Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire

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Parish Church: St. Mary's

Great Bedwyn

1851 Census

Details taken from transcriptions in Wiltshire Record Office on 2nd May 2001

Name Relation Age Born Idx
Transcript ref C071
John CUMNER head 44 Gt. Bedwyn 1072
Caroline CUMNER wife 34 Winterbourne 1087
Elizabeth A. CUMNER dau 8 Gt. Bedwyn 1103
Louisa S. CUMNER dau 12 Gt. Bedwyn 1102
Transcript ref D069
Mary CUMNER (household head CARTER) serv 32 Gt. Bedwyn
Transcript ref D009
Stephen CUMNER head 70 Gt. Bedwyn 1079

Transcriptions of Parish Registers

From Trowbridge Record Office

Baptisms 1749-1812 (Vol 1836/6)
Page/
Entry
Date Name Parents Idx
23-Apr-1749 Sarah DAVIS d. Wm & Elizth 1067
10-Oct-1751 Jane CUMM* d. John & Sarah
12 10-Mar-1762 Ester CUMMYNE? d. John & Sarah
12 25-Mar-1762 Dinah KIMBER d. John & Mary 2907
13 23-Jan-1763 Mary KIMBER d. John & Mary 2908
15 17-Feb-1765 John KIMBER s. John & Mary 2909
17 12-Mar-1769 Mary CUMNER d. John & Sarah 1076
18 22-Apr-1770 John CUMNER s. John & Sarah 1070
20 1-Mar-1772 Mary CUMNER d. John & Sarah 1077
23 22-Jan-1775 Sarah CUMNER d. John & Sarah 2910
23 7- May-1775 Jane KIMBER d. Mary & John 2911
25 Dec-1777 George CANNOR s. Thos & Hannah
25 22-Mar-1778 Elizabeth CUMNER d. John & Sarah 1078
27 23-Jan-1779 Sophia BEAVIS d. Thomas & Sarah 2915
28 17-Dec-1780 Stephen CUMNER s. John & Sarah 1079
28 27-May-1781 Alfred KIMBER s. John & Mary 2912
29 5-May-1783 Benjamin BEAVIS s. Thomas & Sarah 2916
29 7-Dec-1783 Thomasin CUMNER s. John & Sarah 1810*
30 4-Sep-1785 Sarah BEAVIS d. Thomas & Sarah 1071
31 21-May-1786 Sarah KIMBER d. John & Mary 2917
33 15-Mar-1789 Rosanna CUMNER d. John & Sarah 1081
42 12-Oct-1800 Thomasin CUMNER d. John & Sophia 1083
45 Oct-1803 Richard HABGOOD s. Richard & Elizabeth
47 6-Jul-1806 John CUMNER s. John & Sophia 1072
49 11-Jun-1809 Stephen CUMNER s. Stephen & Sarah 1092
50 15-Apr-1810 Ann CUMNER d. John & Sophia 1088
51 *-Nov-1810 Amelia VIVEASH d. William & Lucy 2277
52 May-1812 Eliza CUMNER d. John & Sophia 1085

Note: I had thought that Thomasin CUMNER was a girl's name but the baptism record clearly showed a son. As he died in 1789 there was no marriage to verify.

Baptisms 1813-1841 (Vol 1836-7)
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Entry
Date Name Parents Abode Trade Idx
2/10 7-Feb-1813 Teman VIVEASH s. William & Lucy Crofton Labourer 1074
7/51 28-Nov-1813 Ann Sophia BEAVIS d. Benjamin & Mary Crofton Labourer
13/99 6-Nov-1814 Stephen KIMBER s. James & Elizabeth West Grafton Labourer
12/93 28-Aug-1814 William CUMNER s. Stephen & Sarah East Grafton Carpenter 1093
15/120 17-Apr-1815 Dinah CUMNER d. John & Sophia Wilton Carpenter 2805
18/137 3-Jul-1815 Charles CUMNER s. Stephen & Sarah East Grafton Wheelwright 1094
26/201 22-Dec-1816 Elizabeth CUMNER d. Stephen & Sarah East Grafton Carpenter 1095
29/230 10-Aug-1817 Amy VIVEASH (illeg) d. Mary Bedwyn Common Spinster
34/267 24-Mar-1818 Hannah CUMNER d. John & Sophia Wilton Carpenter 1073
34/271 3-May-1818 Hannah CUMNER d. John & Sophia Wilton Carpenter 1073*
41/327 6-Jun-1819 George KIMBER s. James & Elizabeth West Grafton Labourer
43/343 17-Oct-1819 Mary CUMNER d. Stephen & Sarah East Grafton Carpenter 1096
52/415 20-Feb-1821 George KIMBER (illeg) s. Elizabeth Wilton Spinster
57/456 20-Jan-1822 Mary KIMBER d. James & Elizabeth West Grafton Labourer
78/621 30-May-1824 Harriett KIMBER d. James & Elizabeth West Grafton Labourer
110/878 14-Mar-1828 Charlotte CUMNER d. Stephen & Sarah East Grafton Carpenter 1098
17/132 19-Aug-1832 Thirza CUMNOR d. John & Elizabeth Wilton Carpenter
28/221 22-Sep-1833 Eliza KIMBER d. George & Mary East Grafton Labourer
53/424 24-Jan-1836 Harriett KIMBER d. George & Mary Wilton Labourer
63/503 16-Feb-1837 David KIMBER (illeg) s. Sarah West Grafton Spinster
75/595 1-Jul-1838 Louisa Sophia CUMNER (b. 11 Jun) d. John & Caroline Wilton Carpenter, Shopkeeper & Grocer 1102
90/718 22-Mar-1840 Sylvanus Lebanah VIVASH (b. 8 Mar) s. Teman & Hannah Wilton Shopkeeper

