Olveston Parish Register, 1741-1812 (extracts)
Notes inside the front cover of the register
Memdum
In the year 1752 the New Stile commenc'd by putting the year
eleven days forwarder, the Alteration taking place in Sept
1752, in wch month, that wch would
have been otherwise the Third day was reckond the Fourteenth, and the
date of every year afterwards was ordered to begin from the First
day of January.
According to which for the year 1753 I began to make my Entry in this
Register.
Chris Shute Vicar
A very remarkable thing in the Parish happend that out of 578 inhabitants
but one old Woman (*) upwards of eighty years of Age was buried from
February 20th 1751 to March 21st 1753 being
Thirteen months.
* An insert, at this point in the original: “Widow Dyer of Fireezwood”
N.B. A great Cyder year generally proves the Bane of the Parish,
the free Use of new Cyder being
observd to be accompanied with loss of Limbs, Inflammations and
Paralytick Strokes of a most stubborn
nature, all wch may be ascribed to a volatile Spirit,
and flying indigested Tartar containd in the said Liquor,
wch if the People would give time to ferment and settle
would be tolerably innocent to some and wholesom to others, if
moderation be observd, but that I fear is to be despaird of.
This is to inform all those whom it may concern that the Register
belonging to the Parish of Olveston in
the County of Gloucester was very negligently and carelessly kept by my
predesessor, Vicar of the said
Parish, insomuch that very few, out of a great number of Births,
Marriages and Burials, that happend in his
Time are entred in the said Register, to the disadvantage of great
numbers that have occasionally come to
consult it. And to this Cause it must be imputed that the marriage of
Miss Rebekah Aldworth (now Mrs
Horton) to Mr Wm Horton, late Major in his Majesty's Service has not
been inserted in the said Register, as
it ought to have been. Nevertheless be it known to all that the due and
regular Solemnization of the said
Marriage has never been called in Question or in the least doubted by any
one. Given under my Hand this
19th day of July 1763.
Chris Shute, Vicar of Olveston
Here are a few unusual (or otherwise notable) entries from this register:-
| Bur: | John LEACH Innholder at the Bell | 30 Apr 1745 |
| Bur: | Betty DYER who was accidentally drowned in one of the Reens | 21 Mar 1747/8 |
| Bap: | Hannah WOODHOUSE being a Child left naked at Woodhouse by persons unknown | 4 Aug 1749 |
| Bur: | Hannah WOODHOUSE an infant an Exposed Child mentioned above | 17 Jan 1749/50 |
| Bur: | Thomas BROWNING of Redwick Surveyor of the Reens | 6 Mar 1749/50 |
| Mar: | Thomas QUINTON & Anne CLARE both servants to Vicar Shute: Banns | 26 Mar 1750 |
| Bur: | James TAYLOR a poor Labourer of Olveston | 21 May 1753 |
| Bur: | Mapson THOMAS Landlord and owner of the White Hart Inn | 19 Feb 1754 |
| Bur: | Thomas POPE of Pilnend who died immediately by a Fall down stairs | 13 Sep 1754 |
| Bur: | Thomas PERRYMAN a hopeful young Man of Elberton | 13 Nov 1757 |
| Bur: | Martha CHITTS of the small pox | 15 Nov 1757 |
| Bur: | William an old Servant belonging to Thos STURGE | 7 Jan 1758 |
| Bur: | Thomas QUINTON Labourer of the Church House | 13 May 1759 |
| Bur: | Reverend Christopher SHUTE MA who was Vicar of this Parish upwards
of 25 years & died Jan 2d | 10 Jan 1767 |
| Bur: | William MORGAN killed by a fall from an Apple Tree | 24 Oct 1790 |
| Bap: | Elizabeth d. Philp & Susanna WITHERS
“There is reason to believe the proper name is Mary”
| 13 Apr 1794 |
| Bur: | William a very amiable & much lamented son of John CAMPLIN Vicar
b. 15 Jun 1793 | 26 Jun 1796 |
| Bur: | John another amiable & for ever to be lamented son of John CAMPLIN Vicar
b. 3 Sep 1795 | 26 Dec 1797 |
Please note also these are the ONLY entries I have which are not connected with
my personal research!
They are provided for your interest, and to whet the appetite, as a personal perusal of the register
should provide plenty of similar entries relating to your own ancestors
in Olveston! :-)
The “Reens” were drainage ditches.
The Olveston Parish Registers
Here is a list of the Olveston parish records held at the
Bristol Record Office.
- General
- 1561-1702 C, 1560-1701 M, 1561-1648 B
- 1561-1649 C, 1579-1648M, 1636-1642 B
- 1604-1644 C, 1619-1644 M, 1605-1641 B
- 1701-1717 C, 1697-1717 B
- 1723-1742 & 1756-57 C, 1739 M, 1728-1737 B
- 1741-1812 CB, 1742-1798 M
- 1766-76 C, 1767-1777 B
- Baptisms
- 1813-1832; 1832-1850; 1850-1886; 1886-1931
- Marriages
- 1754-1812 (inc Banns); 1813-1841; 1837-1918; 1918-1927; 1927-1934; 1934-1950;
1950-1957; 1958-1963
- Burials
- 1813-1846; 1847-1914; 1914-1966
[Transcriptions by Rosemary Lockie in late 1980s]
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