ASTON SOMERVILLE

Descriptive Notes:

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]

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 Gloucestershire Archives [64]
Index: Marriages1661-1812 RMI Brides & Grooms Gloucestershire Archives [64]
Gloucestershire FHS marriage index: 1819-35 Gloucestershire Archives [64]

Marriages1661-1812 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records Office

At Society of Genealogists [68] :
Marriages1661-1812 Phillimore's Parish Register Series, Vol. 6 - Gloucestershire, Vol.4 - Published London : Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1898
Marriages1819-35 Gloucestershire marriages, Vol. 18 (Typescript)- Published , 1986 - Gloucestershire FHS
Marriages(Index) 1661-1812 Boyd's Marriage Index (Typescript) - Published , 1925-55 - Authors: Roe, E A & Boyd, Percival ed.

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
-1719 Bigland Gloucestershire Archives

Census Records:
Access to all the censuses between 1841 and 1901 is now widely available on the library edition of Ancestry.co.uk at most record offices. You are strongly advised to book time on their computers before making a visit.
Many commercial organisations have issued CDs and DVDs covering all the censuses from 1841 to 1901.

Some repositories offer census details on microfiche as listed below:
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.

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Last updated on 19th March 2008

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