GLOUCESTERSHIRE - 1897

292 OLD SODBURY. GLOD CESTERSHIRE. [ KELLY'S

lIatherell John, seedsmnn Kelson George F. B. J. farmer, lIar- Rogers Joseph, farmer, Park's farm

Hatherea Wm. farmer, Coombs End wood Gate farm Russell Harriet (Mrs. ),smith & farrielt

Haward James Pratt, draper & grocer Matthews Francis, baker & oil dealer Slade Henry, farmer

Higgs Daniel, tailor Partington Hy.Cole,Bell P.H.,& crpntr Slade Joseph, farmer

Holborow Elizabeth Wiggins (Miss), Perrett David, brewers' traveller, Smith George, farmer & registrar of

girls' school Underhill house births &i deaths for Chipping Sod-

nes Daniel. farmer, Lye Grove farm Perrett J. M. & Sons, hop merchants, bury sub-district,'& relieving officer,

Iles J ames, farmer &i collector of wine & spirit mers. & brewers, Hill ho 1St district, Chipping Sodbury,

taxes, Home farm Prat:ey Charles, boot & shoe maker Hayes farm

Isaa.c Jesse, boot repairer Prior Martha (Mrs.), miller (water & Warner Joseph, beer retailer

Jaques Edward, farmer, Lower Kin- steam), Cow mills Watkins Jas. carpenter & wheelwright

grove farm Ralph Priscilla (Mrs.), Dog inn Watkins John, carpenter

J effery Arthur Francis, farmer Rodway Harriet (Mrs.), shopkeeper Weare Edwin, wheelwright &c

SOMERFORD KEYNES a.nd SHORNCOTE. Fawcett esq. 8 King's' Bench walk, Temple, London E e,

These two parishes have been amalgam.ated and named and Sir Herbert Goorge Denman. Croft bart. of Lugwar-

Somerford Keynes by an order of the Wiltshire County dine Court, are joint lords of the manor and principal

C{luncil, dated July 10, 1894, under the" Local Govern- landowners. The soil is clay and gravel; subsoil, gravel

ment Act, 1894>" and by an Order of too Local Govern- and clay. The chief crops are grass, wheat, barley and
ment Board, dated 30th April, 1896, and taking effect on roots. The area of the amalgamated parish is 1,95B

April I, 18gi, the whole was tTaIlsferred to the adminis- acres; rateable value, £2,224; the p<lpulation of Somer-

trativ& county of Glou-cester, in the Northern division of ford Keynes only in 1891 was 269.

the county of Wilts for parliamentary pUrp<lses, hundred

and petty sessional division of Cricklade, Cirencester union SHORNOOTE, formerly a separate parish, is now

a.nd county court district, rural deanery of Cirencester, , merged both -civilly and ecclesiastically into the parish of

archdeaconry of Bristol and diocese of Gloucester. Somerford Keynes; it is Ii miles south-west from eerney

station on the Midland and South Western Junction rail-

SOMERFORD KEYKES is a village, 3 miles south-east way. All Saints church, a building of stone, supposed

from l{emble junction. and 3i north-west from Minety to have been built 800 years, is of Norman a'rchitecture:

station of the Great Western railway, 4! south from Ciren- it has a nave and small north chapel. south porch, and a

cester. The church of All Saints is nearly concealed by a beautiful belfry at the ~n~rsection of the nave and

grove of trees, above which peeps its ivy-mantled tower; chancel, originally containing 2 bells, one of which has

it is in the Perpendicular lJIiyle. Bnd has chancel, nave long since disappeared: on the south wall of the nave is a

and north chapel, south porch, and embattled western memorial tablet to Richard Kemble (1733): the church

tower with pinnacles: the stained east window is a memo- was restored in 1883, at a cost of nearly [,1,000, and

rial to the Rev. G. Fawcett. late vicar: in the nave is a affords 80 sitting!. The register dates from the year

marble tomb with recumbent effigy to Hobert Strange, 18n. Joseph Mill esq. who died in 1857, left [,5°0, the

lord {If the manor, d. 1654: the chancel has an ancient oak interest of which is divided among the poor of this parish

screen, and in the north wall is a presumed Saxon door- at Christmas. The land is' freehold.

way, now walled up: there are 3 bells, one dated 1747, Pari!'!h Qerk, Thomas Boulton.

the others considered older: the church was thorougWy Post Office.-Mrs. Elizabeth Shipton, sub-postmistress.

restored in 1876, at a cost of [,500, and affords 200 sit- Letters through CTicklade arrive at 8 a.m.; dispatched

tings. The register dates from the year 1560. The living at 6 p.m.; sundays, 10 a.m. Postal orders are issued

is' a vicarage, with the rectory of Shorncote, annexed in here, but not paid. The nearest money order office iIJ

1881, joint gross yearly value £347, net £300, with 98 at Ashton Keynes. The nearest telegraph office is at

acres of glebe, a.nd residence, .in the gift of C. J. 1". Kemble, 3 miles distant

Fawcett esq. and held since 1881 by the Rev. William National School (mixed), with house for mistress, built

}t'awcett M.A. of Christ's College, Cambridge. Some in 1859, for 60 children; average attendance, 50; Mis~

small charities, amounting to about £12 yearly. for the Christme Evans, mistress

benefit of the poor, are distributed at the discretion of Carrier to Cirencester &i all adjacent parishes.--J"osepil

the vicar and churchwardens. Christopher John Foyle Telling, from own house, daily

Fawcett Rev. William M.A. Vicarage Kemble (The) Coal Co. (H. H. Beak, Shipton Elizabeth (Mrs.), dress maker

Bowle Thomas, farmer. Croft farm proprietor), dealerg in meal, bran, & grocer, Post office

Brook Samuel, cowkeeper, Shorncote cake, & all patent fuels, truck loads Shipton Harry, carpenter
Olark Wm. miller (water) &I farmer supplied, Tetbury road &I Shorncote Telling Joseph, general carrier et mar-

Freeth Henry, farmer, Manor farm Kench Jo'hn, gamekeeper to C. J. F. ket gardener &c

Holtham Henry, shopkeeper Fawcett esq. M.A Townsend John. cowkeeper, Shorncote-

Jefferies John & Son, nurserymen; &i Oatridge Edwin, farmer & carpenter Westmacott Mary Ann (Mrs.), bakeD'

at Oirencester Peer Waiter, market gardener & beer retailer

Jennings William, farm bailiff to C. J. Perry Fredk.Wm. frmr.Lower Mill gn White George Joseph, Bakers' Arms

F. Faw-cett esq Radway Charles, wheelwright P.H. &I butcher

SOUTHROP is a. village and parish, on the river Leach 1893 by the Rev. Charles Edward Squire M.A. of that
and on the Oxfordshire border, 3! miles north-by-east college. The charities amount to £6 14s. yearly. Thff'
Warden and Fellows of Wadham College, Oxford, are lords,
from Lechlade station on the East Gloucestershire branch of the ma.nor, and also owners of nearly all the parish.
The soil is' stone brash; subsoil, rock. The chief crops
of the Great Western railway, 12 east from Cirencester are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 1,582 acres; rate-
and 12 south-east from Northleach, in the Eastern division able value, [,1,175; the population in 1891 was 324, anl!
of the county, hundred of Brightwells Barrow, Fairford 316 ecclesiastical.
petty sessional division. Northleach county court district
a.nd union, rural deanery of Fairford, arc:hdeaconry of By Local Government Board Order 14,578, Homelease
Oirencester and diocese of Gloucester. Tihil church of St. Farm, a detached part of Easdi Leach Martin pa~ish, waS'
Peter is a building of ,stone, in the Norman and Early transferred to Southrop for civil purposl!s.

English styles, consisting of chancel, nave, transept, Parish Clerk, George Taylor.
north porch and a western turret -containing 2 bells: the
Post Office.-Mrs. Harriet Newman, sub-postmistress.
font, dating from between u60 and Il80, is carved with Letters through Lechlade S.O. arrive at 7.45 a.m. Let-
representations of "Virtue triumphing- over Vice": ter Box cleared at 6.40 p.m. except on sunday. Postal.
there are several monumenh to the Keble family: the orders are issued here, but not paid. Filkins is the
late Rev. John Keble M,A. of Hursley, author of "The nearest money order office. Lechlade, 4 miles distant~
Ohristian Year," was fol" some yeaN! in charge of this is the nearest telegraph office
parish, a.nd also, in 11823, of the parishes of East Leach
and Boutherop: the church was repaired about 1852, and School (mixed), built about 1850, for 100 children; aver-
bas 200 sitting!l. The register dates from the year 1656. age attendance, 50; Miss Clars Annie Norris Perkins.
The living is III vicarage, ne~ yearly value £ 187, including
57 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Warden mistress
Carrier.-George Tanner, to Cirencester, on mon
and Fellows of Wadham College, Oxford, and held since

Squire Rev. Charles Edwa.rd M.A. Cull Albert, boot maker Newman Harriet (Mrs.), shopkeeper,

Vicaraga Hatton Rosa (Mrs.), shopkeeper Post office .

OOMMERCIAL. JefIeries George, blacksmith Smith George, corn miller (water},.

Arkell Thomas,. farmer,. Southrop ho. Miller Harry, carpenter Southrop mill

Bllll'Tet.t John F. frmr. Stanford hall Pinnock Humphrey, baker & grocer Tanner Geo.Swan inn, carrier &I baker

DIRECTORY. ] GLOUCESTERSHIRE. LEONARD STANLEY.. 293
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STAND ISH is a parish threG-quarters of a. mile south The soil is claye1, sandy and loanlY; subsoil, blue lias and
from Haresfield station on the Bristol and Birmingham oolite. The chief crops are wheat, beans and pasturage.
section of the Midland railway, and' on the South Wales The area is 3,2II acres; rateable value, £8,029; in 1891
b:&aIlch of the Great Western railway, 6 miles south from the population was 458.
Gloucester and 5 north-west from Stroud, in the Northern
division of the county, Whitstone hundred, Gloucester Under the provisions of the "Divided Parishes Act,"
county court district, petty sessional division of Whitmin- on :March 24, 1884, by Local Government Board Orders
ster, Wheatenhurst union, and in the rural deanery, arch- 15,258, 15,260, 15,261 and 16,229, portions of Moreton
deaconry and diocese of Gloucester. The church of St. Valence and Randwick were transferred to Standish and
1l-icholas is' a building of stone, in the Late Decorated portions of Standish to Longney, Haresfield, Pitchcombe,
style, consisting of chancel, nave, north porch and a Moreton Valence, Stroud and Saul.
western tower, with broach spire, containing 6 bells: the
~hurch was new roofed and otherwise repaired in 1867, COT~Tm{,Opis a hamlet, about 2 miles north, ecclesiall-
and has sittings for 220 persons. The register dates from tically in this parish, but was by a. Local Government
the year 1558. The living is a vicarage, with that of Board Order, 24 March, 1884, included for civil purposes
in the parish of IHaresfield. A chapel of ease was erected
Hardwick annexed, joint net yearly value £3 10, including here in 1874.
86 acres of glebe, with two houses, in the gift of the Bishop Wall Letter Box, Standish School, cleared at 5.50 p.m.
of Gloucester, and held since 1889 by the Rev. .Alexander
1\llsh M.A. of Brasenos'e College, Oxford. Standish !House, Letters arrive by messenger from Stonehouse at 7 a.m.
the property of Lord Sherborne, was erected in 1830 and Wall Box, Putloe, cleared at 4.30 p.m. week days only.
Wall Box, Stocks Farm, cleared at 6 p.m. week days
stands in a park well studded with timber; it is now the only. The nearest money order &; telegraph office is at
residence of Mrs. King. Lord Sherborne, who is lom of Haresfield station, I mile distant
Parochial School, Standish (mixed), fCYl' 75 children; aver-
tae manor, and Robert Ingham Tidswell esq. M.A., J.P. age attendance, 60; Edward Jenner, master

of Har8sfield Court, Stonehouse, are chief landowners.

STAN'DISH. Knight Edward, farmer, Oxlinch Vick Nathnl. frmr. Standish Moreton

King Mrs. Standish house Lush Leonard Stephen, maltster, Vick William, cattle dealer

Nash Rev. .Alex. M.A. Vicarage Stroud green Vines Jesse, farmer, Standish park

COMMERCIAL. Pearce Chas. blacksmth.Moreton grn Wakefield Henry, farmer, Road farm

Barton Henry, farmer, Green farm Prout George, farmer, Standish court White Alfred, farmer, Court house

Butt Frank Hy. frmr. Lit. Haresfield &i Park End Lodge farm OOLTBROP.
C:handler Hobert, farmer, Stock's frm Prout Percival, miller (water), Stan-

Dowdeswell Thos. farmer, Glebe farm dish court Fawkes Harris James, farmer, Col-

Fowler Robert, farmer, Horse Marling Smith Jsph.blcksmth.Standish Moretn throp Court farm

Hawkins Frederick, frmr. Pidgemore Smith Rowland, gamekeeper to Lord Knight Edward, farmer, Pool farm

Hawkins Thos. farmer, The Welches Sherborne, The Kings, Oxlinch Martin Francis, farmer, Cross farm

James Edwin Thomas, farmer, Little Summers William, farmer Theyer Hy. Isaac, frmr. Colthrop fm

Haresfield farm Summers Wm. jun. pig dealr. Putloe

XING STANLEY is a parish, on the River Frame, of King Stanley and Selsley. William Leigh esq. of Wood-

with a statilm in the parish at Dudbridge, and near Rye- chester Park, and Sir William Henry Marling bart. are

ford station, both on the Nailsworth branch of the Mid- lords of the manors and chief landowners. The land it
land railway, and is 2t miles south-west from Stroud, II , chiefly pasturage. The crops are wheat, barley and oats.

s(mth from Gloucester and 103 from London, in the Mid' The soil is loamy; subsoil, clay. The acreage is 1,563;

division of the county, Whitstone hundred, petty sessional rateabl~ value £7,6°7; the population in 1891 was 1982,

division of Whitminster, Stroud union and county court of which 1,245 are attached to the parish church.

district, and in the rural deanery of Stonehouse, and SELSLEY is an ecclesiastical parish formed from King

archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester. The parish Stanley and will be found under a. separate heading.

church of St. George is an ancient building p-f stone, in Parish Clerk, William Frost

the No~an and later styles', consisting of chancel, nave, Post, M. O. &i T. 0., T. M. 0., S.B. Express Delivery,
south. ~lsle, south porch, and an embattled western t~wer Parcel Post &i Annuity &; Insurance Office.-William
cantalU;ng ~ clock and one bell: there are five. stamed Henry James, sUb-postmaster. Letters received from
memorlal WIndows: the church was enlarged In 1823, Stonehouse at 7 a.m. &; 3.30 p.m.; dispatched at 6 p.m

and restored in 1876, at a cost of £1,460: there are 200 SCHOOLS
sittings. The register dates from the year 1575. The '.

living is a rectory, gross yearly value £320, including National (mixed), built, with master's house, in 1870.

