Blockley |
The church is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul and is on the site of an older Saxon church.
The original Norman tower was pulled down after storm damage in 1703. The present tower was rebuilt in the 1720s.
The Chancel is the oldest part of the church and the pillars are part of the Norman structure.
The stone basin of the font dates from 1390 and has roses carved on it.
GIBBONS
Henry
Hickes GIBBONS married
Martha MARTIN at Blockley
on
31 May 1765
Bride
and groom both of Paxford
Henry
was baptised 24 June 1745 at Stretton on Fosse, GLS
Find
his family under this link
In
1767 they were living in Aston, in 1772 Oldborough, and in 1775 on in Blockley
itself
His
burial was not found there
Martha
was baptised 7 October 1742 at Blockley, the daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth
She
died in 1804
Their
children were
Utrecia
GIBBONS baptised 13 February 1767
Elizabeth
GIBBONS baptised 12 March 1769
William
GIBBONS baptised 1 April 1772
Baptist
GIBBONS baptised 29 September 1775 buried 3 October 1775
Baptist
Hickes GIBBONS
baptised 17 April 1778
For
his marriage and family go to Oxford
City, OXF
Henry’s
brother, Baptist Hickes GIBBONS marries Mary PARKER at St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford
in 1767
William is apprenticed to his uncle, a Farrier, who becomes a Freeman [in Oxford, Hanaster]
The
children first appear in the Register for St. Mary Magdalen with the marriage of
Elizabeth to Michael WORTH in 1788-perhaps Henry died when the children were
young and his brother took responsibility for them
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