ASTON SOMERVILLE

Index
Status
Location
Parish Church
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Hundred
Poor Law Union
Adjoining Parishes
Parish Registers
Bishops' Transcripts
International Genealogical Index (IGI)
Register Copies
Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents
Census Records
Parish Records on microfilm
Schools Records
Directories

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Gloucestershire parish transferred on 1st April, 1931 to Worcestershire [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SP047379
On the Gloucestershire border of the county, 3 miles south of Evesham

Parish Church:
St.Mary

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry of Cheltenham & Diocese of Gloucester. [11]

Hundred:
Lower Kiftsgate [25]

Poor Law Union:
Evesham [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Hinton on the Green; Childswickham; Buckland (Gloucestershire); Wormington (Gloucestershire); Sedgeberrow [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1813-1973	[5]
	Marriages	1759-1812 & 1933-73	[5]
	Burials	1813-1972	[5]
	Banns	1757-1812	[5]
Originals at WRO	Christenings	1660-1808	[12]
	Marriages	1661-1812	[12]
	Burials	1660-1972	[12]

A fire at the church caused considerable damage to the parish registers [5]

Bishops' Transcripts:
1617-1812, 1813-59 Gloucestershire Archives

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1660-1751
	Marriages	1664-1812
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1617-39 (54%); 1753-1812 (96%)
	Marriages	1617-39

Register Copies:
At Gloucestershire Archives [64] :
Christenings1660-1807; Marriages1661-89, Burials1730-1812 (fragments only)
Transcript: Marriages1661-1812
Index: Marriages1661-1812 RMI Brides & Grooms
Gloucestershire FHS marriage index: 1819-35

Marriages1661-1812 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records Office

At Society of Genealogists [68] :

ASTON SOMERVILLE : Marriages 1661-1812: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 6 - Gloucestershire, vol. 4 [CD-ROM]   IN: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 6 - Gloucestershire, vol. 4   Published London : Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1898  
 
ASTON SOMERVILLE : Marriages 1819-35: Gloucestershire marriages, vol. 18 [Typescript.]   IN: Gloucestershire marriages, vol. 18   Published , 1986   Author Gloucestershire FHS (trans.) Source D: Gloucestershire FHS

ASTON SOMERVILLE : Marriages(I) 1661-1812: Boyd's marriage index [Typescript.]   IN: Boyd's marriage index   Published , 1925-55   Author Roe, E A   Author Boyd, Percival ed. Source D: P Boyd.

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
-1719 Bigland Gloucestershire Archives

Census Records:
All the censuses between 1841 and 1901 are now available on a number of fee-paying (Subscription or PayAsYouGo) sites including Ancestry.co.uk, FindMyPast.co.uk, thegenealogist.co.uk and genesreunited.co.uk. The 1911 census is available in full or in part on some of these sites. We are unable to advise on the choice of site since researchers' personal preferences will be influenced by the content and search facilities offered by each site. Some sites offer a free trial.

Access to the library edition of Ancestry.co.uk is widely available at most record offices, including Worcestershire Library and History Centre, and some libraries. You are advised to book time on their computers before making a visit. 

A free-to-view site is being developed at freecen.org.uk for the 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1891 censuses.  Coverage of Worcestershire parishes is rather sparse at this time.

Census returns can usually be viewed at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' Family History Centres.

Some repositories offer census details on microform, disc or printed copy. These include:
1851-1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]
1851 Gloucestershire Archives

At Society of Genealogists :
Gloucestershire 1851 Census index & transcription, vol. 24 : HO 107/2044; HO 107/2074; HO 107/2076 (parts) - North East Gloucestershire [parishes in cross county districts - Evesham, Stratford on Avon & Shipston on Stour registration districts]: Index to the 1851 Census for Gloucestershire [Microfiche.] - Published Gloucestershire FHS, 1999
Worcestershire 1851 census index HO 107/2044 : Evesham registration district - Gloucestershire part [Microfiche.] - Published , 1997 - Author: Friend, A F (trans.)
Worcestershire 1891 census returns: Evesham registration district RG 12/2335-2337 [Microfilm.] London Public Record Office 2003

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Certificates for disposal of cremated remains - dates not checked

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Aston Somerville C E School
Log book, admission registers - 1882 - 1969 - Ref: BA 5485

A handlist of other records of schools and of other educational establishments held by Worcestershire Record Office for this parish can be found here.

Directories:
ASTON-SOMERVILLE, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of KIFTSGATE, county of GLOUCESTER, 7¼ miles (N. by E.) from Winchcombe, containing 110 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester, rated in the king's books at £9. 3. 4., and in the patronage of Lord Somerville. This parish, with others, is within the jurisdiction of a court leet and baron held occasionally at Winchcombe. The late Lord Somerville, who first introduced the breed of Merino sheep into this country, and author of several tracts and essays on Agriculture and Rural Economy, was born here, in 1765. [Typographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

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