Icomb Gloucestershire Family History Guide
Icomb is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.
Other places in the parish include: Church Icomb, Westward Icomb, and Round Horn.
Alternative names: Iccomb
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin: 1545
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ICCOMB, a parish in Stow-on-the-Wold district, Gloucester; on the verge of the county, 2 miles SE of Stow-on-the-Wold r. station. It comprises the hamlets of Iccomb and Church-Iccomb, the latter formerly in Worcestershire; and its post town is Stow-on-the-Wold, under Moreton-in-the-Marsh. Acres of I. hamlet, 440. Real property, £874. Pop., 12. Houses, 3. Acres of C. I. hamlet, 530. Real property, £858. Pop., 152. Houses, 34.
The manor belonged formerly to the Cope family, and belongs now to the Rev. John Hopton. The old manor house shows interesting features, but has gone much into decay. A small Danish camp is on a hill.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £130. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Worcester. The church is early English; was about to be restored in 1866; and contains a monument of the Copes.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845
Iccomb (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stow, partly in the Upper division of the hundred of Slaughter, E. division of the county of Gloucester, but chiefly in the Upper division of the hundred of Oswaldslow, Blockley and E. divisions of the county of Worcester, 3 miles (S. E.) from Stow ; containing 162 inhabitants, of whom 16 are in Gloucestershire.
The living is a rectory, valued in the King’s books at £8 ; net income, £149; patrons, Dean and Chapter of Worcester. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in 1809. There is a chalybeate spring. An alien priory was founded by Gervaise Paganel, as a cell to Wenlock priory, the revenue of which, at the suppression, was £36. 3. Here are the remains of an encampment, supposed to be Danish.
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.
Worcestershire Delineated C. and J. Greenwood 1822
Iccomb – a parish in the hundred of Oswaldslow, upper division, 2 miles from Stow-on-the-Wold, and 81 from London containing 31 inhabited houses. It is entirely surrounded by Gloucestershire. The living is a rectory; Rev. John Harward, incumbent; instituted 1796; in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Worcester. Population, 1801, 112 – 1811, 143 – 1821, 146.
Source: Worcestershire Delineated: Being a Topographical Description of Each Parish, Chapelry, Hamlet, &c. In the County; with the distances and bearings from their respective market towns, &c. By C. and J. Greenwood. Printed by T. Bensley, Crane Court, Fleet Street, London, 1822.
Laird Description of Worcestershire 1814
Iccomb is another detached spot, completely insulated by Gloucestershire. It has nothing particularly deserving of notice, except the ancient church, where there is a curious tomb of a knight in armour, surrounded by seven figures, some of which are in religious habits: it lies in a chapel on the south side, under a pointed arch in the wall, and in what is called “Cope’s burying-place.”
Source: A Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Worcester, by Mr. Laird. Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Paternoster Row; and George Cowie and Co. successors to Vernor, Hood, and Sharp, 31, Poultry, London. Printed circa 1814.
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Marriages at Icombe 1563-1812
Note. – The ancient Marriage Registers of Icombe prior to 1812 are contained in two volumes.
Volume I is a book bound in leather, and contains 35 leaves, which measures 12 3/8 in. by 6 in. It is in good condition. The Marriages cover the period 1563 to 1753. They are put together in separate parts of the Register.
Volume II is the volume commenced in pursuance of Lord Hardwicke’s Marriage Act. It consists of printed forms and is in good condition.
These extracts are printed under the supervision of the Rev. George Lewis, by whom they were transcribed. They have been collated with the Registers by the Rev. J. T. Evans, rector of Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire.
Marriages at Icombe 1563-1812 Gloucestershire Parish Registers – Marriages volume 13 – ukga.org
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Icombe Marriages 1563 to 1664
Volume I.
“This Register booke of the Parishe of Icombe was made in the 19 yeare of his Maiesties raigne Anno D’ni 1621. In which allsoe is written all the old Register booke which beganne 1545 and continued vntill this praesent yeare 1621.”
