & Sarah Ball, lic., 22 May 1781

John Dyke, of Chipping Sodbury, & Ann Lee, lic., 24 May 1781

William Risbey, of Didmerton, & Mary Davis, 12 June 1781

Charles Vines & Betty Hewett, 14 Oct. 1781

Thomas Arthurs, or Arthers, & Mary Derret, or Davis, 21 Oct. 1781

James Pincott & Martha Townsend, of Weston Birt, lic., 22 Oct. 1781

John or James Nichols, of Weston Birt, & Elizabeth Trotman, 22 Oct. 1781

Thomas Fry, of Alderley & Ann Hicks, 28 Oct. 1781

Enock Summers & Martha Hale, 12 Nov. 1781

Jacob Hurlstone & Elizabeth Hicks, or Hichkocks, 19 Nov. 1781

Henry Dean & Sarah Robertson, 28 Nov. 1781

Thomas Rouch, of Cam, & Sarah Hayward, lic., 13 Dec. 1781

Samuel Rugg & Mary Amer, 5 Feb. 1782

John Tuman, of Sidney, & Sarah Woodward, 8 Apr. 1782

William Robertson & Mary Pitcher, 28 May 1782

William Isles & Mary Haven, 19 June 1782

Daniel Cox & Susanna Smart, 13 Oct. 1782

John Prout, of Horton, & Hannah Limbrick, lic., 4 Dec. 1782

William Pullin & Jane Coock, 27 Apr. 1783

Samuel Thompson & Jane Pincott, 9 June 1783

Richard Davis, of Pucklechurch, & Ann Allin, lic., 8 July 1783

Thomas Hewlans & Sarah Davis, 20 Oct. 1783

John Pritchard & Patience Chappel, 9 Nov. 1783

William James & Mary Still, or Stiff, 18 Jan. 1784

Isaac Fry, of Alderley, & Martha Wimbow, 12 Apr. 1784

John Gardener, of Kingswood, & Mary Corbet, lic., 30 June 1784

Robert Smith, of Hawkesbury, or Horton, & Mary Always, 7 Sept. 1784

William Matthews & Sarah Iles, of Codrington, 18 Nov. 1784

Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. V. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 36, Essex Street, Strand, London. 1899.

Hawkesbury Strays

William Holliday, of Hawkesbury, & Sarah King, lic., 30 May 1799 married at Alderley

Samuel Frankcom, of Hawkesbury, & Mary Ford, lic., 20 June 1799 married at Alderley

John Hopkins, of Hawkesbury, & Anne Ravenhill, 23 June 1807 married at Alderley

Francis Stinchcomb, of Hawkesbury, & Susannah Briton, 10 Nov. 1790 married at Alderley

Daniel Pincott, p. Hawkesbury, & Martha Williams, 13 Jan. 1756 married at Alderley

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.

Gleed Isaac, Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire, draper, Aug. 29, 1826.

Parish History

Hawkesbury

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HAWKESBURY, a tything, a parish, and a sub-district, in Chipping-Sodbury district, Gloucester. The tything lies under the Cotswolds, 3 miles W of the boundary with Wilts, 4 NW by N of Chipping-Sodbury, and 4 ESE of Wickwar r. station; has a post office, of the name of Hawkesbury-Upton, under Chippenham, a police station, and a fair on the last Friday of Aug.; and gave the title of Baron to the Earls of Liverpool. Real property, £3,554. Pop., 466. Houses, 108.

The parish contains also the tythings of Upton, Hillesley, Little Badminton, and Saddlewood-with-Tresham and Killcott. Acres, 9,770. Real property, £14,234. Pop., 2,173. Houses, 499. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Sir George S. Jenkinson, Bart. A fine tower, erected in 1846, to General Lord R. E. H. Somerset, stands on the brow of a hill, commanding a fine view There are traces of a Roman road.

The living is a vicarage, united with the chapelry of Tresham, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £350. Patron, Sir George S. Jenkinson, Bart. The church is of various dates, chiefly later English; consists of nave, S aisle, and chancel, with a tower; and contains monuments of the Jenkinsons. The vicarage of Hillesley is a separate benefice.

There are chapels of ease at Tresham and Little Badminton, chapels for Independents, Baptists, and Primitive Methodists, two national schools, and charities £44. The sub-district contains also six other parishes. Acres, 20,668. Pop., 4,156. Houses, 920.

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

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Hawkesbury, a parish in the hund, of Grumbald’s-Ash, union of Chipping-Sodbury, county of Gloucester; 3½ miles east-south-east of Wicker. It comprises the the things of Badminton Little, Hawkesbury, Hillesley, Killcott, Upton, Saddlewood, and Tresham.

Living, a discharged vicarage with the curacies of Tresham and Little Badminton formerly in the archd. and dio. of Gloucester, now in the archd. of Bristol and dio. of Gloucester and Bristol; rated at £20 14s. 2d., and returned at £140; gross income £300. Patron, in 1835, the Earl of Liverpool, to whom Hawkesbury gives the title of baron.

Here are a Baptist church, formed in 1730; and 3 daily schools. Charities, in 1827, £44 2s. per annum. Poor rates, in 1838. £768 3s. Acres 8,940. Houses 431. A. P. £6,514. Pop., in 1801, 1.396; in 1831, 2.182. Houses of the tything 90. Pop., in 1801, 335; in 1831, 434.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851

Little Badminton

Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

Badminton (Little), a tything in Hawkesbury parish, Gloucester; 1 mile N of Great Badminton. Real property, £1,478. Pop., 113. Houses, 24.

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

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Badminton (Little), a tything in the parish of Hawkesbury, county of Gloucester. This is a chapelry annexed to the above vicarage of Great Badminton. Pop., in 1801, 95; in 1831, 110. Houses 24

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Badminton (Little), ½ mile from Great Badminton. P. 127

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850

Saddlewood

Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

Saddlewood, a tything, in the parish of Hawkesbury, union of Chipping-Sodbury, Upper division of the hundred of Grumbald’s-Ash, W division of the county of Gloucester, 5 miles (WSW) from Tetbury; containing, with killcott and Tresham, 296 inhabitants.

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.

Tresham

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Tresham, incl. in Hawkesbury parish

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850

Maps

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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: Grumbald’s Ash
  • Province: Canterbury