Christchurch, Gloucestershire.

Burgums and Burghams lived here, or nearby.

CHRISTCHURCH at Berry Hill, in Gloucestershire, was built with local stone in the Gothic Style. A chapel was built in 1812 on land donated by Thomas Morgan, a Forest of Dean collier who could not read or write. He donated a field and five guines to begin the project. The chapel was also used as a schoolroom and over 300 pupils attended in the first week. In 1813 a new schoolroom was built with two fireplaacess and a partition down the middle. Construction cost £300, £200 being donated by Rev. Proctor, vicar of Newland. The church has a double nave and apsidal chancel, a north and south aisle and a embattled western tower with pinacles. In 1816 the church was doubled in size and an organ was installed in 1885. The church was reseated in 1913. The churchyard is large, taking burials from Coalway, Broardwell, Mile End, Cannop, Lydbrook and Berry Hill.

The list below shows the baptism that took place at Christchurch, Gloucestershire.

Name	Date	Location	BMD	Minister	Notes	FT
Thomas Burgum	16 Jul 1837	Christchurch	Baptism	T.R. Garnsey	P=Richard + Mary
Richard Burgum	09 Sep 1838	Christchurch	Baptism	T.R. Garnsey	P=Richard + Mary
Richard Burgam	30 Oct 1838	Christchurch	Burial	T.R. Garnsey	Age 25
Thomas Burgwyn	15 Jul 1840	Christchurch	Burial	T.R. Garnsey	Infant
William Burgoyne	24 Nov 1840	Christchurch	Burial	T.R. Garnsey	Age 4
James Burgham	21 Feb 1846	Christchurch	Marriage	Richard Davies	m=Mary Cooper
Marianne Burgham	23 Apr 1848	Christchurch	Baptism	J. Banks	P=James + Mary
Jane Burgham	18 Oct 1855	Christchurch	Marriage	W.H. Taylor	m=Henry Short
Mary Burgham	01 Mar 1871	Christchurch	Burial	W.H. Taylor	Age 62
William Hy. Burgham	05 Sep 1886	Christchurch	Marriage	C. Barnes	m=Jane Cooper	GG
Jane Burgham	06 Jun 1924	Christchurch	Burial	W.H. Taylor	Age 68	GG
William Hy. Burgham	08 Aug 1926	Christchurch	Burial	A. Hoyle	Age 74	GG

1812 Rev. P.M.Procter M.A. became vicar.

1824 Rev. T.R Garnsey became vicar.

1847 Rev. James Banks M.A. became vicar.

1852 Rev. W.H.Taylor.B.A. became vicar.

1925 The Rev. A Hoyle. L. Th. became vicar.

1929 Rev. Wyndham Jones B.D. became vicar. He wrote the first short history of the church.