80 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the for 200 children; average attendance, 104; Whalley

Master and Fellows of Jesus College, Cambridge, and Robinson, master; Miss Louisa Hill, mistresi

held since 1886 by the Rev. Arthur Charles Jennings, British (mixed), built in 1846, for 170 children; average

1LA. of that college. There is a Baptist chapel, founded attendance, 127; A. E. Ohapman, master; Mrs. Chap-

in 1640, and rebuilt in 1824, and a Primitive Methodist man, mistress

<:hapel, erected in 1861. There are charities of £25 yearly Railway Station, Ryeford, for King Stanley (Midland rlwy)

value, £20 of which is applied to educational purposes; Carriers to Gloucester.-John Pegler, wed. & .sat. & to

the rest is distributed in gifts to the poor of the parishes Stroud, Ernest Spratt, twice daily

Birch John, Beech house Davis Arthur, carpenter Marling i&; ·Co. Limited, worsted &i

Dawson Frederick, Stanley house Farmiloe Dishon, general dealer woollen rnnfrs. Stanley &; Ebley mills

Groves Isaac, Walnut Tree villa Fletcher Charles, beer retailer Mercha.nt Frederick, King's Head P.H.

HarMey William Dye, The Limes Ford John, beer retailer &; butcher

Jennings Rev. Arthur Charles M.A. Gardner &; Blick, drapers Morse Albert Edward, farmer, baker &i

Rectory Garus A~bert, beer retailer assistant overseer

Pitt Miss, Blakeford house Gleed Edward, baker Neale Llewellyn, beer retailer

.Tothill Richd. Hy. Blakeford cottage Gleed Richard, beer retailr. &; butcher Pitt Hephzibah Jane ('M!iss), prepara-

COMMERCIA.T,. Guilding Daniel, farmer, Peck St. frm tory boarding school for ladies,Blake-

Alder Peter, carpenter Hague Henry, sen. farmer ford house

Alder Robert, shoe maker Harrison Frederic, stone mason Prout Alfred, grocer

Alderwick Henry, builder Hedges Elizabeth(Mrs.),general stores Prout Beatrice (:Mrs.), frmr. Woodside

A.tkins Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Hughes Cornelius, beer retailer Price John &; Son, nurserymen, seeds-

Eaxter John, chemist James Wm. Hy. plasterer, Post office men &; florists; wreaths & c.rosae8 a

Bishop Henry, shoe maker Keene Charles, toy maker speciality; &i at Rye.ford

Bloodworth Mary Mana (Mrs.),shpkpr King .Albert, tailor &i draper Rodway Thos. cork cutter &i Ibeer retlr

Bowen Thomas, grocer King Edward, farmer, Stream farm Seaborne Henry, blacksmith

Camm Thomas Leonard Williarn, far- Lusty Charles, cabinet maker Thompson Henry Frank, plumber &;

mer, Borough farm Lusty -Edwin, farmer &; butcher decorator

Clutterbuck William, shopkeeper Lusty George, baker &; grocer Ursell Paul, tailor &; draper

Dallier Charles, beer retailer Lusty Mary (Miss), grocer Weetman Francis, farmer

Cox Daniel, grocell" Lusty WaIt. Weekes, frmr. &; beer ret West Reuben, beer retailer

Cox Thomas, Red Lion P.H Mills Edward Theodore, baker &; grocr. West William, butcher

L'EONARD STANLEY, or Stanley St. Leonards, sonth from Gloucester and 106 from London, in the Mid
is a parish and village, near the road from Gloucester to division of the county, Stroud union and county courl
district, petty sessional division of Whitminster, Whit-
Stroud, 1 mile east from Frocester station on the Bir- stone hundred, and in the rural deanery of Stonehouse

mingham and Bristol section of the Midland railway, 1! and archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester. The church

s(}uth from Stonehouse, 4 south-west from Stroud, 9

29• 4 LEONARD STANLEY• GLOUCESTERSHIRE. [KELLY'S

of St. Swithin, formerly belonging to the priory of St. esq. The Priory, a fine building, erected about 1740,
formerly the residence of the lGrd of the manor, is now
Leonard, is n cruciform building of stone, in the Transi- used as a farmhouse; the farm buildings are the only
tional, Early English and later styles, consisting .of remains of the :Benedictine Priory of St. Leonard, founded
here, as a cell to Gloucester, in 1146, by Roger de Ber-
chancel, nave, transept·s, north porch and a low massive keley: its revenues at thEll Dissolution were estimated at
'embattled western tow~r containing a clock and 4 bells: £106 yearly. Richard Denison Jones esq. of the Grange,
on B window jamb on the north side are figures of per- who is owner of the manor, Miss Lewis, Stanley Hol.
sons receiving a cross from an ecclesiastic, and on the borow esq. and Charles Hooper esq. are chief landowners.
The soil is' clayey and sandy; subsoil, clay. The chief
south 'fide is a. large mural painting with numerous
crops are wheat, barley and oats, also· some land in
figures, animals and fishes: the nave and the massive
arcade, with one doorway, are Transition Norman: the pasturage. The area is 824 acres; rateable value,
£3,341; the population in 1891 was 763 in the civil and:
piers of the nave were restored in 1884, and outside 771 in the ecclesiastical parish.
buttresses erected to strengthen the tower and north
DOWNTON is a. hamlet, half 8 mile north, on the river
wall, at a total cost of about £7°0: the chancel has Frome.
since been restored and new-roofed, mainly at the ex-
pense of R. D. J ones; esq. the patron, at a total cost of SEVEN WATERS, half a mile south-west, is in the
parish.
£1,600: a new orffan has since been built by Liddiatt
& Sons of Leonard Stanley, at a. cost of £200: there LORRIDGE FARM', formerly 8 detached part of the
township, was, by Local Government Board Order 16,226,
are 700 sittings. The register dates from the year March 25, 1884, amalgamated with Stinchcombe for
1557. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £300,
including 120 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift civil purpolle!.'.
of R. D. Jones esq. and held since 1878 by the Rev. Parish Clerk, John People.
William Heygate Butlin B.A. of Corpus Christi College,
Cambridge. There is a. Wesleyan chapel. The charities Post & M. O. 0., S. B.& Annuity & Insurance Office.-

include Beard's of £90 per annum for education, and William Farmiloe, sub-postmaster. Letters received
£30 for church expenses; RishtGne's' of £30, arising via Stonehouse at 6.45 a.m. & 3.45 p.m. to callers;
from B acres of land, and applied to the relief of the dispatched at 5.45 p.m. The nearest telegraph office
poor and to educational purposes, at the discretion of the is at King Stanley, 1 mile distant
National School (mixed), erected chiefly by the Rev. D.
vicar and the lord of the manor; Olney's of £6 8s. distri- Jones, late vicar, in 1850, for 153 children; average at-
buted in coal and blankets; Clarke's of £1 3s. distributed tendance, JI6; Mrs. Dodds, mistress; Mrs. Wrent..,
more, assistant mistress
amongst 12 poor widows; and Badger's of £3 5s. for

education. From Sandford"s Knoll, in this parish, a. fine
and extensive prospect is afforded. Leonard Stanley
House is the residence of William Bubb esq. The Grange
is the property and residence of Richard Denison J ones

LEONARD STANLEY. Coates A. & E. bakers & flour deal-ers; Powell: Samuel, grocer .& 'baker

school parties supplied Smith George Frederick, wheelwright

PillVA.TE RESIDENTS. Farmiloe William, stationer & linen Stafford Alfred, shoe maker

Bubb William, Leonard Stanley house draper, Post office Stafford George, shoe makeT'

Butlin Rev.Wm.Heygate RA.Vicarage Fawkes Thomas, harness maker Stafford Henry, shOe maker

Cookcraft "Colonel William la Trobe Fowler Frederick Gilbert, farmer Vaisey Esau, cattle dealer

Fowler Mrs. Brockley house Gardner Joseph, baker & grocer Vines Geo. & Jsph. farmers, The Priory

Harris Miss Godsell William, farmer Whitmore Elizabeth (Mrs.), White

James Mrs. Marsh villa Grant Bernard, beer retailer Hart P.H

Jones Richard Demson, The Grange Barris James, grocer 'Vood Albert, hairdresser

King William Benry Hooper Charles & Sons Limited, wool-

Kitchen IMrs. Seven-Waters len manufacturers, :Beard's mill STANLEY DOWNTON.
l\ficCaTI Mrs. Marsh house James Alfred, plasterer, Seven-Waters

King Joseph, painter Gainer Mrs. Downton house
Liddiatt & Sons, organ builders
COMMERCIAL. Daniels William, farmer

Alder tMryra R. (Mrs.), Lamb inn Lusty Ann (Miss), shopkeeper Ford Susannah (Mrs.), grocer & baker

Bryant Jas. Herbt. mill band maker Malpas "Wm. haulier, Seven-Waters Russell Henry Michael, Fleece inn

BryantJas.Jones, tanner,Seven-Waters Powell Charles, butcher;& seedsman Stafford George, farmer

,

STANLEY-PONTLARGE is a parish, 4 miles zigzag work: there are 100 sittings. The register, in-

south-by-east from Beckford station on the Evesham and eluded in Toddington, dates from the year 1666. The

Ashchurch. branch of the Midland railway, 2! north-west living is a chapelry, annexed to the vicarage of Winch-

from Winchcomb, and 6l north-east from Cheltenham, combe. The Earl of Wemyss and March V.D., LL.D. is

in the Northern division of the county, lower division of lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is

the hundred of Kiftsgate, petty sessional division, union brash and clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat.

and ('ounty court district of Winchcomb, rural deanery beans and rootS'. The area is 960 acres; rateable value.

of Campden archdeaconry of 'Cirencester and diocese of £583; the population in 1891 was 91.

Gloucester. The place derives its name from Robert Parish Oark, Joseph Freeman.

de Pont l'Arch, who held it from Winchcomb Abbey in the The nMrest Letter Box is at Gretton, closed at 5.15

14th century. The church (dedication unknown) is a p.m.; no collection on sundays. Letters received from

small but ancient building of stone in the Norman and Winchcomb R.S.O. arrive at 8.30 B.m. Winchcomb,2!

Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave of two miles distant, is the nearest money order & telegrapb

bays, south aisle, north porch and a bell cote on the east office

gable of the nave containing 2 bells: it has a fine Norman This place is included in the Winchcomb United School

doorway on the north side, and a chancel arch and some Board district; the children attend the Board school

windows of the same period, all being ornamented with at Gretton IProctor Robert, farmer

Clift John, farmer, Mhnor farm Minett Alfred, farmer

Hewings Joseph, farmer Minett Martin, farmer

STANTON is a village and parish, 6 miles east from Oxford. Here is a :Baptist chapel. StantoD" amrt is a
Beckford station on the Evesham and Ashchurch branch mansion of stone in the Elizabethan style, pleasantly
of the ~Iidland railway, and 5 north-east from Winchcomb, seated at the foot <Jf a steep hill, from the summit of
which verv extensive and beautiful views of the surround-
in the Northern division of the county, lGwer division of
•
the hundred of Kiftsgate, Winchcomb petty sessional divi-
sion, union and county court district, rural deanery of ing cOlmtry may be obtained; it is' the property of Mrs.
Campden, archdeaconry of Cirencester and diocese of Deans, who is' principal landowner, and is now the resi-
Gloucester. The church of St. M<ichael is an ancient dence of Mrs. Wedgwood. Stanton Rectory, a fine man-
buildin~ of stone, in the Norman and later styles, consist- sion, is occupied by Egbert Fox esq. 'Dhe soil is part;
ing of chancel, clerestoried nave of two bays, south aisle, cby; subsoil, lias clay and part light gravel and freestone.
transepts, south porch and an embattled western tower, The area is 1,650 acres; rateable value, £2,027; the popu-
with pinnacles and spire, containing -a clock and 6 bells: lation in 1891 W841 314.

the chancel was rebuilt in the year 1874 at a cost of £4°0: WORMINGTON, GRANGE, beautifully situated in a
there are 120 sittings. The register dates from the year woody district, the grounds of which extend over 500
%572. The living is a rectory, with the. perpetual curacy acres, is a large mansion, rebuilt in 1820 by the Gist
of Snowshill annexed, joint gross yearly value £200, with faIDl1y, and now the residence of Miss Du-Pr~: it contains
residence, in the gift of and held since 1Bn by t.he Rev. 3 general and beautiful collection of pictures, including 11
Morris Burland Harris Burland l\I.A. of Trinity C<Jllege, very- large painting of "The Murder of the Innocents"

