Southam, Gloucestershire
Historical Description
Southam, a hamlet, conjoint with Brockhampton, in Bishops Cleeve parish, Gloucestershire, 2¼ miles NNE of Cheltenham. Acreage, 3368; population, 310. Southam House was built about the time of Henry VII., belonged to the De la Bere family, and passed to the Earl of Ellenborough.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Gloucestershire | |
Civil parish | Bishop's Cleeve | |
Hundred | Bishops Cleeve | |
Poor Law union | Winchcomb |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Gloucestershire Parish Registers are available online at Ancestry, in association with Gloucestershire Archives.
Churches
Church of England
dedication unknown
The chapel of ease at Southam is a small building of stone, in the Norman style, containing several memorial brasses and stained windows, and a handsome marble font.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Southam from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Southam, with Brockhampton)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Gloucestershire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Southam are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering Gloucestershire online:
- Gloucester Citizen
- Gloucester Journal
- Gloucestershire Chronicle
- Gloucestershire Echo
- Cheltenham Chronicle
- Cheltenham Looker-On
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of the county of Gloucester, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.