England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Rangeworthy, created from Thornbury parish of which it was a chapelry, lies in south central Gloucestershire. Rangeworthy is located about 3 miles northwest of the town of Yate. Rangeworthy is a tiny place, little more than a hamlet, which sits on the B4058 road which connects Yate with Wotton under Edge. Rangeworthy would largely have earned its income from pastoral farming at the time of this transcript, although a few folk reputedly were involved in hat manufacture. Today this is just a scatter of farms and cottages across the level plains to the east of the Severn estuary. Rangeworthy is drained by small tributaries of the Ladden Brook which heads south to join the River Frome making its way through nearby Bristol to join the Avon and reach the Irish Sea through its gorge. Rangeworthy is sited at around 60 metres above the sea and land about it is at or close to that height for some distance. Rangeworthy parish was small by Gloucestershire standards, it covered just under 900 acres and would have supported a population of around 300 parishioners. There is no specific mention of rangeworthy in Domesday Book. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 6th July 1755 - 25th February 1812 | Gloucestershire Archives | Bishop's Transcripts on loose leaf folios | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | No register survive prior to 1813, these entries were retrieved from BTs which were reasonably complete and in a reasonable condition |
2 | 17th October 1814 - 12th November 1836 | Gloucestershire Archives - Reference - P264/IN/1/2 |
Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Wickwar
Holy Trinity
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Yate
St Mary
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Yate St
Mary
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Iron
Acton St James
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Iron
Acton St James
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Yate
St Mary
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