Anthony Morriss & Joana Ansel, 4 May 1563
Thomas Trinder & Fidsaid [? Fitzroy or Frideswide] Smith, 4 May 1563
Anthony Sprooet, clerk, & Anne Wilson [sic, out of order], 7 July 1588
Robert Brian & Sara Mathews, 1 Aug. 1579
William Mathews & Elizabeth Brian, 1 Aug. 1579
Richard Brian & Mary Sandle, 1 Aug. 1579
Thomas Sandle & Elnor Mathews, 7 Sept. 1587
Christopher Fipps & Anne Gribel, 7 Sept. 1587
Henry Ballowe & Mary Brian [sic, out of order], 2 Nov. 1598
George Robbins & Joane Morris, 3 Nov. 1600
Anthony Morris & [Joanes ?] Collet, 19 May 1601
Richard Trinder & Anne Hemming [sic, out of order], 7 Oct. 1598
William Payne & Elizabeth Koome, 7 July 1604
Robert Roach & Katherine Morris, 30 Sept. 1605
Richard Cotton & Margaret Webb, 2 Jan. 1608
George Whitney, gent., & Mrs. Mary [Sabedy ?], 6 Feb. 1608
William George & Elizabeth Butler, [no date]
Thomas Jackson & [not completed]. 17 Nov. 1612
Thomas Fletcher & Katherine Simmer, 29 Apr. 1613
George Brian & Margaret Robbins, 23 June 1613
Richard Ayres & Elizabeth Joanes, 5 May 1614
Morgan Compton & Anne Mitchel, 22 Aug. 1614
Bartholomew Bradshaw & Elizabeth Smith, 20 Aug. 1614
Thomas Wyman & Elizabeth Gree, 3 Oct. 1614
Richard Wealer & Elizabeth Day, 16 Feb. 1617
Samuel Androos & Anne Deinty, 28 Oct. 1618
Richard Ayres & Jane Forward, 8 Oct. 1621
George Androos & Joan Minchin, 23 Feb. 1621
Roger Robans & Sabina Barber, 8 Oct. 1625
Thomas Hodgkins & Alice Saull, 14 June 1626
William Nason & Anne Smith, 24 Aug. 1629
John Shadwell & Sarah Brindle, 4 Oct. 1630
Edward Hathaway & Ellnor Raynolds, 3 Feb. 1630
Anthony Mathews & Alice [Eyes ?], 12 Nov. 1631
Thomas [—] & Anne Gardner, 28 May 1635
John Packe & Joane Robbins, – – 1637
John Roberts & Anne Hutchins, 4 Oct. 1638
Anthony Minchin & Mary Bryan, 1 Nov. 1641
Robert Morris & Mary Cunningham, 30 Oct. 1642
Philip Crosse & Jane Harris, 21 Aug. 1643
Thomas Freeman & Elizabeth Sandle, 9 Apr. 1646
William Johnson & Sara Robbins, 26 Sept. 1653
[The remainder of the page is blank.]
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. XIII. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1908.
Icombe Marriages 1665 to 1753
Thomas Escourt, esq., & Elizabeth Cope, of Icomb, 12 June 1665
George Hambidge, of this p., & Margaret Davies, of Sarsden, co. Oxon, 10 Oct. 1667
William Booth, of Stanton, co. Gloucester, & Mary Gennings, of Rouselench, co. Worcester, 17 Aug. 1676
Thomas Bryan, of Little Risington, & Margaret, d. of George Bryan, of this p., 1 July 1679
Nicolas Carpenter & Margaret Smith, 12 June 1680
John Roberts & Sarah Carter, both this p., 25 Nov. 1683
Thomas Guy & Mary Hall, 28 Sept. 1691
Robert Crow & Elizabeth Day, 4 Feb. 1694
John Smith, of Badsey, co. Worcester, cabinetmaker, & Elizabeth Collet, of Lower Slater, co. Gloucester, 26 Dec. 1699
John Walker & Mary Wayman, 2 Nov. 1701
Edward Enstone, of [U ?]pnoul, p. Blockley, co. Worcester, & Elizabeth Wilson, of Wesscott [Westcote ?], co. Gloucester, 1 Jan. 1704
Benjamin Horniblow, of Worcester, & Elizabeth Collet, of Upper Slautor, co. Gloucester, 28 Nov. 1706
Nicolas Bell, of Oddington, co. Gloucester, & Alice Smith, of Icombe, co. Worcester, 16 Jan. 1706
Simon Woolvin, of Winchcomb, & Frances Robards, d. of John Robards, of Icomb, 30 Mar. 1719
Gervas Castle & Anne, d. of Robert Fletcher, 14 Oct. 1719
William Swaine & Anne Crosly, of Compton Long, co. Warwick, 23 Dec. 1730
William Timbrell, of Wickenford, co. Worcester, & Sarah Browne, of Fairford, co. Gloucester, lic., 9 July 1732
Philip Groves & Mary Hunt, 4 Nov. 1733
[No other entry till 1737.]
