Shirehampton, Gloucestershire Family History Guide

Shirehampton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Gloucestershire, created in 1844 from chapelry in Westbury-on-Trym Ancient Parish.

  • Chapelry of Westbury-on-Trym parish (until 1866)
  • Tything (until 1866)
  • Civil Parish (1866 – 1904)

Parish church: St Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1727
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1845

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist, Roman Catholic

Adjacent Parishes

Historical Descriptions

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SHIREHAMPTON, a chapelry, with a village, in Westbury-on-Trym parish, Gloucester; on the river Avon, and on the Bristol Port and Pier railway, 5 miles NW by W of Bristol. It has a r. station, a post-office under Bristol, two good inns, and a dispensary. Real property, £5,224. Pop. in 1851, 632; in 1861, 731. Houses, 145. The property is subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, not reported. Patron, the Incumbent of Westbury. The church is cruciform. There are a national school and several small charities.

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

Shirehampton, a chapelry in the parish of Westbury-upon-Trym, county of Gloucester; 5 miles north-west by west of Bristol, on the northern bank of the Avon. Living, a curacy annexed to that of Westbury-upon-Trym. Houses 105. Pop., in 1801, 354; in 1831, 420. Other returns with the parish.

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

Parish Records

People from Shirehampton, Gloucestershire can be found in the following records.

Birth, Marriage, & Death Records – FamilySearch

England, Bristol Parish Registers, 1538-1900 5,709 results
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 278 results
England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 194 results
England Marriages, 1538–1973 124 results
Find A Grave Index 14 results
United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 10 results
British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993 4 results
British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938 4 results
British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries 3 results
England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991 3 results
England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944 2 results
Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947 2 results
England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000 1 results
England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963 1 results
Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947 1 results
Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994 1 results
Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940 1 results
New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940 1 results
New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949 1 results
Wales, Glamorgan, Parish Register Marriages, 1837-1922 1 results
Wales, Monmouthshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912 1 results

Census Records – FamilySearch

England and Wales Census, 1901 3,259 results
England and Wales Census, 1911 2,734 results
England and Wales Census, 1891 2,664 results
England and Wales Census, 1871 1,250 results
England and Wales Census, 1881 567 results
England and Wales Census, 1861 427 results
England and Wales Census, 1851 385 results

Migration Records – FamilySearch

New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924 8 results
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Immigration Cards, 1900-1965 6 results
Ohio, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1977 4 results
United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956 3 results
Vermont, St. Albans Canadian Border Crossings, 1895-1954 3 results
Belgium, Antwerp Police Immigration Index, 1840-1930 2 results

Military Records – FamilySearch

United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920 99 results
United Kingdom, World War I Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps Records, 1917-1920 3 results

Other Records – FamilySearch

United States, YMCA World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919 1 results

Probate & Court Records – FamilySearch

England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957 4 results
Ireland Calendar of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1920 2 results
South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989 2 results

Poor Law

Page 315 and 316 Westbury-on-Trym, Stoke Bishop and Shirehampton Poor Book

Page 312 313 and 314 Westbury-on-Trym, Stoke Bishop and Shirehampton Poor Book

Maps

Boundary Changes

25 Mar 1885 was enlarged by gaining part of Westbury-on-Trym ancient parish

01 Oct 1901 was reduced to enlarge Bristol Civil Parish

01 Oct 1902 was reduced to enlarge Bristol Civil Parish

01 Oct 1904 was reduced to enlarge Bristol Civil Parish

01 Oct 1904 was abolished to enlarge Bristol Civil Parish

Administration

  • County: Gloucestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Barton Regis / Clifton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Bristol (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Gloucester and Bristol
  • Rural Deanery: Bristol
  • Poor Law Union: Barton Regis /  Clifton
  • Hundred: Henbury
  • Province: Canterbury