Arkells of Churchdown

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Churchdown, Gloucestershire

Contents 1 1841 Census 2 1851 Census 3 1861 Census 4 1871 Census 5 1881 Census 6 1891 Census 7 1901 Census 8 1911 Census 9 Deaths 10 Wills 11 Sources

1841 Census

Last Hay Villa, Churchdown, Gloucestershire^[1]

Thomas Arkell - 69 (1772) b. Gloucestershire

Sarah Arkell - 69 (1772) b. Gloucestershire

Heather Greening - 40 (1801) b. Gloucestershire

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Fair Mile House, Churchdown, Gloucestershire^[2]

William Arkell - 65 (1776) b. Gloucestershire; o. shoemaker

William Arkell - 40 (1801) b. Gloucestershire; o. carpenter

Susan Arkell - 40 (1801) b. Gloucestershire

Ann Arkell - 9 (1832) b. Gloucestershire

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Hucclecote, Churchdown, Gloucestershire^[3]

Giles Arkell - 65 (1776) b. Gloucestershire; o. farmer

Prudence Arkell - 65 (1776) b. Gloucestershire

Charles Arkell - 30 (1811) b. Gloucestershire

Mary Ann Arkell - 30 (1811) b. Gloucestershire

Edith Arkell - 25 (1816) b. Gloucestershire

Joseph Arkell - 25 (1816) b. Gloucestershire

• Giles is listed in the Will of his father Jonathan Arkell, dated 16 March 1808^[4].

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School House, Churchdown, Gloucestershire^[5]

William Arkell - 60 (1781) b. Gloucestershire; o. Shop keeper

Harriot Arkell - 45 (1796) b. Gloucestershire

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Kingsholm, Churchdown, Gloucestershire^[6]

Priscilla Arkell - 30 (1811) b. Gloucestershire

Sarah Arkell - (1831) b. Gloucestershire

1851 Census

Hamlet of Hucclecote, Gloucestershire^[7]

William Arkell - 69 (1782) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire; o. Poulterer

Harriot Arkell (wife) - 59 (1792) b. Hucclecote, Gloucestershire

Caroline Price (granddaughter) - 10 (1841) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire

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Hillfield Passage, Hamlet of Kingsholm St Catherine, Gloucester, Gloucestershire^[8]

Frederick Arkell - 38 (1813) b. Hucclecote, Gloucestershire; o. Butcher

Ann Arkell - 34 (1817) b. Gloucester, Gloucestershire

Elizabeth Arkell - 13 (1838) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire

Henry Arkell - 12 (1839) b. Wotton, Gloucestershire

George Arkell - 10 (1841) b. Wotton, Gloucestershire

Edward Arkell - 6 (1845) b. Wotton, Gloucestershire

William Arkell - 5 (1846) b. Wotton, Gloucestershire

Frederick Arkell - 3 (1848) b. Wotton, Gloucestershire

Thomas Arkell - 6m (1851) b. Wotton, Gloucestershire

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Witcomb, Badgeworth, Gloucestershire^[9]

Thomas Arkell - 44 (1807) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire; o. House Dealer

Pricilla Arkell - 42 (1809) b. Upton St. Leonards, Gloucestershire

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Cainscross, Stonehouse, Stroud, Gloucestershire^[10]

George Wilkinson Lloyd - 40 (1785) b. Bristol, Gloucestershire; o. Officer of inland revenue

Elizabeth Lloyd - 43 (1808) b. Middlesex

George Robert Lloyd - 14 (1837) b. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

William Charles Lloyd - 12 (1839) b. Stroud, Gloucestershire

Alfred Hoskins Lloyd - 9 (1842) b. Carnarvonshire

John Lloyd - 7 (1844) b. Ireland

James Lloyd - 5 (1846) b. Ireland

George Arkell (Father-in-law) (widow) - 66 (1785) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire; o. retired tailor

1861 Census

Green Street, Hucclecote, Gloucestershire^[11]

William Arkell - 80 (1781) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire; o. Land proprietor

DEATHS - Dec 9. at Churchdown, Mr. William Arkell aged 87 (Source: Gloucester Journal, Dec 12, 1868)

