Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire

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)
Page/ 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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