DIRECTORY. ] GLOUCESTERSHIRE. STAPLETON. 295

and one of the "Finding of Moses"; besides an ancient I f01merly a detached part of Didbrook parish, wa&, March

picture supposed to represent Queen Elizabeth and her 25th, 1883, amalgamated 'With the parish of Stanton

state ~arriage.as she ~ppeared on a visit to, the ancient Post & M. O. 0., S. B. & Annuity'~ Insurance Office.-

manorIal house at DIXwn: . there :aTe also IsoID_e fine Miss Julia Barnett, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive
examples of Morl~d, Zuca~elli and Ouy:p. The oak-room
yI.(dJa(~mm~agmfsroammtahgeDlt~ImceentofbeautIfully carved o~k, from Broadway RS.O. (Worcs.) at 8.15 a.m. Box
"'Y"ho once occupIed
S~UdItweaorfd cleared at 4.45 p.m. Stanway is the nearest tele raph
office 2 miles distant g
thIS same room. 'Ihe chImney-pIece IS also elaborately .,.' ' . .. .
carved: in the grounds is a piece of water, 41 acres in NatIOnal ~chool (Illixed), ere~ted, WIth reSIdence for IlliS-
ex~ent, and in the garden are, two stone coffins, found at tress, ~n .1860, fo~ 60 childre~ j average attendance,
38 ; MISS Emma Richardson, Illistress
the east end of Winchcomb Abbey church, and believed

to be those in which th6 bodies of Kenulf and Kenelm, County Police Station, John Smith, constable in charge

Kings of Mercia, were interred. This place, which was Carriers to Evesnam.-Walt. Revers & Mrs.Mary Andrews

Burland Rev. Morris Burland Harris Barnett Ezra, shopkeeper Greening William, farmer

M.A. (rector), Walnut Tree house Barnett Julia (Miss), postmistress & Harrison John, plasterer & glazier

Du Pra Miss, Wormington grange shopkeeper Morris Gormel, farmer

Fox Egbert, Rectory Chidley Edward, farmeT Nash Thomas &; George, machinists

Gist-Gist Samuel, Wormington grange Curtis Lucy (Mrs.), butcher Packer William, shopkeepex

Grimmett William, Manor house Doughty Catherine (Mrs.), farmer Richardson Samuel B. beer retailer

Wedgwood Mrs. Stanton court Doughty Edwin Wm.carpenter & grocr Staight Thomas, farmer

Gissing George, head gamekeeper to Stephens James Henry, clerk to the
Miss Du Pra parish council
COMMERCIAL.

.Andrews George,head gardener to Miss Green J ames, farmer Wisdome John, farmer

Du Pra Green WaIter, boot make,r Young George W. baker

STA.NWAY is' 'a village and parI-sh, picturesquely situ- the church, was erected in 1626 by Sir Paul Tracey, and
ated on the high road from Tewkesbury to Stow, and the main entrance gate was designed by Inigo Jones; it
is now the residence of 'Lord Elcho, who lis lord of the
surrounded by hills, 6 miles east from Beckford station manor and principal landowner. The soil is! marl; sub-
on the Evesham and Ashchurch branch of the Midland soil, clay and gravel. The Cihief -crops are wheat, beans
railway, 4 north-east from Winchcomb, and II east from and barley. The area is 3,787 acres; rateable value.
£2,742; the population in 1893 was 323.
Tewkesbury, in the Northern division of the county, upper
WOOD ST.A....~AY,halfa mile south; TADDINGTON.
division of tlfe hundred of Tewkesbury, petty sessional 2 miles south-east, and Hornsleason, 4 miles south-east,
division, union and county court district of Winchcomb, are hamlets. .
rural deanery of Campden, archdeaconry of Oirencester
and diocese of Gloucester. The church of St. Peter is a Parish Clerk, John Collett.
building of stone in the Late Norman, Early English and PG,st, Telegraph & Express Delivery Office.-George Wyn-
Perpendicular styll'~, consisting of chancel, nave and an
embattled western tower, with pinnacles, containing a niatt, sub-postmaster. Letters from Winchcomb RS.O.
clock and 4 bells: in the church is a memorial to Augusta are delivered at 8.15 a.m. j dispatched at 4.35 p.m.
(Wemys9-'Charteris), Countess of Rossmore, who died 28 Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. The nearest
money order offices are at Winchcomb & Stanton
July, 1840. Robert Dover, who instituted the once famous Wall Box, Wood Stanway, cleared at 4.45 p.m. week days
only
" Cotswold Hill Games," died here in 1642, and is' buried National School (mixed), with reSIdence for mistress, for-
in the churchyard: there are go sittings. The register 60 children; average attendance, 38; &; entirely sup_
dates frllm the ypar 1573. The living is a vicarage, gross ported by Lord Elcho M.P.; Miss Bessie Belbin, mis-
yearly value, from 159 acreS' of glebe, £186, with res1- tre8s; Miss Eliza Ross, infants' mistress
dence, in the gift of the Earl of Wemyss and March, and Carrier.-Mrs. Sarah Andrews, to Evesham, on man.; &;
Cheltenham, tues
held since 1889 by the Rev. Frank Bullock-Webster M.A.

of Hertford College, Oxford. Charities producing £22
are aistributed to the poor yearly. On the top of Stanway
Hill is the Jackdaw stone quarry. Stanway House, near

SlTANWAY. Russell William, farm bailiff to Earl WOOD STANWAY.

of Wemyss
Elcho Lord D.L., J.P. Stanway house j Starkey John, head gamekeeper to Bullock-Webster Rev. Frank M.A. The
& 62 Oadogan square &; Carlton Lord Elcho Vicarage
club, London S W
Thompson Anne (Mrs.), farmer, Stan- Richardson Ml's
.AlIen Rev. Hubert BancToft M.A. Cos- way grounds
combe house Smith 'Charles Henry

COMMERCIAL. HORNiSLE-A..SON. COMMERCIAL.
Grose George J. farmer
Gurton Mark, farmer
.Andrews Sarah (Mrs.), baker &; carrier
Hopkins Charles, shopkeeper TADDINGTON. Prew George, road contractor
Price William, farmer
Hunt William, farm bailiff for Rev. Corbett John, farm bailiff to Earl of Smith Charles Henry, land agent to

. H. B. Allen, IStumps Cross Wemyss & March the Earl of Wemyss, Lord Elcho,

Lane Robt. farmer 1& machine propI' Haine·s Thomas, farmer 'Mlrs.Dent of SudeleyCastle & H.R.H.

Rimell John, farmer Thwaites G. B. farmer the Duc d'Aumale

STAPLETON is a parish and village on the river Henry Shaw M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin. Wickham
Court, on the south side of the river Frame, was at one
}<'rc.me, I! miles north from Stapleton Road station, time the headquarters of Oliver Cromwell during the
Great Western, and I! west from Fishponds station on siege of Bristol. In this parish are valuable quarries of
Pennant stone. The Berkeley Hounds hunt this district.
the Midland railway: the 'Parish forms a suburb of Stoke Park, the property and residence of the Duke of
Beaufort P.C., K.G. is an ancient mansion standing on
Bristol, and is within that Parliamentary borough, as ex- the -summit of a hill in its own grounds of 600 acres;
tended under the" Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885," in the manor comprises 3,000 acres. Oldbury Court, the
BaTton Regi!l hundred and union. Lawford's Gate petty seat of Robert Lowe Grant Vassall esq. ~s an ancient
SEssional division, Bristol county court di,strict, rural building in the Elizabethan style, standin~ in a park of
over 40 acres. The Duke of Beaufort K.G., P.C. who is
deanery of Stapleton and archdeaconry and' diocese of lord of the manor, and Sir .Tohn !Henry Greville Smyth
Bristol. bart. are the principal landowners. The area is 2,552
acres of land and 21 of water; rateable value of the
Staplewn parish includes Eastvme, and, under the pro- entire civil parish, £61,188; the population of, the civil
parish and urban district in 1891 W6Sl 14,589, of which
visions of the "Local Government Act, 1894" (.;6 and 1,130 are attached to the parish church.
57 Vict. c. 73), is governed by all Urban District Council,
which takes the place of a Local Board formed in 1879. Clerk and Sexton, James Donne.
The ooUTch of the Holy Trinity is a Ibuilding of local
Pennant stone, with freestone dressings, in the Decorated Post, M. O. & S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Staple-

style. erected in 1856, by the late James' Henry Monk ton.-MiS!l Louisa. Chappell, SUb-postmistress. LetterS!
D.D. Bishop of Gloucester (1830-36), and of Gloucester received from FishpondS' R.S.O. at 7.15 a.m. & 2.30 &
and Bristol (1836-56): it consist,s of chancel, nave of five 6,3° p.m.; sundays, 8. IS a.m.; dispatched at 10 a.m.
bays, aisles, north porch and a western tower with 8pire & 4.15 &; 7.40 p.m.; sundays, 4.15 p.m. Fishponds il
the nearest telegraph office, 2 miles distant
180 feet high, containing a clock and 6 bells: a large choir
vestry was' added in 1892: there are sitting'S for 500 per-
sons. The register dates from 1720. The living is a
recLory, net yearly value £250, including 30 acres of glebe

with residence, in the gift of Sir John Henry Greville

Smyth bart. and held since 1890 by the Rev. William

296 STAPLETON. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. [KELLY'S

URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. Relieving Officer, No. 6 District, Barton Regis Union,

Members. Alfred Beer, Broom hill
School Attendance Officer, Frederick Rohinson

Chairman, E. T. Daniell. SCHOOLS.

Vice-Chairman, A. J. Barris. Colston's School, founded & endowed hy Edward Colston

F. J. Buck E. Monks A.D. 1708, at the "Great House" (now Colston hall),

G. W. Cool J. R. Riddell Bristol, for the education in the principles of the En~lish

J. Cousins A. B. Robinson church, maintenance & clothing of 100 boys: the school

T. Free C. Saunders was removed to its present buildings, formerly the
W. Gale palace of the Bishop of Gloucester & Bristol, in conse.
:1". W. Stone

F. Greenway H. D. Tarlton quence of the old premises having become inadequate &1

Meets at the Offices, Fishponds, on alternate wednesdays, inconvenient: in 1875 the school was remodelled under
at 6.15 p.m. a scheme of the \Endowed ,Schools Commission & ar·
rangements made for the introduction of about 100

Officers. paying scholars, at the fee of £31 yearly, including

Clerk, Aquila P. Monks, Fishponds uniform: a. sum of at least £100 yearly is awarded by
the governors' in leaving scholarships to meritorious
Treasurer, George John Pickin, Lloyds Bank, Bristol 'heys who wish to continue their ,studies at higher or
Medical Officer of !Health, William Brown M.D., C.M. first grade schools. There is a visiting surgeon. Rev.
John Hancock M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin, head
Somerset house, Manor road, Fishponds
Surveyor & Sanitary Inspector, AIfd. In. Saise A.M.I.C.E. master; Henry Thomas Bernard Hodges, second mas-

Fishponds ter; George F. Cleveley, F. Montford de St. aair, W.
Collector, WiIliam 'Jarrett, Upper Eastville
H. Williamson & 1. D. Sargent, as'SIistant masters; John

-l'UBLIO OFFICERS. Davies, drill sergeant
National School (mIxed), erected in 1872 & enlarged in

AEsistanb Overseer, William Jarrett, Upper EliJStville 1883 & again in 1886, for 216 children; average attend.

Collector of Poor.s Rates, Charles Frederick Pearce dancl', mixed school, 100; infants, 50; Miss Frances

Medical Officers of Health, Barton Regi~ Rural District. Orchard, mistress'; Miss btevens, infants.' mistress

Council, William Frederick Bailey & William Eadon Police Station, J ames Smith, acting sergeant in charge

L.R.C.P.Edin Stapleton Road Railway Station •

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. [JUstice John Hutton Charles Henry, painter, gas-

Baker William, Beaufort house Hayman Henry, The Elms fitter & whitesmith

.1larcIay Rev. William M.A. (chaplain of Lawrence Misses, ,Stapleton court Hutton Hem-ietta (Miss), dairy

Bristol union), Sunnybank Preist Henry Wil:iam, Beaufort lodge Jennings William, cab proprietor

Bartlett Robert Clarke, Jersey villa Rawle David, Wickham house Jone9 John, :blacksmith

.Beaufort His Grace The Duke of P.C., Robson Mrs. Hillside Jones vValter, grocer
K.G. Stoke park; Badminton park,! ShawRev.William Hen~ Ml.A. (rector Lavercombe Thomas, haulier

Chippenham; Troy house, Mon- of Holy Trinity), Rectory Maula George Wi1liam, carpenter

mouth & Llangattock park, S. Spafford Arthur, Milton lodge Morse James, market gardener

Wales; :& 'Car!t<ln club S W & Turf Vassall Rt. Lowe Grant, Oldbury court Nicholls George, carpenter, Ivy villa

club W London Wil~iams Joseph, Shady Side house Parker & Sons, nurserymen & florists

Beresford Rev. Jaml'S Ell (Baptist) Williamson W. H. Colston school Parker Maberley, quarry owner

Brooks Alfd. Wm. Beasley,Stapleton ho COMMERCIAL. Petheram Priscilla (Mrs.), farmer,

Calway Lionel G. Colston's school Baker Wm. farmer, Beaufort house Bridge farm

Castle Mrs. Frome lodge Bristol Gas Co. (branch) (Daniel Irving, PiU Joseph W. Bell inn

Cleverley George F. Colston's school engineer), Stapleton works Richard9 John, builder

