Quedgeley is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Gloucestershire, created from chapelry in Gloucester St Owen Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Woolstrop.
Parish Church: St James the Apostle
Parish registers begin: 1559
Parishes adjacent to Quedgeley
- Elmore
- Hardwicke
- Whaddon
- Standish
- Hempsted
- Gloucester St Mary de Lode
- Gloucester South Hamlet
- Matson
Historical Descriptions
Quedgeley
IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF ENGLAND AND WALES 1870
Quedgeley, a village and a parish in the district and county of Gloucester. The village stands near the Gloucester and Berkeley canal, 3 miles S S W of Gloucester r. station; and has a post-office under Gloucester. The parish contains also the hamlet of Woolstrop, and comprises 1,453 acres. Real property, £4,578; of which £1,000 are in the canal. Pop., 408. Houses, 80. The property is divided among a few. The manor, with Q. House, belongs to J. Hayward, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £230.* Patron, J. Hayward, Esq. The church is decorated English; was recently repaired; and consists of nave, aisles, chancel, and porch, with tower and spire. There is a national school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Quedgley, 4m. S. Gloucester. P.276
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850
Woolstrop
THE PARLIAMENTARY GAZETTEER OF ENGLAND AND WALES 1851
Woolstrop, a hamlet in the parish of Quedgeley, hund. of Dudstone and King’s-Barton. county of Gloucester; 5 miles north by east of Gloucester. Acres 90. Houses 5. A. P. with parish. Pop., in 1801, 35 ; in 1831, 39.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Woolstrop, in Quedgley par. P. 46
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850
Parish Records
Quedgeley Marriages
Marriages at Quedgeley 1559 to 1836
Gloucestershire Parish Registers. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol I. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1900.
Author: Phillimore, W. P. W. (William Phillimore Watts), 1853-1913, ed; Blagg, Thomas Matthews
Quedgeley Marriages 1559 to 1836 – Archive.org
Marriages at Quedgeley 1559-1836 – UK Genealogy Archives
Transcriptions
Quedgeley Marriages 1813 to 1836
Quedgeley Marriages 1752 to 1812
Quedgeley Marriages 1725 to 1751
Quedgeley Marriages 1700 to 1724
Poll Books
Quedgeley Poll Book 1834 – Google Books
Family History Links
Administration
- County: Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Gloucester
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Gloucester and Bristol
- Rural Deanery: Gloucester
- Poor Law Union: Gloucester
- Hundred: Dudstone and King’s Barton; Whitstone (Gloucestershire)
- Province: Canterbury