Shipton Sollars, Gloucestershire Family History Guide

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Shipton Sollars is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire. The civil parish of Shipton Sollars was abolished in 1871 to create Shipton Civil Parish.

Parish registers begin: 1653

Bishop’s Transcripts: 1577

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Shipton Sollars Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

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

Shipton Oliffe and Shipton Sollars, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials, 1571-1812

Shipton Oliffe and Shipton Sollars, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1913

Marriage and Banns Records

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

Shipton Sollars, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1812

Shipton Oliffe and Shipton Sollars, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1924

Death and Burial Records

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

Shipton Oliffe and Shipton Sollars, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1813-1978

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SHIPTON-SOLLARS, a parish in Northleach district, Gloncester; 6½ miles ESE of Cheltenham r. station. Post town, Andoversford, under Cheltenham. Acres, 1,160. Real property, £831. Pop., 80. Houses, 18. The manor belongs to W. Peachy, Esq. The living is annexed to Shipton-Oliffe. The church is ancient, but is not used.

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

Shipton-Sollars, a parish in the hund. of Bradley, union of Northleach, county of Gloucester; 6 miles west-north-west of Northleach, watered by the Colne. Living, a rectory annexed to that of Shipton-Sollars. Acres 1,160. Houses 20. A. P. £1,075. Pop., in 1801, returned with Shipton-Oliffe; in 1831, 98. Poor rates, in 1838, £33 19s.

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

Maps

Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps

Administration

  • County: Gloucestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Northleach
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol, Pre 1836 – Gloucester
  • Rural Deanery: Stow
  • Poor Law Union: Northleach
  • Hundred: Bradley
  • Province: Canterbury