Court :Mrs. Glenview Chappell Louisa (Miss), grocer & post- Sharp George, shopkeeper

Cowley Wil1iam, Woodgrove house mistress Smele Mark, market gardener

Crosbv Joseph, Brid~e boese C~ist Georg-e, The ~bsons' Arms P.H Stephens Elizabeth ('Mrs.), shopkeeper

de St.Clair F.Mountfort, Colston's schl Colston's School (Rev.•John Hanrock '3tephens Wm. dairyman, Broomhill

Graham David, Stoke cliff M.~~. head master; Henry Thomas Thomas William Henry, baker

Greenway Mrs. Broomhill house Bernard Hodges, second master) Tiley John, mason

Greenway Fred·erick, Glendale' Cnrtis James, shopkeeper Tiley Joseph, builder, Broomhill

Hall Edward, Estcourt house Dent John, shoe maker Till'Y vVilIiam, builder

Hancock Rev. John )iLA. (head master Dyke Daniel, beer Tetailer Watts Francis Poole, refreshment ho

& chaplain of Colston's school) Hopton Henry, painter Wilcox Henry, builder

Hodges Henry' Thomas Bernard, Col- Hunt John Harding, market gardener (For remainder of names, see Bristol.)

ston's school & seedsman, Begbrook gardens

STAUNTON is a. village and parish, hounded on the an ancient stone cross. There is an almshouse
west by the river Wye, which here divides the county with an endowment of £32 yearly, derived from
frem :Momnouthshire, 2 miles north-west from Coleford land, for three poor persons, each having one room and
station on the Severn and Wye and Great Western rail- 4S. weekly; £3 is distributed yearly to poor widows and
ways and 3 SlQuth-east from Monmouth, in the Forest of widowers in money. The Crown is lord of the manor.
Dean division of the county, hundred of St. Briavels, The principal landowners are the Crown, Sir Hartley E.
petty sessional divis,ion of Coleford, union and county Williams, puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria,
court district of'Monmonth, rural deanery of South Forest Australia, and the Rev. Frederick. James AIdrich-Blake
and arClhdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester. The church M.A. rector of Welsh Bicknor, Ross, Benjamin Stephens
of All Saints is lit building of st<lne in the Late Norman, and John Bengougth esqrs. The soil is variable, in some
Early English and Decorated styles, consisting of chancel, parts stiff and clayey and in others light and rather
nave of five bays, transepts, south aisle, south porch and sandy; subsoil, limestonFl. The chief crops are wheat,
a rentral embattled tower, with pinn3cles, containing 6 barley and oat~, but the greater part of the land of the
bells and a. clock: the three chancel windows and the west parish is inclosed for the growth of timber. The area is
windows are stained: in the south transept is an aumbry; 1,446 acres; rateable value, £1,785; the population in
the rood stairs remain, and now give access to the stone 1891 was 157.
pulpit, which, as well as' the font, is of very early date:
the church was restored in 1872, and has 206 sittings. Parish Clerk, Edward Barnett.
The register dates from the year 1653. The living' is a. Post Office.-Mrs'. Eliza Powell, sUh-postmistress. Let-
rectory, net yearly value £II2, including' 13 acres of glebe.
with residence, in the g-ift of Charles E. Ma-ohen Psq. of ters from Coleford are delivered at 8.30 a.m.; dig-
Bicknor Court, and held since 1897 by the Rev. Gerald patched at 6 p.m. Postal orders are issued here, hut
Victor Sampson M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford.
In the village, and near the church, stands not paid. The nearest money order & telegraph office is

at Coleford, 3 miles distant
Nztional School (mixed), built in 1828, for 50 children;

average attendance, 28; Miss F. B. Hemming, mistress

Godwin Miss Bessex ,James, carpenter Jenkins Ellen (~'[rs.), ~hopkeeper

Hamel Miss, Staunton house Dicks Thoma~, haulier Jones Albert, farmer, Broadstone frm

Sampson Rev. Gerald Victor M.A. High Meadow Iron Co. Lim. (Edwd. Perkins Jas. contractr. Buckstone cot

The Rectory Crawshaw, managing director), Powell Eliz8 (Mrs.), Post office

Stephens Benjamin, Elm house Robin Hood color mines VaughanEIizh.(Mrs.),frmr.Church fm

Hicks Solomon John, White Horse
hotel & reO., 'istered p- lumber, hot
COMMERCIAL.

Barnett Edwd. crpntr. & parish clerk water & sanitary engineer

DIRECTORY.] GLOUCESTERSHIRE. STOKE BISHOP. 297

STAVERTON is a parish and village, 4! miles west' Gibbons esq. of Boddington Manor, is lord of the manor.

from Cheltenham and 5 north-east from Gloucester, in The principal landowners are Lieut.-Col. James L.C. St.
the Northern divsion of the county, lower division of I Clair, of Kensington, W. James Henry Mcllquham esq.
the hundred of Doorhurst, petty sessional division, and Mr. Samuel Cook. The soil is clay; subsoil, clay
union and county court district of Cheltenham, rural and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans

deanery of Winchcomb and archdeaconry and diocese of and l'oots. The area is 978 acres; rateable value, £1,956;
Gloucester. The Hatherley brook flows to the south of the population in 1891 was 374.
the parish. The church of St. Catherine, anciently HAYDEN is a hamlet I mile east.

dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is an ancient building Parish Clerk, Charles Stratford.
of -stone, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, Post Office. - Joseph Nash, SUb-postmaster. Letters
nave, north transept;. and a low embattled tower on the through Cheltenham, arrive at 8 a.m.; dispatched,

seuth side containing 3 bells: there is a piscina, and 5.20 p.m.; sundays, 10.20 a.m. Postal orders are
over the belfry window a sun dial; thCl church was re- issued here, but not paid. St. Marks, Cheltenham, is

stored in 1897 at B cost of £500 and affords 150 sittings. the nearest telegraph office, 3 miles distant
The register dates from the year 1538. The living is a Wall Letter Box, Golden Valley, cleared 5.45 p.m.; sun-

vicarage, with the unendowed chapelry of Boddington days, 10.45 p.m
annexed, joint yearly value from 300 acres of glebe £470, This place is included in Boddington & Staverton United
with residence, in the gift of and held since 1892 by the District School Board
Rev. Robert Hughes Wilkinson Purnell RA. of Exeter Board School (mixed), built, with residence for master,
College, Oxford. An iron mission church was erected in 1873, at;. a cost of £792, for 130 children; average
in the GOLDEN VALLEY in 1893. Staverton C()urt is attendance, 86; Albert Arthur Oms, master; Mrs.
now (1897) unoccupied. Staverton House is the resi- Mary E. Orvis, mistress; Miss Alice M. Smith, in-
dence of James Henry McIlquham esq. John Skipworth fants' mistress

PRIVATE :RESIDENTS. Buckle Thos. farmer, Golden Valley Phillips George Alfred, market gar-

BurrowsWm.Hayden vil.Golden Valley Cook Samuel, farmer dener, Golden Valley

Jones Edward, Haydon house Drew James, builder & farmer Prockter John, frmr. Staverton bdg

McIlquham Gilbert, Hayden court Hadwen Leonard, Pheasant P.H. Preen Wm. bricklayer & shopkeeper

McIlquham Jas. Henry, Staverton ho Golden Valley Reidmuller John George, catgut

Pearson Rev. G. A. A., M.A. (curate), Harris Henry, btchr. Staverton brdg manufacturer, Staverton bridge

Golden Valley Hyett Jane (Mrs.), market gardener, Richings Rd. dairyman, Golden Valley

Purnell Rev. Robt. Hughes Wilkinson Banfurlong Scrivens J oseph, threshing machine

B.A. Vicarage Lane Charles, farmer, Brookside proprietor, Banfurlong

COMMERCIAL. Lea Albert, farmer, Banfurlong Snook Annie (Mrs.), Plough inn

B-arnes Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper Lea In. assist. oversr. Golden Valley Turner Mary (Mrs.), baker

Bellinger 'Charles, farmer, Lower Lever Jas. markt. gdnr. Banfurlong Warner Walter, 'butcher & farmer,

Field farm McCoy J ames, beer retailer The Astwoods

Bick John, farmer Morris Joshua, pig &c. dealer, Golden Welch Edward, ma.rket gardener

Bircher John, carpntr. Staverton brdg Valley Wiltshire William, farmer, Banfurlong

Bubb Richard, farmer & cattle dealer, Nash Joseph, blacksmith, Post office Young Major Hy. farmer, Astwoods

Upper Court farm Paul William, farmer, Banfurlong

STINCHCOM::BE is a parish and village, I! miles some mansion of stone in the Elizabethan style, erected

south-east from Berkeley Road station on the Bristol and by the late Ven. Sir George Prevost bart. in 1837 and
Birm.ingham section of the Midland railway, 2, west-by- is very prettily situated. Stancombe, the seat of Rev.

• north from Dursley, 15 south from Gloucester and no David Edwards M.A. is within a park of 17 acres. Peers

from London, in the Mid division of the county, Berkeley Court is th6' residence of Col. William Lloyd Browne J.P.
hundred, Dursley petty sessional division, county court. Lieut.-Ool. Sir Charles Prevost bart. who is lord of the
district and union and in tpe rural deanery of Dursley manor, the Rev. D. & Mrs. Edwards, the Rev. Robert

and archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester. From the Jermyn Cooper M.A. vicar of Fylingdales, Yorks and
sum.mit of Stinchcombe hill, a broad T-shaped peninsula Capt. Morse are the principal landowners. The -soil is
of high ground, extensive views of the neighbouring loamy; subsoil clay and lime. The land is chiefly pas-

counties may be obtained, including the Bristol Channel ture. The area is 1,676 acres; rateable value, £3,439;

and the river Severn. The church of St. Gyr, partly the population in 1891 was 319, civil; 315, ecclesiastical.

rebuilt about 1855, is a building of stone, chiefly in the Under the' provisions ()f the" Divided Parishes Act 1882,"

Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, eighteen detached parts of Cam parish were added to

soobh aisle, south porch and an embattled western tower Stinchcombe, and four transferred from Stinchcombe to
with spire of Perpendicular date and containing a clock North Nibley.
and 6 bells: there are several memorial windows, includ- Lorridge farm,' a detached part of Leonard Stanley
ing one to the Rev. Isaac Williams RD. d. I May, 1865, parish was, by Local Government Board Order 16,226,
erected by his friends; and another inserted by the March 25, 1884, amalgamated with this parish and by

clergy and laity of the archdeaconry to the late Ven. Sir Order 14,748, Great and Little Goodman's Leaze was trans-

George Prevost bart. vicar here, 1834-93: there are 270 ferred from North Nibley to Stinchcombe.
sittings. The register dates from the year 1587. The National School (mixed), built for the parish of Stinch-
living is a vicarage, net yearly value £220, including 24 combe & a portion of Cam, for 100 children; average
acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop attendance, 8o; there is a house for the mistress; Miss

of Gloucester and held since 1893 by the Rev. Robt. Ohss. H. M. Naish, mistress
Lynch Blosse M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford. There is Parish Clerk, WaIter Woodward.
a widows' charity of £2 4s. yearly. The Stinchcombe Post Office.-Isaac Woodward, sub-postmaster. Letters
Hill Golf Club, established in 1889, have a good course through Dursley, arrive at 8 a.m. & 3.30 p.m.; dis-
of 9 holes on the summit of the hill (for further parti- patched at 9.5 a.m. & 5.30 p.m. Postal orders are
culars, see under Dursley). The Manor House, the ,seat iSosued here, but not paid. Dursley is the nearest money
o~ Lieut.-Col. Sir Charles Prevost bart. J.P. is a hanrl- order & telegraph office, 3 miles distant

Blosse Rev. Robert Charles Lynch Bennett Charles, farmer, Lorridge NichoUs Jas. frmr. MeIksham farm

M.A. (vicar) (letters via. Berkeley) Spurrier Robert, blacksmith

Browne Colonel William Lloyd J.P. Gabb Samuel, farmer, Street farm Summers William, carpenter

Peers court Harris Wm. farmer, Southend farm Woodward David, wheelwright

Edwards Rev. David M.A. Stancombe Higgins William, mason Woodward Henry, farmer, White-

Prevost Lieut.-Col. Sir Charles hart. Hooper George & Emma (Miss), far- house farm

J.P. Manor house mers, Stancombe farm Woodward Isaac, shopkeeper, Post off

Welch Alfred Edward Long Edward Ricketts, farmer, Stan- Woodward William, farmer

Ford Thomas D. farmer, Church farm dall's farm

STOKE :BISHOP is 111 tithing and suburb of Bristol, deaconry and diocese of Bristol. The church of St. Mary
2 miles north-west from Bristol; it is within a short dis. Magdalene, consecrated in 1860, is an edifice of stone in

Itanee of Clifton Down station, and has also a station at the Early English style, consisting of apsidal chancel,

the north-west corner of the parish, called" Sea. Mills," clerestoried nave of six bays, aisles, vestries, organ
on the Bristol Port and Pier Railway; it was formed in chamber, south porch, and 8 tower with spire at the
1860 into an ecclesiastical parish from the parish of West- south-west angle containing 8 clock and 6 bells: there
bury-on-Trym, and is in the Southern division of the are several stained windows: the chancel was extended
county, :Westbury-on-Trym civil parish, Barton Regis in 1885 and a chapel built on the south side at a cost
union, Lawford's Gate petty sessional divi-sion, Bristol of £600, and the church now affords sittings for 600
county court district, rural deanery of Stapleton and arch- persons. The register dates from 1860. The living ia

•

298 STOKE BISHOP. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. [KELLY'S

a vicarage, net yearly value about £400, with residence, delivery 8.30 a.m.; dispatch 3.50 & 8.25 p.m. Sneyd
in the gift of trustees, and held since 1895 by the Rev.
Park is the nearest telegraph office. Wall'Letter Box,
Josiah George Alford M.A. of Corpus Christi College,
Cambridge, and surrogate. Old Sneyd Park is the resi- near Stoke House, cleared at 9.30 a.m. 12.25, 4.5, 6.40
dence of Francis Tagart esq. F.L.S., F.R.G.S., J.P. The & 8.15 p.m.; sunday, 3.50 p.m

area is 851 acres; the population in 1891 was 1,375, the National School (boys, girls & infants), established in
remainder being included in the city of Bristol.
1860, & enlarged in 1885 & 1893, for 230 children;
Verger, .Albert Tyler. average attendance, 82 boys, 75 girls & 35 infants;
Town Sub-Post, M. O. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Thomas Miller, master; Miss Helen E. Forrest, mis~
tress; Miss Rosaline Cook, infants' mistress
Office.-Miss Emily Pinker, sub-postmistress. Letters
County Police Station, Frederick Bradley, constable in
arrive from Bristol at 7.15 a.m. 3 & 7 p.m.; dispatched
at 9.30 a.m. 12. IS, 4.10 6.40 & 8.25 p.m. Sunday eharge, & I constable
Railway Station, Sea Mills, George Lewis, station master

PRIVATE RESIDE~TS. Greaves Rev. Talbot, Stoke house COMMERCIAL.