Harriot Arkell - 70 (1791) b. Hucclecote, Gloucestershire

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Puttoe St., Standish, Gloucestershire^[12]

Frances M. Arkell - 37 (1824) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire; o. Servant (Nathaniel Hawkins Home)

1871 Census

Near Sandywell, Churchdown, Gloucestershire^[13]

Harriot Arkell (widow) - 77 (1794) b. Hucclecote, Gloucestershire; o. retired poulterer

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Grotto St., Churchdown, Gloucestershire^[14]

William Arkell - 24 (1847) b. Gloucestershire; o. butcher

Clara Arkell (wife) - 24 (1847) b. Prestbury, Gloucestershire

1881 Census

Sandywell, Churchdown, Gloucestershire^[15]

Harriot Arkell (widow) - 88 (1793) b. Hucclecote, Gloucestershire; o. formerly Dealers wife

Ellen Arkell (Granddaughter) -25 (1856) b. Hucclecote, Gloucestershire

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Brookfield, Churchdown, Gloucestershire^[16]

William Arkell - 31 (1850) b. Gloucester, Gloucestershire; o. butcher farmer

Clara Arkell (wife) - 31 (1850) b. Prestbury, Gloucestershire

Nellie Arkell - 9 (1872) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire

Alice Arkell - 8 (1873) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire

Anne Arkell - 7 (1874) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire

Harry Arkell - 5 (1876) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire

Fred Arkell - 3 (1878) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire

Hubert W. Arkell - 2 (1879) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire

1891 Census

Brookfield, Churchdown, Gloucestershire^[17]

William Arkell - 43 (1848) b. Gloucester, Gloucestershire; o. farmer

Clara Arkell (wife) - 42 (1849) b. Prestbury, Gloucestershire

Nellie Arkell - 19 (1872) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire

DEATHS - Gledhill-Johnson, May 10, at Trail, Canada, Nellie, eldest daughter of the late William and Clara Arkell of Churchdown (Source: Gloucestershire Echo, May 31, 1932)

Alice Arkell - 18 (1873) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire

Annie Arkell - 17 (1874) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire

Harry Arkell - 15 (1876) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire

The sad death of Mr. Harry Arkell at Cheltenham Hospital on Monday will be heard with much regret by his numerous friends at Churchdown, where until a few days ago he went about his business as usual. He had not reached 40, and was the eldest son of the late Mr. William Arkell, Brockfield Farm. He died from lockjaw. (Source: Gloucester Journal, February 17, 1912)

Fred Arkell - 13 (1878) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire

Hubert W. Arkell - 12 (1879) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire

Charles Arkell - 9 (1882) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire

1901 Census

Churchdown, Gloucestershire^[18]

Clara Arkell (widow) - 52 (1849) b. Prestbury, Gloucestershire; o. farmer

Annie Arkell - 27 (1874) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire

Harry H Arkell - 26 (1875) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire; o. Assistant on farm

Fred Arkell - 24 (1877) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire; o. milkman

Hubert Arkell - 22 (1879) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire; o. Assistant on farm

Charles Ed Arkell - 19 (1882) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire; o. Assistant on farm

1911 Census

Churchdown, Gloucestershire^[19]

Clara Arkell (widow) - 62 (1849) b. Prestbury, Gloucestershire; o. farmer

Annie Arkell - 37 (1874) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire

Harry Arkell - 35 (1876) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire; o. Milk seller

Hubert Arkell -32 (1879) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire; o. general worker

Mr. Hubert William Arkell, of Churchdown died on Saturday after an illness lasting six months. A son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Arkell, he had lived in Churchdown all his life and was a member of an old and much respected family there. A sister and two brothers survive him. (Source: Gloucestershire Echo, Monday August 22, 1938)

The chief mourners were Miss Annie Arkell (sister), Messrs. Fred and Charles Arkell (brothers), Mrs. W. Jervis (niece), Mrs. P. Davis (cousin), Mrs. F. Arkell and Mrs. G. Day (sisters-in-law)... Mrs. Chrles Arkell and Mr. Hugh Wellington were unable to attend. (Source: Gloucestershire Echo, Aug. 25, 1938)

