Stinchcombe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.
Parish church: St. Cyril
Parish registers begin: 1582
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational
Parishes adjacent to Stinchcombe
Historical Descriptions
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
STINCHCOMBE, a parish, with a village, in Dursley district, Gloucester; 2 miles WNW of Dursley r. station. It has a post-office under Dursley. Acres, 1,464. Real property, £2,705. Pop., 340. Houses, 77. The manor belongs to the Rev. Sir G. Prevost, Bart. Stancombe Park is the seat of P. B. Purnell, Esq. Stinchcombe Hill commands an extensive view. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £65. Patron, the Bishop of G. and B. The church, excepting tower and spire, was rebuilt in 1855. There are a national school, and charities £25.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845
Stinchcombe (St. Cyril), a parish, in the union of Dursley, Upper division of the hundred of Berkeley, W. division of the county of Gloucester, 2 miles (W. by N.) from dursley; containing 393 inhabitants. The parish embraces a portion of the Cotswold hills, and consists of 1393 acres, of which 55 are common or waste land. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £65; patron, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol; impropriators, P. B. Purnell, Esq., and others, whose tithes have been commuted for £240. A school is endowed, and further supported by the parish.
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.
Marriages
Marriages at Stinchcombe 1583 to 1812
Gloucestershire Parish Registers. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol VI. 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.
Transcriptions
Marriages at Stinchcombe 1800 to 1812
Thomas Symons, p. Westbury-on-Severn, & Lucy Woodward, lic., 2 Mar. 1800
Benjamin Woodward & Mary Gazard, 25 Aug. 1800
Thomas Trotman, p. Dursley, & Susanna Parslow, lic., 26 Oct. 1800
Luke Butcher & Betty Higgins, 15 Dec. 1800
Joshua Matthews, p. Avening, & Elizabeth Curnock, w., lic., 22 Jan. 1801
John Williams & Ann Gray, 29 June 1801
Henry Parker & Sarah Siniger, 31 July 1801
James Roe & Phebe Holloway, 10 Oct. 1801
Thomas Nelms & Mary Smith, 6 May 1802
William Williams & Elizabeth Workman, lic., 4 Nov. 1802
Richard Bartlett & Hester Turner, 4 Dec. 1802
Joseph Turner & Mary Summers, 29 Dec. 1802
John Bennett & Ann Elliott, 2 Jan. 1803
William Pagler & Mary Woodward, 25 Sept. 1803
John Gosling & Elizabeth Ricketts, 11 June 1804
Job Chapel & Martha Cook, 28 Jan. 1805
Frederick Mabbett & Elizabeth Gazard, lic., 6 June 1805
John Ricketts & Elizabeth Weyman, 14 Aug. 1805
Christopher Gazard, this p., & Margaret White, p. N. Nibley, 1 Oct. 1805
William Woodward & Hannah Workman, 1 Oct. 1805
Thomas Heaven, p. Shipton-Moyne, & Martha Workman, 14 Apr. 1806
John Knott, p. Moreton-Valence, & Elizabeth Bendall, 17 Mar. 1807
John Gainer & Tabitha Cox, lic., 1 June 1807
Richard Merrett & Elizabeth Grafton, 1 Dec. 1807
Henry Clifford Clifford, p. Frampton-on-Severn, & Elizabeth Wallington, lic., 28 Apr. 1808
John Woodward & Ann Organ, 3 May 1808
Richard White, p. Coaley, & Ann Gazard, lic., 30 Aug. 1808
James Cooper & Mary Workman, 13 Nov. 1808
John Hobbs, p. Horsley, & Elizabeth Gray, 1 May 1809
William Gazard, this p., & Hester Pearce, p. Berkeley, lic., 9 July 1810
Joseph Dimery & Ann Hooper, lic., 14 Sept. 1811
William Hampton & Elizabeth Bird, 12 Oct. 1811
William Goldsworthy, p. Cromwell, & Maria Hale, lic., 18 Jan. 1812
George Roberts & Keziah Woodward, 12 Apr. 1812
Joseph Sims, sen., w., & Esther Cox, lic., 9 July 1812
William Limbrick & Ann Woodward, 2 Nov. 1812
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol VI. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1900.
