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Acton Turville, Gloucestershire

Historical Description

Acton-Turville, a village and a parish in Gloucestershire, near the Fosse Way and under the Cotswold Hills, 6 miles E by S of Chipping-Sodbury, and 7 E of Yate station on the M.R. It has a post office under Chippenham; telegraph office, Badminton. Acreage, 1015; population, 266. The manor belongs to the Duke of Beaufort. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; net value, £117. The church was rebuilt in 1853 in the Early English style. There is a Baptist chapel.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyGloucestershire 
Ecclesiastical parishActon-Turville St. Mary 
HundredGrumbalds Ash 
Poor Law unionChipping-Sodbury 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

The Phillimore transcript of Marriages at Acton Turville 1671-1723, Gloucestershire is available to browse online.

The register dates from the year 1665.

The Gloucestershire Parish Registers are available online at Ancestry, in association with Gloucestershire Archives.


Churches

Church of England

St. Mary (parish church)

The church of St. Mary, an edifice of stone, in the Early English style, was almost entirely rebuilt, with the exception of the bell turret and chancel arch, in 1853, under the direction of Mr. Wyattt architect; it now consists of chancel, nave, north aisle (added in 1853), south aisle, south porch and a turret, placed between the chancel and nave, and containing one bell, cast in 1853; the chancel was restored by the Duke of Beaufort, and the rest of the church at the expense of the parishioners, assisted by a grant from the Incorporated Church Building Society: in 1912 the church was again renovated, a new organ installed and 6 stained glass memorial windows inserted: there are 150 sittings.

Baptist

Baptist Chapel

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Acton Turville from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Gloucestershire is available to browse.


Maps

Online maps of Acton Turville are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering Gloucestershire online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of the county of Gloucester, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.

CountySouth Gloucestershire
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtGL9
Post TownBadminton

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