Margaret Arkell (granddaughter) - 10 (1901) b. Churchdown, Gloucestershire

Deaths

Elizabeth Arkell b. 1738; d. 30 October 1825, St. Bartholomew, Churchdown

William Arkell b. 1748; d. 28 January 1824, St. Bartholomew, Churchdown

Elizabeth Arkell b. 1762; d. 31 May 1830, St. Bartholomew, Churchdown

Charles Arkell b. 1769; d. 16 January 1842, St. Bartholomew, Churchdown

Sarah Arkell b. 1772; d. 13 June 1844, St. Bartholomew, Churchdown

William Arkell b. 1772; d. 13 March 1844, St. Bartholomew, Churchdown

Thomas Arkell b. 1772; d. 9 February 1846, St. Bartholomew, Churchdown

Patience Arkell b. 1773; d. 23 April 1859, St. Bartholomew, Churchdown

Giles Arkell b. 1776; d. 5 March 1858, St. Bartholomew, Churchdown

Susannah Arkell b. 1796; d. 25 June 1861, St. Bartholomew, Churchdown

Charles Arkell b. 1807; d. 30 December 1863, St. Bartholomew, Churchdown

John Arkell b. 1808; d. 10 September 1848, St. Bartholomew, Churchdown

Sarah Arkell b. 1808; d. 13 December 1820, St. Bartholomew, Churchdown

Mary Ann Arkell b. 1816; d. 20 March 1861, St. Bartholomew, Churchdown

Charles Arkell b. 1833; d. 18 June 1834, St. Bartholomew, Churchdown

• St Bartholomew's Church, Churchdown, Gloucestershire

Wills

• Jonathan Arkell, Yeoman, Hucclecote, Churchdown, Gloucestershire; Will date: 16 March 1808^[20]

Names: Daughter Ann, wife of William Song; Daughter Harriett, wife of Joseph Pensam; Daughter Agrilla Arkell; Daughter Charlotte, wife of Robert Song; Son Jonathan Arkell; Son Giles Arkell; Grandson Charles (son of son Jonathan Arkell)

Bequeathed money to finance real estate known by the name "Garbage Hall" (117 Hucclecote Road, Hucclecote - later called 'Gartage Hall')^[21] situated in Hucclecote, as well as Hall's Close.

Jonathan Arkell's burial place is marked by the Arkell Monument in the churchyard, Church of St Bartholomew, Churchdown and described as "Jonathan Arkell, died 1807. Stone. Flat lid, smaller coped centre, moulded edge, indented corners. Sides fielded panel, scalloped corners; ends wide pilasters, ribbed pulvinated frieze, fluted base (frieze and base different stone to rest of monument): sunk oval panel on stem. All on moulded base, set on wide stone paving with step. Other inscriptions"^[22] including the following: Dorothy Arkell, d. 1780; John Arkell, d. 5 May 1797, 66y; William Arkell, d. 1831; Hannah Arkell, d. 1818; Thomas Arkell, d. 1839

• William Arkell, Yeoman, Hucklecot, Churchdown, Gloucestershire, 13 August 1806^[23]

Names: William Arkel; Sarah Arkel (now single); brother Jonathan Arkel

• Charles Arkell, Yeoman, Churchdown, Gloucestershire; 9 May 1812^[24]

Names: Wife Elizabeth Arkell; Daughter Constant Comfort; Son Thomas; Daughter Esther; Son Charles; Son William; Son George

