Littleton, Gloucestershire
Historical Description
Littleton, or Littleton-upon-Severn, a parish in Gloucestershire, on the river Severn, 3 miles W of Thornbury. Post town, Thornbury (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Thornbury. Acreage, 938, with 1095 of adjacent tidal water and foreshore; population, 196. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; net value, £100 with residence. The church was rebuilt in 1878, and contains a Norman font.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Gloucestershire | |
| Hundred | Langley and Swinehead | |
| Poor Law union | Thornbury |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register dates from the year 1704.
The Gloucestershire Parish Registers are available online at Ancestry, in association with Gloucestershire Archives.
Churches
Church of England
St. Mary de Malmesbury (parish church)
The church of St. Mary-de-Malmesbury, rebuilt in 1878 on the old foundations at a cost of about £1,900, is an edifice of stone in the Early English and later styles, consisting of chancel, nave, north transept, south aisle, south porch and a south-western gabled tower containing 6 bells: the ancient font is Norman: there are 138 sittings.
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 Littleton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Littleton-Upon-Severn)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Gloucestershire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Littleton 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.