(For Sneyd Park see Bristol Sts.) Hale William Matthew, CIaverton Bromfield William, farmer, Sea mills

.Alford iRev. Josiah George M..!.. Harrison Mrs. George, Vashni Codrington John Robert, farm bailiff

Vicarage Harrison Mrs. Wm. Western cottage to Francis Tagart esq. J.P •

Arnott John .Alexander, Severnleigh Lane George, Stoke bank Edmonds Wm. shopkeeper, .Sea mills

Ashington Mrs. The Ferns Pass Alfred Capper, The Holmes Fear Frederick, wheelwright

Brown William H. Marchlands Perrett Jsph. River Bank ho.Sea mills Green Edwin Albert, farmer, Stoke

Bruce Mrs. Heatherdale Perry Benjamin, Avonleigh Abbey farm

Budgett William Edward, Stoke lodge Phillips Miss, Woodlands Partridge John, market gardener

Burges Mrs. 3 Stoke Park road Slade Harman, IOak lodge Pinker Emily (Miss), shopkeeper &

Butlin Charles, The Grange, Stoke Smith Miss Brooke, Stoke Hill cot post office

Bishop, Clifton Tagart Francis J.P., F.L.S., F.R.G.S. Sharpe Thomas, farmer, Sea mills

Chetwood Aiken John Chetwood J.P. Old Sneyd park Smith Henry, market gardener

The -Glen Todd William Ansell, Huntworth Taylor Thomas, shopkeeper

Fry Tom, Bank house, Sea mills Tothill Francis J.P. The Grove Thorne James, dairyman, Sea. mills

George William Edward, Downside Tothill William. The Grove Tyler Albert, coffee house

Godwin James, Colthurst, Ellinthorp Townsend Charles J.P. St. Mary's Wills John, dairyman

STOKE GIFFORD is a patish and village I mile is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is
clayey; subsoil, brown limestone. The chief crops are
north-east from Filton station on the Brist-ol and South wheat, beans and roots; the area. is 2,397 acres; rateable
value, £4,300; the population in 1891 was 364 civil, 359
Wales section of the Great Western railway, 16 north- ecclesiastical.

west from Bath, 7 west-south-west from Chipping Sod- By Local Government Board Order, 18,125, March 25,
1885, Stanley Farm was transferred from Winterbourne
bury, and lIS from London, in the Southern division of to Stoke Gifford for civil purposes.

the county, Bart-on Regis hundred, Lawford's Gate petty Sextoness, Mrs. Barton.

sessional division, Barton Regis union, Bristol county Post Office.-George Taylor, sub-p<lstmaster. Letters
arrive through Bristol at 6.50 a.m. ,&; 4. 20 p.m.; dis-
court district, rural-deanery of Stapleton and archdeaconry patched 3. 15 & 8.20 p.m

and diocese of Bristol. The church of St. Michael is an Wall ~etter Box cleared at 3;30 & 8 p.m. Postal orders
are Issued here, b~t not paId. The nearest money orde!
a~c~ent building of stone in the Early English ~tyle, con- &; telegraph office 1:S at Hambrook
sIstmg of chancel, nave of three bays, north .als1e, ,so~th
:perch and an embattled to~e~ on the ,south SIde contam- Village School (mixed), built, with a: residence for the
mg 3 bells: there are sIttmgS' for 234 persons. vicTahre~
register dates from the yeaI' 1556. The living is a mistress, in 1863, for 60 children; average attendance,
51; ':Mrs. Margaret Rowland, mistress
age, net yearly value £53, in the gift of the Duke of

Beaufort K.G. and held since 1873 by the Rev. Newman

Tibbits B.A. of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.

Charities of the annual value of £14 3s. 8d. are distri-

buted to the poor yearly. The Duke of Beaufort K.G.

Causon Miss Cam Francis, wheelwright Park~r John Philip, farmer, Cold

Limbrick Mrs Davis Edward, frmr. Little Stoke frm Harbour farm

Lloyd William, Harry Stoke Derrick James, market gardener Phillips Caroline (Mrs.), farmer

Mortimer William, Walls court Garratt John, frmr. Bailey Court frm Phillips Frederick, dairyman

Tibbits Rev. Newman B.A. (rector) Iles Edwin, blacksmith Powell Grace (Mrs.), Beaufort Arms

COMMERCIAL. lIes George, market gardener Powell Richard Henry, shopkeeper

Beauchamp Geo. frmr. Yew Tree frm Mortimer William, farmer,Walls court Taylor George, carpenter, Post office

Bridgeman Charles, farmer Parker Geo-rge, farmer, Court farm

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STOKE ORCHARD is a hamlet in the parish 01 and arable, the two former bearing an. equal proportion to
Bishop's Cleeve, but enjoying all the privileges of a town~ the latter. The chief crops are wheat, beans and barley.

tlbip, having its own authorities, and supporting its own The area. is 1,335 acres; rateable value, £2,819; the

poor; it is on the river Swilgate, I mile north-west from population in 1891 was 162.

Cleeve station on the Midland railway, 6 north-west from lVall Letter Box cleared at 5. 15 p.m. week days only.
Cheltenham and 4 south from Tewkesbury, in the Letters through Cheltenham arrive about 9 a.m.; no

Northern division of the county, hundred of Cleeve, petty delivery on sundays. Bishop's Cleeve is the nearest

·!'essional division of Cheltenham, union and county court money order office, & Gothenngton & Tewkesbury, both

district of Tewkesbury, rural deanery of Winchcomb and 4 miles distant, the nearest telegraph offices
archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester. The chapel of
ea,;e here attached to Bishop's Cleeve is an ancient build- A School Board of 5 members was formed 1877 for the

ing of stone in the Norman style, consisting of chancel united district of Stoke Orchard &; Tredington; H_

and nave with a small turret at the east end, containing A. Badham, Tewkesbury, clerk to the board; Cuthbert

one bell: there are sittings for 100 persons. There is a Mead, attendance officer

small Congregational chapel. The trustees of the late Doard School (mixed), built in 1877 for Stoke Orchard

Richard Rogers Coxwell-Rogers esq. of Ablington Manor, & Tredington, for 80 children; average attendance, 50;

are lords of the manor and chief landowners. The soil there is a residence for the mistress; Mrs. Elizabeth

is principally stiff clay, and is applied to pasture, meadow Harris, mistress

Clarke John Stock, assist. overseer Mead Cuthbert, school attend. officer Spragg WaIter, farmer, Green farm

Cresswell Sarah (Mrs.), farmer Mead In. Knox, frmr. Upper farm Theyer Henry B. farmer

Corbett Albert, miller (water) Reeve James, farmer, Elms farm

STONE is a township, village and chapelry in the parish I porch and a western tower, with pinnacles and spire,

of Berkeley, on the high road from Gloucester to Bristol, I containing 5 bells: the church was new roofed in 1893,

and on the Little Avon river, ... miles south-west from at a cost of about £400, and has 230 sittings. The
Bel'keley Road station on the Bristol and Birm.in~ham register dates from the year 1595. The living is a vicar-
section of the Midland railway, 5 north-east from Thorn- age, gross yearly value £200, with residence, in the gif~
bury, 7 south~west from Dursley and 16 north from 10f the vicar of Berkeley, and held since 1848 by the Rev.

:Bristol, in the Northern division of the county, Berkeley Charles Cripps M.A. of Magdalen Hall, Oxford. There

hundred and petty sessional division, Thornbury union, are charities of about £96 yearly value, derived from land

Dursley county court district, and in the rural deanery of and !houses left in 1726 by William Morse (£40) ond in

Dursley and archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester. The J683 by Thomas Dudbridge, ('lerk of Stone (£8), and also

church of All Saints is an edifice in the Early English a sum of £48 left by Henry Palmiter and others. Lord

and Decorated styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south l"it7Jhardinge, who is lord of the manor. the Rev. Sir

DIREarORY •] GLOUCESTERSHIRE. STONEHOUSE. 299

Edward Harry Dutt()D Colt bart. M.A. rector of Monk LOWER STOl\1E, I mile south-west, and :MIDDLE
Ok€hampton, Devon, Thomas· Breadstone Croome esq. MILLS, half a mile east. are in this chapelry.
of Breadswne House, and Arthur Hoare esq. of Stone
. Court, are the chief landowners. The soil is clayey and Sexton, Henry SQort. _
loamy; subsoil, mar!. The land is principally pasturage;
the aTea is 650 acres; rateable value, £1,895; the popu- Post Office.-Frederick Towler, sub-postmaster. Letters
lation in r8g1 was 262. received through Falfield RS.O. arrive at 7.30 a.m.;

HAM and ISTOl\'E form a township for the support of dispatched at 5.40 p.m. Postal orders are issued here,
the poor in Berkeley parish, under which heading the but not paid. Falfield is the nearest money order &;
former will be found. telegraph office
National School (mixed), built, with residence for master,
in 1870, &; enlarged in 1897, for ISO children; average
attendance, 100; George Levi Watts, master

Bennett Charles, Norton house COMMERCIAL. King Thomas, butcher

Cripps Rev. Charles M.A. Vicarage Anen George, farmer, Lower Stone Lea John Taylor, farmer. Middle

Croome Miss Andrews Hy. frmr. West End house Mill house _

Hoare Arthur J.P. Stone court Ball James, New inn &; wheelwright Pegler Henry, farmer, Lower Stone

Holmes A'Court Hon. Chas. The Elms Cox John Geo. farmer, Lower Stone Pick Wi:Iiam, farmer, Lower Stone

Mansfield John William,Church house Groome Daniel, baker &; grocer Reeves Mary (Mrs.), beer retailer

Poole William Thomas Cullimore Leonard, frmr. Low. Stone Shipp John, farmer, Hall farm

Wetmore Mrs. Tudor lodge Fowler Fredk. shopkeeper, Post ()ffice Smith William Henry, farmer

Wetmore Mrs. Jane Gibbons Samuel, plasterer Stinchcombe Henry,professor of musiC"

Worden John Hill Annie W. (Mrs.), frmr.& laundry Watts George Levi, school master.

Worden Miss Howard In. carpenter, Lower Stone School house

STONEHOUSE is a parish and township, 3 miles west the wells is more or less affected by chloride of sodium

from Stroud, 105 from London and 9 south from Glou- and the sulphate of magnesia, or lime. The chief crops

cester, in the Mid division of the county, Whitstone hun- are wheat, oats and barley. The area is 1,842 acres of

dred, Whitminster petty s'essional division, Stroud union land and 32 of water; l'ateable value, £12,671; the popu-

and county court district, rural deanery of Stonehouse lation in 1891 was 4,352 of the entire parish, and 2,008 of

and archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester: it is situated the eccle8~astical parish.

at the junction ot the Great Wastern and Midland irail- Parish Clerk, George Harrison.

ways, each having, a station here. The Stonehouseo and BOND'S MILL is a place 11 miles west-by-south.
Nailsworth branch wall opened in 1867. The Stroudwater
canal passes' through the parish. A -system of drainage, BIUDGE END is' a place a quarter of a. mile south:
commenced in February, 1885, has been carried out at a
cost of £3,5°0. The church of St. Cyril,. rebuilt, with here are dye works.