William Hicks, of Little Barrington, co. Gloucester, & Ann Mustoe, of this p., 2 Oct. 1737
Thomas Farmer, of Bourton-on-ye-Water, & Mary Garlick, of Upper Slaughter, co. Gloucester, lic., 6 July 1739
John Mason, of Oddington, in the Dioc. of Gloucester, & Mary Hambidge, of this p., lic., 19 June 1744
Thomas Payne, of Northmore, in the Dioc. of Oxford, & Sarah Bryan, of this p., lic., 20 Apr. 1747
Thomas Newman, of Adlesthorp [Adlestrop], & Elizabeth Durran, of this p., 25 June 1748
Daniel Ellis, of Stow, co. Gloucester, & Mary Michill, of Idbury, co. Oxford, 7 Jan. 1753
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. XIII. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1908.
Icombe Marriages 1754 to 1812
Volume II.
[The entries following, down to 1812, are in a new Register, the pages numbered and ruled in accordance with Lord Hardwicke’s Marriage Act.
[The parties are invariably of Icombe, unless otherwise described.]
Thomas Brown, b., of Churchill, co. Oxford, & Ann Durran, s., 4 June 1754
James Smith, b., & Elizabeth Hands, s., 14 June 1754
William Cox, b., & Ann Lock, s., 24 Oct. 1754
Richard Rushell, b., & Mary Richinds, 21 Nov. 1758
Thomas Gillett, b., & Elizabeth Bryan, w., lic., 3 June 1759
Robert Seely, D.D., and rector of the Parish Church of Appulton, co. Berks, b., & Elizabeth Jenner, s., lic., 12 Oct. 1759
William Thomas, b., p. Burford, co. Oxford, & Anne Webb, s., 5 Jan. 1763
John Hale, w., & Sarah Cleft, s., 13 Oct. 1763
William Prude, b., & Anne Castle, s., 12 Oct. 1765
Thomas Randal, b., & Hanah Woolvin, s., 31 Dec. 1767
John Robins & Hannah Walker, 6 Oct. 1768
John Freeman & Mary Bryan, both of Addlestrop, 18 July 1771
Robert Miles & Ann Payne, both of Burford, 10 Feb. 1772
William Mason, p. Comb Basketfield, & Betty Painter, 16 Nov. 1772
Richard Ryland, w., & Elizabeth Bruere, s., 31 Nov. 1772
George Bryan, b., p. Icomb, & Sarah Cambray, s., p. Westcot cum Basket Field1, 15 Dec. 1774
James Maywell, p. Westcot, co. Gloucester, & Ann Ryland, 11 Oct. 1777
George Thornton & Sarah Peyton, 15 May 1779
David Newman & Catherine Cleveley, 14 Sept. 1779
Edward Collet & Mary Shilham, 24 Sept. 1779
John Stait & Elizabeth Leachbury, 13 Oct. 1782
James Terrill, p. Idbrook [Idbury ?], & Elizabeth Shepherd, lic., 16 Apr. 1784
William Lane & Mary Fletcher, 11 Oct. 1784
William Trotman, p. Westcot cum Basketville,+ & Sarah Cox, 12 Oct. 1784
Robert Fisher, p. Icomb, & Mary Trotman, p. Icomb cum Basketfeild,+ co. Gloucester, 25 Oct. 1784
Henry Farrington, w., & Mary Lane, s., lic., 12 May 1786
Francis Berrisford, p. Great Tew, co. Oxford, & Susannah Taylor, 27 Nov. 1786
George Brian, w., p. Icomb, & Hannah Cambray, p. Westcote cum Basketfield, lic., 27 Oct. 1788
Thomas Mason, b., p. Malmsbury [Maugersbury ?], & Ann Davis, p. Condicote, 22 Nov. 1788
Thomas Robins, labourer and b., p. Icomb, & Mary Keene, Icomb Place, co. Gloucester, an extra-parochial joining to this p., lic., 23 Feb. 1789
William Newman, b., p. Icomb, & Ann Wooliams, p. Westcott cum Baskerville, adjoining this p., 27 Oct. 1789
William Randall, b., & Elizabeth Cheshire, 23 Nov. 1789
John Denne, w., p. Wick Rissington, & Mary Hale, s., lic., 8 Dec. 1789
John Nash, b., of Icomb Place, in or adjoining to this p., & Rachel Davis, s., 14 Oct. 1793
John Kimber, p. Fairford, co. Gloucester, & Molly Pegler, lic., 25 Nov. 1793
William Cook, b., p. Bledington, & Hannah Rushall, s., 28 Jan. 1794
William Prude, b., & Hannah Robins, w., 24 Feb. 1794
John Hobbs, b., p. Bicester, & Mary Robins, s., 28 July 1794
William Stayt, b., p. Lower Swell, & Mary Hambidge, s., 28 Aug. 1794
William Lane, w., & Elizabeth Taylor, s., 24 Oct. 1794
John Provis, w., & Ann Goddard, s., 26 Nov. 1798
William Skey, p. Cold Aston, co. Gloucester, & Ann Hambidge, s., 29 Apr. 1802 John Pierce & Jane Sandels, 7 Nov. 1803
“Look for John Smith’s and Elizabeth Beaucham’s marriage on the other side of the book. It is registered there with the Publications by mistake.”
