|
The Hundreds of Gloucestershire, as with hundreds in other English counties, were the original geographic divisions of the county for administrative, military and judicial purposes. Each hundred covered a number of parishes. The introduction of civil registration in 1837 was accompanied by the creation of other groups of parishes such as Sanitary Districts and Poor Law Unions.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Grumbalds Ash Hundred from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "GRUMBALDS ASH, a hundred in Gloucester; around Chipping Sodbury, and contiguous to Wilts. It is cut into two divisions, lower and upper; the former containing Chipping Sodbury parish, nine other parishes, and part of another; the latter containing Alderley parish, and nine other parishes. Acres of the [lower division]: 16,417; of the [upper division]: 25,497. Population of both: 9,738. houses: 2,935."
|
|
Parishes
Parish | Description | Notes
| Acton Turville | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Alderley | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Boxwell with Leighterton | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Charfield | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Chipping Sodbury | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Didmarton | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Dodington | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Dyrham and Hinton | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Great Badminton | parish (ancient), civil parish | now part of Badminton parish
| Hawkesbury | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Horton | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Iron Acton | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Little Sodbury | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Old Sodbury | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Oldbury on the Hill | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Tormarton | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Tortworth | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| Wapley and Codrington | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| West Littleton | chapelry, civil parish |
| Wickwar | parish (ancient), civil parish |
|
Research tips
- The website British History Online provides eight chapters out of at least eleven of the Victoria County History Series on Gloucestershire. Some of these are outlines of topics concerning the whole county, others contain descriptions of cities, towns and villages of varying sizes throughout the area.
- Brett Langston's Registration Districts in Gloucestershire follows the history of registration district provision in Gloucestershire from its inception in 1837 through to the present day.
- GENUKI has a brief overall guide to various sources of information for the county.
- The FamilySearch Wiki on Gloucestershire provides information similar to that in GENUKI.
- Gloucestershire Archives for older sources such as pre-1837 parish registers and other contemporary documents. Address: Clarence Row, Alvin Street, Gloucester, England GL1 3DW
|
|