OLDINGS is a place half a mile north-west.

the exception of the tower, in 1854, at a cost of £2,297, RY"EFORD is a plaoe three-quarters of a. mile east, and

is a building of stone, in the Norman and Perpendicular has a station on the Nailsworth branch of the Midland rail-

styles, consisting of chancel with aisle, nave of five bays, way: here are saW' mills.-Letters via Stonehouse arrive
aisles, north and west porches, and a. low Perpendicular about 8 a.m. & 3.20 p.m. Wall Letter Box cleared a~

western tower containing 6 bells: the stained east window 6. 15 p.m. week days only.

was presented by the late Rev. Thomas Peters B.A. rector HAYWARD'S FIELD. formerly extra-parochial. by a
of Eastington from 1837: in 1884 the church waS! restored Local Government Board Order. dated March 25. 1884,
and enlarged by the addition of a chancel aisle and vestry, was amalgamated with SWnehouse. By another Order,.

at a cost of upwards of £1,000, the vestry being erected March 24th, 1884. a portion of Straud was added to Stone-
at the joint cost of Mrs. Kingdon and the late Mrs. house, and later, by an Order dated 25 March. 1885,

Bawdwen: the latter aliSO presented a brass eagle lectern. Chesnut Farm, Ebley, Westrip, Ebley Chapel, Ashpiece
George Whitfield was curate of this parish about 1736 &c. were transferred from Randwick to the parish of

and commenced his career of 'preaching in the open air Stonehouse; but, by an Order of the .County Council

in the churchyard because the church could not contain dated IDth August, 1894, these pla-eeil were transferred to
the congregat~0Il;, from ~hich circumstance he ~i~self C'ainscross' new civil parish; the population in 18g1 was 4-
first exc~s'6d hIS lTregnlanty: the church has 5~0. sltt~ngs. -Letters via Stonehouse arrive about 8 a.m.
The regIster elates from the year 1558. The hvmg IS, an r ' ,. , pa~I. sh
endowed vicarage, net yearly value £334, including- 291 CAIN SCROSS IS a .P?rtlOn. of the of Stonehouse.

acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Crown, but now a sepa;rate CIvil pansh. and will be found under

and held since 1861 by the Rev. William Farren 'White a separate headmg. .
M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridg-e. Here are Con- Post. M. O. & T. 0.,. T. M. 0., S. B.. Express. DelIvery,
gregational and Wesleyan chapels. The" St. Oyril's In- Parcel Post &; ~nmty'&; Insuranc~ Office.-MIss Margt.
stitute and Church of England's Young Men's Society M{:Call, postmIstress'. Letters aITlve at. 6.30 &; 9.30 a.m.
&; 3 p.m. &i 7.30 p.m. (callers only); dIspatched at 8·35
rooms," originally established in 1866 for the l>enefit of &; 11..35 a.m. &; 7. 15 &; 7.50 p.m. Money ordeI'ls granted
the working classes. contains a reading room and &; paId between. 7 a.m. &; 8 p.m. Pos~al telegraph open

lecture hall and good library. There is also an old library

of about 300 volumes, chiefly theological works, left t,o fr.om 8 a.m. till 8 p.m. .sunday delivery at 7 a.m.;
the parish by the Rev. Sampson Harria. a former vicar. dIspatched at 7. 15. p.m. for 'Gloucester & the North &
Here is' also a o>ttagers' Horticultural Society, founded for the general dIspatch 7.5 0 p.m.; office open ~rom

in 186,. in connection with which a flower show and 8 w 10 a.m. for the sale of stamps & telegraph busmess
industrial exhibition are held annually. The Stonehouse Wall Let.ter Boxes. Regent street, ~leared at 8,30 &; II
:Brick and Tile Co. Limited, established in 1891, carry on a.m. & 6.3 0 p.m.; & Hayward's FIeld iEI~use, cleared at

a large business here, in bricks, tiles, pottery and terra- 8.15 &; ID·55 a.m. &; 6.25 p.Jll week dayts only

cotta. Two pleasure fairs are held yearly, on May I and COUNTY MAGISTRA.TES FOR WHITMINSTER

October II. There are two .sub-branches here of the PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION.

Capital and O>unties Bank Limited, and the National Darell Sir Lionel Edward hart. D.L. Fretheme court,

Provincial Bank of England Limited. The woollen manu- Stonehouse

facture affords to the inhabitants their chief employment; Marling- 'Sir Wm. Hy. bart. D.L. Stanley park. Straud

broad cloths of superior quality are made here from Saxon Eaker Granville EdWtin Iloyd esg. Hardwicke et. Gloucestr

and Augtralian wool. There is a small benefaction of Baker Henry Orde Lloyd esq. The OJttage, Hardwicke,

£3 9s. 2d. left by the will of J. Harmer esg. and distri· Gloucester

buted yearly in gowns to poor women residing- in Stone4 Clifford Henry Francis esq. Frampton grange, Framp.

house. Stonehouse Court, an ancient mansion, is the ton-an-Severn, Stonehouse

residence of Edward R. Salwey esq.; Queen Elizabeth Davies Edwd. Jenner esq. M.A. Hayward's end,Stonehouse

visited this house during one of her progresses. and the Davies Lt.-Col. Wm. M.A.• V.D. Amberley court, Stroud

room in which Her Majesty slept is still shown. Sir Graham-Clarke Leonard John esq. M.A. Frocester manor,

William Henry Marling bart. of Stanley Park, who is lord Stonehouse

of the manor, and Lorel Sherbome are principal landowners. Kimmins James Charles Clegg esq. Lightpill house,

The soil is marly and blue Has'; subsoil, oolite. The Rodboraugh, Stroud

geological situation of this parish is amidst that broad' Marling Maj. Percival Scrope V.C. Stanley park, Str()ud

tand of oolite tract which may be traced from the Marling Samuel Stanley esq. Stanley park, Stroud

Humber to the Avon, where a line of escarpment has Stanton Jas.Thos. esq; The Leaze, Eastington,StonesholLSe

been left, from the wasting effects of the water, on the Tidswell Rabert Ingham esq. Haresfield court, Stonehouse

red marls and blue lias. Many of these escarpments Clerk to the Magistrates. T. Trewren Vizard, Dursley

command extensive views over undulating- plains. par- Petty' Sessions are held ab the Petty Sessional Courts at

ticularly wher& the valleys terminate abruptly, as thev do 1Vhitminster & Stonehouse alternately on the second
in the immediate neighbourhood; and water drawn from &; last thursday in every month, at II a.m. The follow4)

3CQ STO~EHOUSE. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. [KELLY'S

-mg places are included in the Petty Sessional Division: 370 children; average ft.ttendance, 270; John Westa~ott,
-Arlingham, Cainscross, Eastington, l"rampton-on- master; Mrs. Anua M. King, infants' mistress'; the
Severn, Fretherne-with-Saul, Frocester, Hardwicke,
Haresfield, King Stanley, Leonard Stanley, Longney, endowment amount6 to £45 yearly, of whichl £10 goe3
Moreton Valence, Randwick, Stonehouse, Standish &
Wheatenhul1st to Cainscross; the total sum is derived from fourteen
Police Station, George Smith, sergeant, &; 2 constables separate benefactions by John Elliott, the Rev. J.
Pettat, a former vicar, &; others
PUBLIO·' OFFIOEBlS'.
-o .
Medical Officer &; Public Vaccinator, No. 2 District, Stroud
Union &; Haresfield District, Wheatenihurst Union, Geo. From Stroud to Gloucester &; back, Thomas Dangerfield,
Thomas Brown Watters "M.D., C.M. Regent street mono wed. thurs. &; !Sot. &; Henry Pegler, mono wed. &1
sat
Assistant Overseer, John Price, Ryeford
Highway District Surveyor, Peter Savage, High .street Henry Eddels' omnibus from Midland statIon to Stroud,
Sa.nitary Inspector to Straud Rural District Council &; to
three time" daily
Nailsworth Urban Council, John Hall, Poundfield
National &; Endowed School (mixed &; infants), built, with RAILWA.Y S~ATIONS.

master's house, in 1832, &; enlarged in 1873 &; 1888, for Great Western, Henry Hemming, station master
Midland, William Watkins, station master
Midland, Ryeford, Joseph Clayfield

STONEHOUSE. Cole Richard, Globe P.H. High street Preedy Albert, chimney sweeper
, Cook John Henry. Cross Hands P.H St. Cyril's Institute &; Church of Eng-
PRIVATE RESIDENTS, i Copner John. farmer, Plough farm
land Young Men's Society Rooms

.Aland Miss : Cottagers' Horticultural Soltiety (The (George Harrison, curator)

Anderson Arthur W. Hill grove Rev. William F. White M.A. sec) Savage Peter, highway district sur-

Belcher John, Egremont Cousins Samuel, wheelwright veyor, High street

Bright Mrs. St. CyriI's lodge Cox Fras. &; In. butchers, Regent st Smith R. T. &; Co. carriers &; railway

Clayton Miss, White house Critchley Charles, coal merchant &; shipping agents

Clutterbuck William Daniels William, farmer, Bridge end Smith Richard .& Son, bakers,High st

Davies Edward Jenner M.A., J.P. Davies Robert S. &; Sons, woollen Steedman Daniel Mackenzie L.R.C.P.

Hayward's End cloth manufacturers,Stonehouse mls &; S.Edin. surgeon, High street

Evans J. S. Wycliffe college Davis Alfred, shopkeeper, Reg-ent st Stephens Edwd. ,beer retlr. Regent st

Ford Alfred, High s'treet Eastmans' Limited, butchers, High st Stephens J ames, -engineer

Godfrey Edward L. High street Eddels Henry, omnibus proprietor Stephens J oseph Edmund, gen. smith

Grimes Henry, Ivy cottage Edwards Christr. Wait. beer retailer Stonehouse Brick &; Tile Co. Limited

Holmes Henry, High street Emmerton John Charles, confectioner, (Arthur W. Anderson, manager),

Hugill E. F., RA. Wycliffe college I Regent street brick &; tile manufacturers

Huntley Thomas Carey, High street Evans Daniel, basket ma. Regent st Taylor William, builder

Lee Rev. Edward (Congregational) Field Harold Rd. commercial travellr Teal George Arthur, cabinet maker

McCall George Kerr FrenchElla,Elizabeth &; Edith (Misses), Tilley George, plasterer, Burdett road

McLannahan James Gunn, Regent st ladies' school Townsend Charles &; Son, plumbers

M-aclean J ames Dugald M.B. High at Gainer Jsph. &; Co. dyers, Bridge end Townson Richard, Crown &; Anchor

Matthews Henry, Doverow villa Gardner Alfred, greengrocer hotel, High street

MiHs Miss, Elmcote Gleed Alfred, boot maker Truscott &; Sons, cycle makers

Mills Rev. Wm. Lancelot B.A.High st Godfrey &; RusseIl, general merchants Watters George Thomas Brown M.D.,

Newport Misses Hall John,sanitary inspector to Stroud C.M., L.R.C.S.Edin. surgeon, &1

Norris John Lapage, Burdett road rural district council &; to Nails- medical ()fficer &; public vaccinator,

Parr J ames F. The Glen worth urban district council & No. 2 district, Stroud union; &

Phillimore nDaWniielll,iaBme,rrTv• hfieeldGrove school attendance officer to Stroud medical officer &; medical officer of
Pryce Eva
school committee, Poundfie~d health & public vaccinator, Hares-

Russell Herbt. W. H. Springfield villa Harrison George, builder &; parish clrk field district, Wheatenhurst union,

Salwey Edward R. Stonehouse court Higgs Rebecca (Miss), confectioner Regent street

Sibly Arthur M.A., LL.D. Hayward's HilI William, grocer &; butcher Westmacott John, school master

Field house Hillman James, beer retailer Whiley Mark, printer &; stationer,

Sibly George William M.A. (head Hooper Charles & Sons Limited, High street

master), Wycliffe college wooEen cloth manufrs. Bond's mill Wilts Henry William, boot maker

Steedman Daniel Mackenzie, High st Hopkins Henry. baker &; shopkeeper Wycliffe Collega (estab. r882)(George

Tilton Mrs. High street Hopkins William Rt. draper, High st William Sibly M.A. Lincoln colI.

Turner Rev. Fras.H.T.T.,M.A.(curate) Huntley Thomas Carey, hon. clerk to Oxford, head master; Arthnr Sibly

Watson Mrs. High street parish council, High street M.A., LL.D. science master; E. F.

Watters George Thomas Brown M.D. James Arthur, plasterer, Burdett road Hugill B.A. >& J. S. Evans, classical

Regent street Johnson Arthur Wm. baker, High st masters; Frederick H. Sherwell

White Rev. William Farren M.A. J ones Edwin Cook, coffee tavern B.A.math. &; music master)

,Vicarage King George William, Woolpack P.H

Yeo Mrs. High street King Henry, grocer, & agent for W. HAYWARD'S FIELD.

COMMERCIAL. &; A. Gilbey Lim. wine &; spirit mers de Behr Theodore Lovell, Oakfield
King Jas. Gods ell, butcher &; shopkpr Garner George Robert, Spring bank
Abel Edwin, haulier Langford Edward, wood &; coal mer Niblett William Thomas, Merton ldg

Alder George, butcher Larkin Robert, beer retailer Sitlinton Geo. Fredk. Springfield ho
.Alford Thomas, chemist, High street Latham William, marine store dealer Smith Henry Court, Sptingfield ho
.Aubrey Maria (Mrs.), confectioner, Leach Benjamin, boot maker Hath'Vay Gilbert Henry, beer retailer
McCall Margaret (Miss), post office
-Regent street Maclean James Dugald M.B., C.M. &; & coal dealer
Jefferies Samuel &; Sons, brick &; tile
Barnett George H. &; Co. tailors L.R.C.S.Edin. surgeon, High street
Marsh Pamela (Miss), dress maker makers; &; at Dudbridge
Barnfie:d Thomas, coal merchant,Mid-
land Railway station

Bell Robert Wm. travelling draper Mastin Thomas William, builder OLDINGS.