Sources

1. ↑ 1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census; Town: Hucclecote; Parish: Churchdown; Reg Dist.: Gloucester Union; Archive Ref H0107; Book 6; Folio 6; Page 7; Piece# 356; FindMyPast.com
2. ↑ 1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census; Town: Hucclecote; Parish: Churchdown; Reg Dist.: Gloucester Union; Archive Ref H0107; Book 6; Folio 18; Page 6; Piece# 356; FindMyPast.com
3. ↑ 1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census; Town: Hucclecote; Parish: Churchdown; Reg Dist.: Gloucester Union; Archive Ref H0107; Book 6; Folio 5; Page 5; Piece# 356; FindMyPast.com
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Gloucestershire, England, Wills and Inventories, 1541-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Gloucestershire Probate Records. Diocese of Gloucestershire, Finding Reference GDR, Wills and Inventories. Gloucestershire Archives, Gloucester, UK.
5. ↑ 1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census; Town: Hucclecote; Parish: Churchdown; Reg Dist.: Gloucester Union; Archive Ref H0107; Book 5; Folio 17; Page 4; Piece# 356; FindMyPast.com
6. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M7MX-TPF : accessed 23 Aug 2014), Priscilla Arkell, Churchdown, Gloucestershire, England; citing "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," index and images, findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk : Brightsolid, n.d.); PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
7. ↑ 1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census; Parish: Hamlet of Hucclecote; Reg Dist.: Gloucester; Archive Ref H0107; Folio 203; Page 2; Piece# 1961; FindMyPast.com
8. ↑ 1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census; Hamlet of Kingsholm St Catherine, Gloucester, Reg Dist.: Gloucestershire; Archive Ref H0107; Folio 457; Page 25; Piece# 1961; FindMyPast.com
9. ↑ 1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census; Hamlet of Witcomb, Badgeworth, Reg Dist.: Gloucestershire; Archive Ref H0107; Folio 324; Page 20; Piece# 1972; FindMyPast.com
10. ↑ 1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census; Cainscross, Stonehouse, Stroud, Reg Dist.: Gloucestershire; Archive Ref H0107; Folio 90; Page 17; Piece# 1964; FindMyPast.com
11. ↑ 1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census; Plush and Farmer; Hucclecote, Gloucestershire; Archive Ref RG109; Folio 6; Page 7; Piece# 1763; FindMyPast.com
12. ↑ 1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census; Standish; Wheatenhurst, Gloucestershire; Archive Ref RG09; Folio 83; Page 17; Piece# 1769; FindMyPast.com
13. ↑ 1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census; Near Sandywell, Churchdown, Gloucestershire; Archive Ref RG10; Folio 45; Page 24; Piece# 2610; FindMyPast.com
14. ↑ 1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census; Churchdown, Gloucestershire; Archive Ref RG10; Folio 42; Page 17; Piece# 2610; FindMyPast.com
15. ↑ 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census; Churchdown, Gloucestershire; Archive Ref RG11; Folio 47; Page 25; Piece# 2529; FindMyPast.com
16. ↑ 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census; Churchdown, Gloucestershire; Archive Ref RG11; Folio 45; Page 22; Piece# 2529; FindMyPast.com
17. ↑ 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census; Churchdown, Gloucestershire; Archive Ref RG12; Folio 35; Page 17; Piece# 2011; FindMyPast.com
18. ↑ 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census; Churchdown, Gloucestershire; Archive Ref RG13; Folio 162; Page 32; Piece# 2423; FindMyPast.com
19. ↑ 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census; Churchdown, Gloucestershire; Census Reference: RG14PN15276 RG78PN924 RD325 SD1 ED11 SN143; Archive Ref RG14; Piece# 15276; FindMyPast.com
20. ↑ Gloucestershire, England, Wills and Inventories, 1541-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Gloucestershire Probate Records. Diocese of Gloucestershire, Finding Reference GDR, Wills and Inventories. Gloucestershire Archives, Gloucester, UK.; Reference Code: GDR/Wills/1808 (38)
21. ↑ British History Online
22. ↑ English Heritage List Entry
23. ↑ Ancestry.com. Gloucestershire, England, Wills and Inventories, 1541-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Gloucestershire Probate Records. Diocese of Gloucestershire, Finding Reference GDR, Wills and Inventories. Gloucestershire Archives, Gloucester, UK.; Reference Code: GDR/Wills/1806 (158)
24. ↑ Ancestry.com. Gloucestershire, England, Wills and Inventories, 1541-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Gloucestershire Probate Records. Diocese of Gloucestershire, Finding Reference GDR, Wills and Inventories. Gloucestershire Archives, Gloucester, UK.; GDR/Wills/1812 (84)