Marriages at Stinchcombe 1785 to 1799
John Chappell, p. Oldbury-on-Hill, & Sarah Mallet, w., lic., 2 Feb. 1785
James Parker, p. Wotton-under-Edge, & Elizabeth Pitt, lic., 3 May 1785
Samuel Attwood, w., & Margaret Osburn, 10 Oct. 1785
James Morgan, p. Dursley, & Esther Wallington, 6 Dec. 1785
Aaron Lewis & Mary Malpas, 1 May 1786
James Shipton & Elizabeth Hale, 12 June 1786
Thomas Coopey, p. Cam, & Sarah Nelms, 10 Sept. 1786 (Bishop’s Transcripts)
William Derrett & Mary Ricketts, 25 Dec. 1786 (Bishop’s Transcripts)
Stephen Woodward, w., & Betty Derrett, 28 May 1787
Daniel Cull, p. Dursley, & Sarah Parslow, lic., 10 Apr. 1788
James Elliotts & Mary Vizard, 25 Sept. 1788
Thomas Hyatt & Elianor Watts, 20 Oct. 1788
Thomas Tidman, w., p. N. Nibley, & Sarah Williams, lic., 18 May 1789
John Cornelius Hands, p. Berkeley, & Mary Sims, lic., 3 Jan. 1790
Richard Williams & Rachel Derrett, 26 Apr. 1790
James White, p. Coaley, & Ann Parslow, lic., 27 Apr. 1790
Richard Pride, p. Berkeley, & Elizabeth Witts, w., lic., 3 Dec. 1790 (Bishop’s Transcripts)
William Marsh, p. Leonard Stanley, & Elizabeth Browne, lic., 12 June 1791 (Bishop’s Transcripts)
John Kendal & Ann Poulton, 7 Aug. 1791 (Bishop’s Transcripts)
John Bendall & Jane Dancey, 17 Dec. 1791 (Bishop’s Transcripts)
Daniel Workman, p. N. Nibley, & Betty Woodward, lic., 29 Jan. 1792 (Bishop’s Transcripts)
John King, p. Dursley, & Sarah Cull, w., lic., 31 Mar. 1792
William Beard, p. Fretherne, & Lucy Woodward, lic., 24 May 1792 (Bishop’s Transcripts)
William Savage, w., & Mary Lewis, w., 19 June 1792 (Bishop’s Transcripts)
William Jenkins, p. N. Nibley, & Mary Chapel, 15 Oct. 1792
Jonah Woodward & Sarah Bendall, 27 Dec. 1792
Solomon Morgan & Sarah Attwood, 23 Sept. 1793
James Daw, p. Berkeley, & Dinah Mabbett, lic., 6 Nov. 1793
William Draysey & Sarah Lord, 25 Dec. 1793
William Nelmes & Betty Watts, 4 June 1794
George Seaborne, p. Cam, & Elizabeth Clark, 2 Sept. 1794
James Hadley & Elizabeth Blanch, 8 Oct. 1794 (Bishop’s Transcripts)
Thomas Bence & Mary Bendall, 27 Apr. 1795
Cornelius Gazard, p. N. Nibley, & Sophia Vernon, lic., 10 Sept. 1795
Abram Elliotts & Hannah Woodward, 17 May 1796 (Bishop’s Transcripts)
Thomas Summers, p. Cam, & Sophia Bird, 1 Aug. 1796 (Bishop’s Transcripts)
John Workman & Elizabeth Robinson, 27 Dec. 1796 (Bishop’s Transcripts)
George Pearce, p. Berkeley, & Martha Mabbett, lic., 3 Apr. 1797 (Bishop’s Transcripts)
William Purchas, p. Cam, & Ann Hale, 3 Apr. 1797 (Bishop’s Transcripts)
Joseph Pearce, p. Slimbridge, & Alice Sims, lic., 24 May 1797 (Bishop’s Transcripts)
William Hill & Ann Howel, 5 Oct. 1797 (Bishop’s Transcripts)
Thomas Edwards & Mary Parslow, lic., 29 Nov. 1797
Joseph Baker, w., & Ann Woodward, w., 13 Dec. 1797
George Cook, p. Slimbridge, & Martha Gazard, 7 Oct. 1798
[No Marriages entered for 1799.]
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. VI. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1900.
Administration
- County: Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Dursley
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Pre 1836 – Gloucester, Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol
- Rural Deanery: Dursley
- Poor Law Union: Dursley
- Hundred: Berkeley (Gloucestershire)
- Province: Canterbury