* Note, for some reason the baptism of Hannah CUMNER was entered on two different dates in the register on the same page.

Baptisms 1841-1955 (Vol 1836-8)
Page/
Entry
Date Name Parents Abode Trade Idx
3/30 2-Nov-1841 William KIMBER s. George & Mary Crofton Labourer
14/131 30-Apr-1843 Elizabeth Anne CUMNER d. John & Caroline Wilton Shopkeeper 1103
22/219 22-Nov-1844 Elizabeth KIMBER d. George & Mary Crofton Labourer
49/482 17-Sep-1851 Mary Matilda CUMNER (b. 14 Jul) d. John & Caroline Wilton Shopkeeper
155/1546 28-Apr-1881 Charlotte VIVEASH
(b. 27 Mar)
d. Silvanus & Ann Gt. Bedwyn Labourer
160/1599 8-Apr-1885 Charles VIVEASH
(b. 1 Mar)
d. Silvanus & Ann Gt. Bedwyn Labourer
173/1723 29-May-1892 Henry Silvanus VIVEASH (b. 19 Mar) s. Silvanus & Ann Gt. Bedwyn Labourer
181/1810 27-Nov-1894 Albert George VIVEASH (b. 15 Sep) s. Silvanus & Ann Gt. Bedwyn Labourer

Marriages 1749-1754 (Vol 1836/6)
Page/
Entry
Date Names Idx
76 9-Nov-1749 Joseph VINCENT to Mary VIVASH
76 4-Mar-1750 Thomas VIVASH to Sarah WILMOT
77 18-Dec-1753 William FRY to Sarah VIVASH (lic)
77 24-Mar-1754 John KIMBER (from Hungerford)
to Mary HAWKINS (otp)

Note: On page 77 there followed a long "Memoranda respecting the Vicarage and fabric of the Church of Bedwyn"

Marriages 1754-1770 (Vol 1836/9)
Page/
Entry
Date Names Idx
2/5 4-Oct-1754 Joseph BUSHELL (widower)
Mary CUMMYNE
42/166 4-Jul-1768 John CUMNER, otp, Carpenter
Sarah DAVIS, otp, spinster
by banns (read 5, 12, 19 Jun 1768)
wit: Wm DAVIS & William CUMNER

Marriages 1836-1907 (Vol 1836/14)
Page/
Entry
Date Names Idx
4/7 8-Jan-1838 John WESTON, full age, bachelor, cordwainer, Bishop's Cannings. [father: Daniel WESTON, labourer]

Dinah CUMNER, full age, spinster, Wilton. [father: John CUMNER (dec), Carpenter]

8/16 21-Nov-1838 Teman VIVEASH, full age, bachelor, labourer, Crofton. [father: William VIVEASH Senr of Crofton, labourer]

Hannah CUMNER, minor, spinster, Wilton. [father: John CUMNER late of Wilton (dec), carpenter]

53/106 12-Feb-1848 Charles VIVEASH, full age, bachelor, labourer, Crofton. [father: William VIVEASH (dec), labourer]

Selina STAGG, full age, spinster, Wilton in East Grafton. [father: blank]

53/107 12-Feb-1848 David VIVEASH, full age, bachelor, labourer, Crofton. [father: William VIVEASH (dec), labourer]

Elizabeth CHOULS, full age, spinster, Crofton. [father: Thomas CHOULS (dec), labourer]

119/238 20-Apr-1862 Solomon DAVIS, full age, bachelor, labourer, Gt. Bedwyn. [father: Daniel DAVIS, labourer]

Ann Maria KIMBER, full age, spinster, Crofton. [father: George KIMBER, labourer]

124/248 31-Oct-1863 William GILBERT, full age, bachelor, labourer, Crofton. [father: John GILBERT, labourer]

