Place:Grumbalds Ash Hundred, Gloucestershire, England

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NameGrumbalds Ash Hundred
TypeHundred
Located inGloucestershire, England

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."
Image:Gloucestershire 1832 Map of Hundreds WP.png

Parishes

ParishDescriptionNotes
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