[The entry is as follows :-]
John Smith, p. Shipton, & Elizabeth Beaucham, 25 Oct. 1806
William Hambidge, b., p. Icomb, & Elizabeth Cambray, s., extra-parochial part of Icombe, co. Glocester, lic., 5 Feb. 1807
Charles Trinder, p. Longborough, co. Glocester, & Mary Newman, 16 July 1808
James Beaucham & Mary Pain, 26 Sept. 1808
Richard Pain & Mary Ann Watkins, 3 Apr. 1809
William Butler & Amy Robins, 3 July 1809
Thomas Meabing & Jane Keen, 27 Nov. 1809
Henry Bolton, & Mary Paish, both extra-parochial part of Icombe, co. Glocester, 13 Apr. 1810
Joseph Greening, b., & Charlotte Edwards, s., 20 July 1812
Thomas Newman, p. Taynton, co. and diocese Oxford, & Amy Taylor, 23 Nov. 1812
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. XIII. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1908.
See entry Nov. 16, 1772. Edmond, son of Sir John Blaket (owner of Icomb Place), was succeeded by Anne, his sister, and wife of Ralph Baskerville, who most probably left Combe Baskerville for Icomb Place. See Royce’s Monograph, p.9. Combe Baskerville corresponds to the modern Westcote and Gawcombe. The name was misunderstood; hence cum for Cwm or Comb, Basketfield, etc.
Marriages Out of Parish
| Surname | Forename | Parish Married in | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan | George | Westcote | 1 Apr. 1801 |
| King | William | Westcote | 21 Nov. 1808 |
| Grove | Ann | Westcote | 10 May 1759 |
| Hambidge | Thomas | Westcote | 13 May 1771 |
| Hands | Sarah | Westcote | 16 Sept. 1785 |
| Cambray | Thomas | Westcote | 12 Feb. 1789 |
Directories
Online Directories
Bentley’s Directory of Icomb 1840 – Archive.org
Directory Transcriptions
Iccomb or Icomb Morris Gloucestershire Directory 1876
Iccomb (or Icomb) is a parish in Stow-on-the-Wold union, comprising Church Iccomb and the hamlet of Iccomb, containing, by the census of 1861, 164, and in 1871, 188 inhabitants, and 1156 acres; in the deanery of Stow, archdeaconry of Gloucester, diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, hundred of Upper Slaughter, East Gloucestershire.
Church Iccomb is a village, containing, by the census of 1861, 152, and in 1871, 179 inhabitants, and 506 acres; 2 miles south-east from Stow-on-the-Wold Station on the West Midlands section of the Great Western Railway, 8 north-west from Burford, and 78 from London.
The rectory, in the incumbency of the Rev. Augustin Williams, M.A.., is valued at £130 per annum, with residence, and is in the patronage of the Dean and Canons of Worcester. The church is an ancient edifice, in the Early English style, dedicated to St. Mary; it contains a handsome chancel.
There is a National School for children of both sexes. There are charities producing about £33 per annum, of which £18 goes to the poor of the adjoining parish of Stow, and the remaining £15 is appropriated to the minister and school of this place. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor. The rateable value is £716.
Iccomb is a hamlet adjoining the above village, but for Ecclesiastical purposes only, having the appointment of all officers for civil purposes, and consists of three farmhouses, containing, by the census of 1861, 12, and 1871, 9 inhabitants, and 650 acres of land. The old manor house, which formerly belonged to the Cope family, is very ancient, but has fallen into decay. Leonard Hambridge, Esq., is lord of the manor. The rateable value is £716.
Church Icomb
Williams Rev. Augustin, M.A., rector
Trades and Professions
Aries William, farmer, The Lawn
Collett Thos. Cook, baker and shopkeeper
Hanks Miss Welmuth, shopkeeper
Mason Joseph, parish clerk
Sandalls George, coal agent and carrier
Turfrey William, sexton
West Thomas, farmer
Woolliams Robert, farmer
Icomb
Hambridge Leonard, Esq.. Manor house
Trades and Professions
Hambridge Leonard, yeoman
Lerman George, farmer, Lower farm
Letters through Stow-on-the-Wold, which is the nearest money order office.