Elizabeth KIMBER, 19, spinster, Crofton. [father: George KIMBER, labourer]

Burials 1749-1812 (Vol 1836/6)
Page/
Entry
Date Name Idx
121 7-Jun-1754 John CUMMYNE
125 13-May-1761 Frances KIMBER, a child
126 14-May-1763 Elizabeth, wife of John VIVASH
126 6-Apr-1765 Thomas VIVASH, a child
126 4-Aug-1765 Sarah KIMBER, a child
128 19-Mar-1769 Mary CUMNER, a child 1076
131 16-Oct-1785 Esther CUMMYNES
137 23-Dec-1800 Thomas BEAVIS 2913
138 18-Sep-1803 John CUMNER 472
138 9-Jan-1804 Miriam CUMNER, a child 1084
140 3-Feb-1808 Charlotte VIVEASH, a child
141 29-Jul-1810 Stephen CUMNER, a child 1092
141 11-Sep-1810 Ann CUMNER, a child 1088
141 31-Dec-1809 Sarah CUMNER, a widow 1067
142 18-Mar-1812 John KIMBER

Burials 1813-1837 (Vol 1836/15)
Page/
Entry
Date Name Age Abode Idx
10/75 10-Oct-1815 Charles CUMNER 14 wks East Grafton 1094
10/77 22-Oct-1815 William CUMNER 1 East Grafton 1093
21/168 5-May-1819 Amelia VIVEASH 1 Great Bedwyn
22/169 12-May-1819 Elizabeth CUMNER 41 Wilton 1078
40/319 26-Feb-1824 Benjamin VIVEASH 58 Great Bedwyn
45/353 24-Jul-1825 Robert KIMBER 41 East Grafton
76/605 7-Jun-1832 Mary Jane KIMBER 3 wks Great Bedwyn
81/647 5-Jul-1833 Elizabeth, wife of
James KIMBER
46 West Grafton
93/737 26-Nov-1834 Anne CUMNER 10 East Grafton 1097

Burials 1838-1992 (Vol 1836/36)
Page/
Entry
Death
Date
Burial
Date
Name Age Abode Idx
17 3-Dec-1842 12-Dec-1842 Silvanus Lenanah VIVEASH 2 Vernham, Hants
21 31-Dec-1843 3-Jan-1844 William VIVEASH 76 Crofton
25 11-Feb-1846 14-Feb-1846 Mary KIMBER (spinster) 84 Crofton
31 21-Oct-1847 25-Oct-1847 Lucy VIVEASH, widow of William (left 4 sons & 4 daurs) 77 Crofton
35 23-Feb-1849 27-Feb-1849 Mary VIVEASH, widow 25 yrs of Benjamin (left 1 daur Harriett, wife of Wm CLARK) 76 Great Bedwyn
39 21-Sep-1850 25-Sep-1850 Mary BEAVIS, wife of Benjamin (left sons & daurs) 63 Crofton
44/440 4-Nov-1852 Rebecca VIVEASH 20 Bedwyn Common
46/457 5-Jul-1853 George KIMBER 56 Crofton
51/506 15-Nov-1855 Sarah VIVEASH 71 Bedwyn Common
63/622 3-Apr-1860 William KIMBER 18 Crofton
65/646 19-Jun-1861 Benjamin BEAVIS 79 Crofton 2916
95/950 25-Feb-1875 Elizabeth VIVEASH 86 Bedwyn Common
108/1074 21-Nov-1882 John KIMBER 77 Hungerford Union
136/1355 4-Jul-1899 Edgar Tom BETTERIDGE 19 Gt. Bedwyn
144/1435 14-Aug-1906 Ann BETTERIDGE 54 Gt. Bedwyn
(died at Bristol)
155/1544 29-Nov-1916 Maria Annie CULLEY 74 Crofton Rd., Gt. Bedwyn
178 17-Jan-1938 Sarah Ann KIMBER 80 Crofton
179 16-Dec-1938 George BETTERIDGE 84 Church St., Gt. Bedwyn
197 3-Aug-1953 Thomas CUMMINS 74 Gt. Bedwyn
201 1-Jan-1958 Peter KIMBER 17 196 Dodsdown, Burbage
202 25-Mar-1959 Amelia KIMBER 78 Tor Meed, Gt. Bedwyn
204 19-Dec-1961 George KIMBER 64 Dodsdown
207 4-May-1965 Annie CUMMINS 81 Cross Keys, Gt. Bedwyn
223 9-Jan-1980 James Frederick KIMBER 88 Railway Terrace, Gt. Bedwyn
235 28-Jun-1992 2-Jul-1992 Olive Lena KIMBER 88 Marlborough Lodge, Marlborough

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