Blick Andrew Hobert. builder Mayo Fanny(Mrs.),pouIterer,Regent st
Brown Emily (Miss), dress maker. Merrett Joshua, beer ret. &; coal dealr Freeman Roderick, beer retailer
Morgan George, insurance superin- Price Frederick John, farmer
Regent street Price Frooerick Nathaniel, farmer

Cainscross &; Ebley Co-operative So- tendent, High street

cietyLim. (No. I branch),grcrs .&drprs National Provincial Bank of England RYEFORD.
Capital &; Counties Bank Limited Limited (agency) (John Manners,

(sub-branch); open mono wed. &; manager); open wednesdays, II Kimmins Mrs

- fri. II a.m. to 3 p.m. (Edward a.m. to 2 p.m.; draw on chief Kimmins L.& W. (Misses), ladies' coIl

Weedon Winterbotham, manager); office,II2 Bishopsgate street within, Mastin Annie (Mrs.), beer retailer &;

draw on head office, 39 Thread- London E C coal dealer

needle street, London E C Neinenger Elizabeth (Mrs.), china &; Price John &; Son, nurserymen &;

Champion Charles, grocer &; baker furniture dealer seedsmen; &; at King Stanley

Chandler John, farmer Palser William, draper, High street Webb &; Spring, timber merchants

Clarke Charles William. draper Pegler John, haulier &; shopkeeper Wood & Rowe, coal, salt &; builders'

Glutterbuck Jacob, chimney sweeper Restall Frederick Jenkins, hair merchants; &; at Stroud; Froces-

Clutterbuck Samuel Jackson. tailor dresser &; tobacconist ter &; Nailsworth

DffiECTORY.] GLOUCESTERSHIRE. STOW-ON-THE-WOLD. 301.

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STOW-ON-THE-WOLD is 8 parish, small market purposes. There are also several useful dharities, amount-

and union town, head of a county court district and petty ing to £147 yearly, which is given in meat, coals and

sessional division, on the old Roman Fosse way. 11 miles bread. Henry Ingles-Chamberlayne esq. is lord of the

norbh from Stow-on-the-Wold station on the Oxford and manor and principal landowner. The area, including the

Cheltenham section of the Great Western railway, 9 hamlets, is 3,13° acres; rateable value of Stow-on-the-

north-north-east from Northleach, 2S north-east from Wold, £3,25°; the population in 1891 was 1,204 civil, a.D1d

Gloucester and 88 from London. in the Eastern division 1,878 ecclesiastical, and of the UI'ban District, 1,525.

of the county, upper division of Slaughter hundred, rural DO~~IXGTON is a small hamlet It miles! north, and

deanery of Stow, archdeaconry of Cirencester and diocese cc,nsists of three farms, a brewery and a few cottages.
of Gloucester. The town is irre~l1larly built 011 the sum- The Baptist chapel here, erected in 1883, has sittings
mit of a hill. and commands' extensive views: the houses
are chiefly 'built of stone, which abounds in the neigh- for about 50 persons. Edward Egerton Leigh esq. J.P.
of Broadwell Manor House, is the principal landowner.
bourhood.
The town is governed by an Urban District Council of Rateable value, £1,127; the population in 1891 was Ill.

nine members, formed under the provisions of the" Local MXUGERSBURY is a. hamlet half a mile south-east.
Mau~er;;bury Manor, the seat of Henry Ingles-Chamber-
Government Act, 1894" (56 and 57 Vict. c. 73), in place layne esq. J.P. lord of the manor, is a fine mansion of
of the Local Board constituted June· 25, 1872: it is sup- stone surrounded by pleBiSant grounds, from which ex-
plied with water by the Council from the town well, and
tensive views may be obtained. Rateable value, £2,641 i
is lighted with gas by a company. The church of St. the population in 189I was 563, including 69 officers and
inmates in the workhouse.
Edward, said to have been built by Ailmore or lEthelmer,
Earl of Cornwall and Devon, in the reign of Ethelred, is Post, M. O. & T. 0., S. R & Annuity & InSllrance Office

a handsome and spacious edifice of stone, in the Norman, (Sub-Office. Letters should have S.O. Gloucestershire
added).-Miss F. M. Eaton, SUb-postmistress. Letters.
Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular styles, con-
are delivered at 7 & 8.15 a.m. &; Z-4S p.m.; dispatched
sisting of chancel, nave of three bays, aisles, transepts,
north and ,south porches and an embattled tower on the at ID.15 a.m. &; 6.10 &; 7.15 p.m. Sundays, letters are-
delivered at 8 a.m.; dispatched at 5 p.m
south .side, with pinnacles. and containing a clock and 6
Wall Letter Boxes, Maugersbury, cleared at 5.40 p.m.; &
bells: the east and west windows ale stained, and there
Donnington, cleared at 5.20 p.m
are ten other stained windows: in the chancel are sedilia
and a piscina with canopy, and in the north transept is

a memorial window to Major-General Raikes, d. 1880; COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR STOW PETTY SES-
SIONAL DIVISION.
there are several other memorials to members of the

Chamberlayne family, descendants of the Norman family Leigh Edward Egerton esq. Broadwell Manor house, Stow-
on-the-Wold
of Tankerville, including John Chamberlayne, 1677; John
Ohamberlayne, 1714; Rev. John Cbamberlayne, 1786, Rice The Hon. John Talbot, Oddington house, Stow-on-
the-Wold
and Joseph Chamberlayne-Chamberlayne, 1874: Captain
Arnold Col. Stanley, Adlestrop house, Chipping Norton
Hastings Keyt, who waS' killed in a fight which took By.lss Robart Nicholl esq. Wyck Hill, Stow-on-the-Wold
Chamberlayne Henry Ingles- esq. Maugersbury manor,.
place at Stow between the Royalists and Parliamentary
forces in 1645, was buried in the chancel: in the nave Stow-on-the-Wold
is a large painting of the "Crucifixion," by Gaspard de Cox James esq. The Elms, Stow-on-the-Wold
Moore George Fredk. esq. Bourton-on-the-Water R.S.O
Crayer, a Flemish artist, dating 1610, and presented to Pratt Rev. Henry M., M.A. Rectory, Great Rissington,

the church in 1838 by Joseph Chamberlayne-Chamber- Bourton-on-the-Water R.S.O
layne esq.: the church has been restored since 1873, at a Heynolds John, Upper Slaughter, Bourton-on-the-Wat.er
cost of £500, and affords sittings for 600 persons. The
register dates from the year 1554. The living is a rectory, RS.O
gross yearly value £500, with residence, in the gift of and Sartoris Alfred esq. Abbots Wood, Stow-on-the-Wold
Sartoris Francis ehas.esq.Abbots Wood,Stow-on-the-Wold
held since 1843 by the Rev. Robert William Hippisley Thursby Piers esq. Broadwell Hill, Stow-on-the-Wold
M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford. and surrogate. There is Whitnwre Charl~ Algernon esq. M.P., M.A. Manor honse,.

a Baptist ·chapel, erected in 185~, with 300 sittings; a Lower Slaughter, Moreton-in-Marsh

" Strict" Baptist chapel, built in 1841, and seating 50 Clerk to the Magistrates, Richard Gay Francis
persons, and a. Wesleyan chapel, re-erected in 1863, and
affording 150sittings. A Cemetery of 2 acres, situated
at the south end of the town, was formed in 1856. at a

cost of £500, and is under the control of a joint burial Petty SessicjUs are held at the Petty Sessional Court every
committee of ,seven members. The Masonic Hall. in alte!'nate thursday, at I p.m. The following places are-

Church street, is an edifice of stone and flint, in which included in the petty sessional divistion :-Adlestrop,

the" Prince of Wales" lodge, No. 951, holds its meetings. Barrington (Great), Bledington, Bourton-on-the-Water,
St. Edward's Hall. in the Market ,square, is a building
of stone, in the Elizabethan style, erected in 1878 from Broadwell, Clapton, Condicote, Daylesford, Donnington,
designs by Messrs. Medland and Son, architects, of Glou- Eyford, Icomb, Longborough, Maugersbury, Naunton,.
cester, at a CQlSt of upwardS of £3,000, given by the Rev. Notgrove, Oddington, Rissington (Great), Rissington
(Little), Rissington (Wick), Sezincote, Slaughter (Up-
W. B. V. X. Pole RA. of Maidenhead, Rev. E. F. Witts per), Slaughter (Lower), Stow-on-the-Wold, Swell (Up-
M.A. late rector of Upper Slaughter, Rev. D. Royce M.A. per), Swell (Lower) & Westcote

vicar of Nether Swell, and the late Charles S. Whitmore URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
esq. Q. C.; it contains a billiard room, reading and news
room, a circulating library.of r,800 volumes, and a large Offices, St. Edward's Hall; meeting day, last tuesday in
the month, at 8 p.m.
assembly room used for public meetings and entertain-

ments, holding 350 persons; here also is the armoury of Members.
the I Company, 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Gloucest~rshire Chairman, J ames Cox, sen.
Rl.'giment. The police station, in which the petty sessions Vice-Chairman, Henry Hollis.

are held, is a building of stone, erected in 1869. The

stocks are still iStanding on the green. In the ~Iarket *Henry Hollis tWilliam Cox Howman

square is an ancient cross, restored in 1&78 by public *Henry Teague tRobert Blizard "0
tMark Hookham ;..-.;-
subscription, as a memorial to the late J. Chamberlayne- *William Yearp

Chamberlayne esq.; it consists of an octangular ba.se tJames Cox, sen tJohn Frederick Nichols:

raised on four steps, from which rises a monolithic shaft tEdward Francis

seven feet in height, snpporting a gabled head-stone with Marked thus • retire in April, 1898•

four niches, inclosing carvings of the Crucifixion and Marked thus t retire in April, 1899-

figures of saints. and surmounted by a floriated cross. Marked thus ~ retire in April, 19°°·
Officers.
A drinking fountain of local stone, at the north end of the
town, was presented in 1896 by Capt. Piers Thursby J.P. Clerk, Henry Parker
of Broadwell. During tIDe Great Rebellion, 1642-5, Stow
was once or twice the scene of conflicts, and on March Treasurer, James Cox, jnn. Capital &; Counties Bank
21st, 1645, a severe battle was fought on the Donnington
side of the town, when the Royalists were defeated with Medical Officer of Health, Edwin Dening L.R.C.P.Ediu
Surveyor, John Turner

the loss of their general, Sir Jacob Astley, ancl 1,500 Sanitary Inspector, Joseph Vann
men; King Charles I. slept here on May ]th, on his' way Collector, Thomas John Howman

to reduce the town of Leicester. In 1604 Richard Shep- DISTRICT illGHWAY BOABD.
ham, citizen and merchant-tailor of London, built and Meets at the Workhouse every fourth week at 8 p.~
endowed nine almshouses and a Free Grammar school: Clerk, Henry Parker
th3 endowment now amounts to £39 8s. yearly, of which
sum £23 8S'. is ap}?ropriated t.o the poor persons resiCing Treasul'er, James Cox, ju!'. Capital &; Counties Bank
in the almshouses: the school-room is used for parochial Surveyor, .A1bert Henry :Mau.i~

302 STOW-ON-THE-WOLD. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. [KELLY'S

STOW-ON-THE-WOLD RURAL DISTRIOT COUNCIL. Treasurer, Jame9' Cox, jun. Capital & Counties Bank Lim
Relieving Officers, Bourton-on-the-Water District, George
The District includes the following- parishes :-Eyeford,
lcomb, Longborough, Maugersbury, Naunton, Not- ·WhitfielU, Bourton-on-the-Water; Stow-on-the-lVold
grove, Oddington, Great.. Rissington, Little Rissington District, John Keen, Stow-on-the-Wold
&; Evenlode
Collectors to the Guardians, Geo. Whitfield & John Keen
Meets at the Workhouse alternate thursdays, after the
business of the Stow-on-the-Wold Board of Guardians Vaccination Officer, Joseph> Vann, Stow-on-the-Wold
Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators, Bourton-on-the-
Clerk, Richard Gay Francis
Clerk for Highway Purposes, Henry Parker Water, Francis Richard Sandford Corsel' M.B. Eourton-
on-the-Water; Stow-on-the-Wold District, Edwin Den-
'Treasurer, J ames Cox, jun. Capital & Counties Bank ing L.R.C.P.Edin. Stow-on-the-Wold
Superintendent Registrar~ Richard Gay Francis, Stow-on-
Medical Officers of Health, Stow-on-the-Wold District, the-Wold; deputy, John Pinching', Stow-on-the-Wold
Edwin Dening L.R.C.P.Edin. Stow-on-the-Wold; Bour- Registrars of Births & Deaths, Bourton-on-the~WaterSub-
ton-on-the-Water District, Francis Bjichard Sandford District, George Whitfield, Bourton-on-the-Water;
Corser M.B. Bourton-on-the-Water deputy, John H. Thomas, Bourton-on-the-Water; Stow-
on-the-Wold Sub-District, John Keen, Stow-on-the-
'Surveyor, Albert Henry Maule Wold; deputy, Jabez Roff, Stow-on-the-Wold
Sanitary Inspector, A. E. Clifford Registrar of Marriages, John Howman, Stow-on-the-
Wold; deputy, Rev. F. E. Blackaby, Stow-on-the-Wold
PUBLIO ESTABLISHMENTS. The Workhouse, Maugersbury, will hold 220 inmates;
George Smith, master; Rev., H. J. R. Marston M.A.
Cemetery, Henry Parker, clerk chaplain; Edward Deningj L.R.C.P.Edin.medical officer;
Mrs. Smith, matron
County Court, ills Honor Roben Wood Ingham RA.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OOMMITTEE.
judge; R. A. Anrlerson & Richard Gay FranciSl, regis.
trars; R. G. Francis, ihigh bailiff. A county court is Meets at the Workhvuse, monthly, on a thursday.
Clerk, Richard Gay:FranciS'
held at the Petty Sessional Court house every two Attendance .& Inquiry Officers, John Keen, Stow-on-the-
m.onths. The district comprises the following parishes,
viz. :-Adlestrop, Bledington, Bourton-on-the-Water, Wold; George Whitfield, Bourton-on-the-Water
13roadwell, Clapton, Condicote, Daylesford, Donnington,
Evenlode, Eyford, Great Barrington, Great Rissington, PUBLIC OFFICERS.

