Whelford, Gloucestershire
Historical Description
Whelford, a hamlet, in Kempsford parish, Gloucestershire, on the river Coin, 2 miles SE of Fairford. A chapel of ease, in the Early English style, was built in 1864.
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 | Kempsford | |
| Hundred | Brightwells Barrow | |
| Poor Law union | Cirencester |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register of the mother church of St. Mary the Virgin, Kempsford, dates from the year 1578.
The Gloucestershire Parish Registers are available online at Ancestry, in association with Gloucestershire Archives.
Churches
Church of England
St. Anne's chapel of ease
St. Anne's chapel of ease, at Whelford, 1½ miles north of Kempsford, was erected in 1864 from designs by the late J. E. Street esq. R.A. and consists of apsidal chancel, nave and an eastern bell cot containing one bell: there are sittings for 120 persons.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Whelford from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Gloucestershire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Whelford 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)
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of the county of Gloucester, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.