National School –
Source: Morris & Co.’s commercial Directory & Gazetteer of Gloucestershire with Bristol and Monmouth. Second Edition. Hounds Gate, Nottingham. 1876.
Icomb Gloucestershire Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1863
Icomb, or Iccomb, is a parish and small village, distant 2 miles south-east from Stow-on-the-Wold station, a branch of the West Midland railway, 8 north-west from Burford, and 78 from London, in Slaughter hundred, Stow-on-the-Wold union and county court district, East Gloucestershire, rural deanery of Stow, Gloucester archdeaconry, and Gloucester and Bristol bishopric.
The church of St. Mary is an old stone building, chiefly in the Early English style; it contains a beautiful chancel, tomb, and some monuments to the Cope family. The register dates from 1545. The living is a rectory, value £130 yearly, with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Canons of Worcester; the Rev. S. Meyrick Higgins, M.A., is the rector.
There is a village school for the children. There is an old manorial mansion of considerable interest, which formerly belonged to the Cope family; it bears marks of having been of considerable importance, but has been allowed to fall much into decay. The soil is stone brash and clay. The Rev. John Hopton (who is lord of the manor), and C. Van Notten Pole, Esq., are owners of the soil.
There are charities of £30 per annum, divided between this and the neighbouring parish of Stow-on-the-Wold. The population in 1861 was 164; the acreage is 1,156, divided into the hamlet of Iccomb with 440 acres and 12 inhabitants, and that of Church Iccomb, formerly in Worcestershire, with 530 acres and 152 inhabitants; these two portions are separately rated.
Parish Clerk, Joseph Mason.
Hambidge Mrs
Higgins Rev. S. Meyrick, M.A. [rector]
Taylor Miss
Cambray Joseph, farmer
Edgington Thomas, farmer
Hambidge Leonard, farmer
Herbert — , farmer
Newman David, tailor
West Thomas, farmer
Letters through Stow-on-the-Wold, 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.
Icomb Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1856
Icomb, or Iccomb, is a township, parish and small village, partly in the county of Gloucester and partly in that of Worcester, distant 3 miles south-east from Stow-on-the-Wold, 8 north-west from Burford, and 3 south-west from Adlestrop station on the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton railway, in Slaughter Hundred, Stow-on-the-Wold Union, East Gloucestershire, Gloucester archdeaconry, and Gloucester and Bristol bishopric.
The church is an old and interesting building of stone, with beautiful chancel, and chiefly in the early English style; it contains an interesting tomb and some monuments to the Cope family. The living is a rectory, worth £130 yearly, with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Canons of Worcester; the Rev. John Harward, M.A., is the incumbent, and the Rev. William G. Clarke, M.A., curate.
There is a village school for the children. There is an old manorial mansion of considerable interest, which formerly belonged to the Cope family; it bears marks of having been of considerable importance, but has been allowed to fall into much decay. The soil is stone brash and clay. The Rev. John Hopton is lord of the manor, and, with C. Van Notten Pole, Esq., owner of the soil.
There are charities of £30 per annum, divided between this and the neighbouring parish of Stow-on-the-Wold. The population, in 1851, was 140, and the acreage is 1,156, divided into the hamlet of Iccomb with 440 acres and 9 inhabitants, and that of Church Iccomb, formerly in Worcestershire, with 530 acres and 131 inhabitants. These two portions are separately rated.
GENTRY
Clarke Rev. William G., M.A. (Curate)
Taylor Misses
Cambray Joseph, farmer
Hambidge Leonard, farmer
Newman David, tailor
Sturch Perrin, farmer
West Thomas, farmer
Letters are received through Stow-on-the-Wold, which is the nearest money order office.
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.
Iccomb (Icomb) Lewis Worcestershire Directory 1820
Iccomb, 2 miles from Stow in the Wold, containing 24 houses and 112 inhabitants.
Hambridge George, gent.
Hambridge Wm., farmer
Hands George, gent.
Morgan Rev. William
Phillips John, farmer
Tidmarsh T., carpenter
West William, farmer
Source: S Lewis Worcestershire General and Commercial Directory for 1820.
Administration
- County: Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Stow on the Wold
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Pre 1836 – Gloucester, Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol
- Rural Deanery: Stow
- Poor Law Union: Stow on the Wold
- Hundred: Slaughter
- Province: Canterbury