1comb, Little Rissington, Longborough, Lower Slaugh- Assistant Overseer &; Collector of Poor's Rates for Stow-
ter, Lower Swell, Maugersbury, Nauntou, Notgrove, on-the-Wold, James H . .AIden; &; for Lower Swell, John
OJdington, Sezincote, Stow-on-the-Wold, Upper Slaugh- Howman
ter, Upper Swell, Westoote & Wick Rissington
Clerk to Co!nmissioners of Taxes, Richard Gay Fraucis
For Bankruptcy purposes this court is included in that of Town Crier, Henry Jeffries, Siheep street

Oheltenham; Charles Scott, County chamber:-. :;:tation PLACES OF WORSiHiIP, with Times of Services.
. road, Gloucester, official receiver
St. Edward's Church, Rev. Robert William Hippisley
Certified Bailiff under the "Law of DistresSl Amendment M.A. rector; II a.m. & 6 p.m.; daily, 9 a.m
Act," Arthur Acock, Oold Asten
Baptist, Rev. Frederick Edward Blackaby; 10.30 a.m. &
Fire Brigade, E. Gillman, sec. & 14 men 6 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m
Inland Revenue Office, John Brady, Sheep street
Masonic Hall, Mrs. IJIathaway, caretaker Ebenezer, IQ.3D a.m. '& 6 p.m
St. Edward's Hall, Mar;tet sq. Mrs. Ellen Keen, keeper Wesleyan, Rev. William Charles Poles; 10.30 a.m. & 6
Police Station, James Simpson, sergeant, & 2 constables
p.m.; wed. 7 p.m
VOLm.--rrEERS.
SCHOOLS.
2nd Volunteer Battalion (Gloucestershire Regiment) (1
Company),Arm.oury, St. Edward's hall; Edwd.Francis, A School Board of 5 members was formed June 28, 1887,
captain; Edwin Dening, lieut. ; Rev. David Royce M.A.
chaplain; JoIhn Keen, colour-sergt.; John J. Ennis, for Stow-on-the-Wold, &; September 23, 1887, the parish
drill instructor; the company is now (1897) 80 strong of Maugersbury was united with it, under the name of
the Stow-on-the-Wold & Maugersbury School Board
• District; William Cox Howman, clerk to the board;
Joseph Vann, attendance officer
ST()IW-ON-THE-WOLD UNION.
Board (girls & infants), built in 1843, for 240 ohildren;
"l'he union comprises th'l following parishes :-Adlestrop,
average attendance, 80 girls &; 80 infants; Miss Edith
Bledington, Bourton-on-the-Water, Broadwell, Clapton- Daun, mistress; Miss Isabe1la Bunn, infants' mistress
Board (boys), built in 1897, at a cost of £x,800, for 120
on-the-Hill, Condicote, Dounington, Evenlode, Eyford, children; average attendance, 90; James O. Stagg, mast
Beale Browne School (mixed), built in 1835, for x40 chil-
Great Barrington, Great Rissington, 100mb, Little Ris- dren; average attendance, 57 boys, &; 24 girls; Josepli
Cryer, master; Mrs. Cryer, mistress
sington, Longborough, Lower Slaughter, Lower Swell, Railway Station, George Tibbs, master
Carrier.-Mrs. Mary Forty, railway agent
Maugersbury, Naunton, Notgrove, Oddington, Sezin-

~ote, Stow-on-the-Wold, Upper Slaug-hter, Upper Swell,

Westcote, Wick Ris'sington; & in Worcestershire, Day-

lesford. The area of the union is 44,537 acres; rateable

'<Talue in 1897, £53,355; the population in 1891 was

9,004 .

Eoam day, every altemate thursday, at the Workhouse

Gerk to the Guardians & AS'sessment Committee, Richard

Gay Francis

Aa W"o •

STOW-ON-THE-WOLD. Hopkins Mrs. Market square AtkinsonJames &; 00. coal & com dlrs.

I'lUVATE RESIDENTS. Hyde Albert, The Square Market square

131ackaby Rev. Frederick Edward (!Bap- Janion Stuart P. Huntspill house Banning John, butcher, Park street

tist), Sheep street Lane Mrs Bartleman & Son, carpenters, Sheep st

131izard The Misses, The Square Mason Mrs. Park street Bartlett <& Son, boot &; shoe makers,

Bullock, Mrs. St. Edward'~ house Parker Henry, Park street • Market square

Oary M1iss, The Square Poles Rev.William Oharles(Wesleyan), Bartlett William, jun. ihoe dooler,

Chamberlain Mrs. The ISquare The Elms Market square

Clifford Mrs. Sheep street Porter Miss Bettridge ehas. carpenter, The Green

Cox James .T.P. The Elms Reynolds Mrs Bettridge Robt. beer retailer, Park st

O:Jx James, jun. Bank house Stallard Harry B.A Blackaiby Rev. F. E. deputy iregistrar

Cox Miss, Market square Strong :Mrs. Sheep street of marriages, Sheep street

Dening- Edw41, The Manor house Sylvester Miss, Mount Pleasant Blizard Jane &; Emma (The !Misses),

Edginton John William T. The Villa Wield lDavid M.A., M.D. ,sheep street ladies' school, The Square

Edg-inton Miss, The Villa. Witts Frederick Richard Vava80ur, Blizard Rabert, currier 0& leather seller,

"Edginton Mis Fosse cottage Park street

Eustace John Goor~e, !Fem cottage COMMERCIAL. Brady John, inland revenue officer

Francis Edward, The !Bryn Alcock William Stacey, plumber &; Bufirey William Ridge, grocer, &;

French ·George A. Sheep street furniture dealer agent for W. 0& A. Gilbey Limited,

Gillman Edward M. rrhe Elms ATden James Hinton, printer, stationer, wine I&; spirit merchants, Market sq

Green Edward A. Brewery house book!binder &; picture frame maker Calcutt Susan (Mrs.), ihopkeeper,

Hams Miss &; assistant overseer for Stow-on-the- Ohurch street

Biatt William, Sheep street Wold parish Capital &; :Counties Bank. Limited

Hinpisley Rev. Robert William M.'!. AlIen H~mry Chs. Bell inn,The Green (branch) (James Cox, jun. man-

Rectory Arthurs Edward S. butcher ag-er); draw on head Qffice, 39

Holls ~s Arthurs Frederick, dairyman, Park st Thr~adneedle street, London E C

DIRECTORY.] GLOUCESTERSHIRE. STOWELL. 203

Cemetery (Henry Parker, clerk to the Bowman Carolina &; Fanny (Misses), Scarrott Esau,Red Lion P .H.Market sq

joint burial committee) fancy repository Scarrott Joseph, glass & china dealer,

Chambers Thos. monumental mason Howman John, registrar of marriages Park street

Olifford Clement, beer ret. Park street for Stow-on-the-Wold district &. Sedgley E. &. Son, saddlers, Market sq

Clifford Mary A. (,Mrs.), beer retailer, assistant overseer & collector of Smith Alfred J. clothier

Park street poor rates for Lower Swell parish Smith Georgina (Mrs.), milliner

Clifford lWbert, mason Howman Thomas John, collector to Smith Harry, tobacconist

Clift & Ryland, booksellers, printers, the urban district council >& agent Smith Jesse, chimney sweeper,Well rd

stationers '& fancy goods dealers for the Royal Farmers' & Allianee Smith John George, outfitter

County Court (His. Honor Raben W. Assurance Co Stallard Harry RA., L.R.C.P.Lond.t

Ingham, judge; R. A. Anderson &; Howman William Cox, clerk to school M.R.C.S.Eng. surgeon, see Dening

R. G. Francis, registrars) board &; agent for the Norwich Fire & Stallard

Cox W. & Sons, bakers & grocers Assurance Co Sto~ Book Society (Rev.David ~oyce,

Cox James, jun. manager of the Hughes Elizabeth (Mrs.), beer & wine hon. sec)

,Capital >& Counties Bank Lim. 1& retailer, Market square Stow Coal Co. (Jabez Roff, manager)

treasurer to the union &:, urban &; Inland Revenue Office (John Brady) Stow Cricket Club (C.Nichols,hon.sec)

rural district councils J acques Frank, grocer, Park street Stow Football Clnb (Reginald Buffrey,

Davis George, boot repairer, Park st Jacques Rd. furniture broker, Park st hon.sec.); headquarters,White Hart

Dening & Stallard, surgeons Jacquest Arthur Gascoigne, Unicorn Stow Golf Club (Hy. E. Rose, hon.sec)

Dening Edwin L.R.C.P.Edin.,M.R.C.S. inn, Sheep street Stow-on-the-Wold Floral & Horticul-

Eng. surgeon, medical officer of James Charles, baker, Sheep street tural Society (Thomas W. Stubbs,

health to the urban &:, rural district Jeffries .Oharles, King's Arms P.H. &. hon. sec)

councils; medical officer & public horse trainer Stow-on-the-Wold Gas &; Coke Co.

vaccinator,Stow-on-the-Wold district Jeffries Henry, cooper & town crier, Lim. (Jabez Roff, sec.), :Market sq

& medical officer to the workhouse Sheep street Summersbee John, shopkpr. &. builder

Fisher James, Queen's Head P.H Jeffries John, cooper, Park street Teague Henry, ironmonger, Market sq

Forty Mary (Mlrs.), agent for the Jeffries -Sylvester, tailor, Park street Tennant Harriet (Mrs.), grooor,

Great Western raiJrway Keen Benjamin, blacksmith Church street

Francis &:, Son, solicitors Keen John, registrar of births <& Timms Rd. watch ma. Church street

Francis Edward, gro.cer deaths 'k relieving officer for stow- Townsend Alfred, beer ret. Park street

Francis Edward liL.M. solicitor, see on-the-Wold district, attendance Tucker John Horwood, shoeing smith

Francis & 'Son officer to the 1'ural school attendance Turner John, surveyor to urban dis-

Fraucis Richard Gay (firm, Francis & committee & dl'ctr. to the guardians trict council, St. Edward's hall

Son), solicitor, registrar of the King George, shopkeeper, Park street Turner William, carpenter, Park street

county court, derk to the magis- Lane Jane (Miss), shopkeeper Yann Joseph, vaceination officer &

trates, commissioners of taxes, &. Loveridge Cornelius, tinman, Spring sanitary inspector to urban district

Stow-on-the-Wold rural district gardens council &; school attendance officer,

council &; clerk to the guardians & Masonic Hall (Mrs. Hathaway,caretkr) St. Edward's hall

assessment &; school attendance com- Maule Albert Henry, surveyor to rural Yerney Richard Grainger M.R.C.Y.S.

mittees &; superintendent iTegistrar district council veterinary surgeon

of Stow-on-the-Wold union Minchin Charles, coal agent, Park st :Volunteer Battalion (2nd) Gloucester-

Gardiner & Pearce, coach makers Nevett Wm. tailor & woollen draper shire Regiment (I Co.) (Capt. Edwd.

Gardiner Charles Albert, county court Nichol1s John Frederick, grocer, Francis,commanding; Edwin Dening,

bailiff, Sheep street butcher & wine &; spirit merchant, lieut.; John Keen, color-sergt.;

Ge~g Fred, photographer, Park street Market square John J. Ennis, drill instructor)

Gillett Mary (Mrs.), boot & shoe dealr. Norton Edwd.Thos.chemist & druggist Walton Frederick, tailor, Market sq

Church street Parker Henry, solicitor &; clerk to the Webb Chas. beer retailer, Sheep street

Gillett Thomas, boot &; shoe maker, urban ·district council, highway Webb John, hair dresser, Church street

IMarket square board & to the Stow-on-the-Wold ,Wield David M.A., M.D., C.M.&urgoon,

Gorton Rdbert, grocer, Church street joint ~urial committee Sheep street

Green Alfred, fishmonger, Church st Pearce William, coach maker, see Yearp [Brothers, butchers

Green Edward A. brewer, maltster & Gardiner &; Pearoe DONNINGTON.

mineral water manufr.Stow brewery Penson Elizabeth (Mrs.), apartments,

Griffin Mary (Miss), dress maker, The Mount Pleasant Arkell Richard TIes, brewer &; maltstr

Square Pinching John, deputy supt. registrar Cambray In. farmer, Lit. Barrow farm

Groves John, White Hart P.Hi Pinching Mary Elizabeth (Mrs.), The Pri-chard Evan T. farmer

.Halford Chas. E. beer ret. The Square Wine Vaults Rose Mbert William, farmer

Halford Wm.A. beer ret.Spring grdns Public Reading Rooms (John Keen, Webb James, shopkeeper
Hanks Henry B. Talbot family & com- hon. sec)

mercild hotel &;, posting house, Pulham Elizh. (Mrs.), shpkpr. Park st MAUGERJSBURY.

Market square Richings George (late Richings & Carter Thomas

'Hartwell James, plumber &; decorator Sons), builder, cabinet maker, up- Chamberlayne Henry Ingles- J.P. Man-
Haynes George, greengrocer holsterer &:, undertaker; est&blished gershury manor

Hiatt Thomas &; Wm. clothiers &; drprs 1840, Foss rond

Hiatt Harriet (Mrs.), boot '& shoe dIr Rimell [Fanny (Miss), Temperance htl COMMERCIAL.

Hollis Henry, ironmonger '&:, agricul- Roil Jabez, glass & china dealer & Barllett Thoma~, farmer

tural implement maker deputy registrar of births &; deaths Bartl-ett William, farmer

Hookham Mark, builder Rogers Dennis, salt merchant, Park st Collett Otto John, miller (water),

,Home Harold E. grocer &; 'Wine & Roge-rs Walter, watch >& clock maker, Hyde mill

spirit merchant, ~rket square Market square Ennis John J. drill instructor 2nd V.B.

Howman George &; ,Co. builders, con- Ryland Tom H. bookseller &c. see Clift Glouceiiltershire Regiment (I Co)

tractors, plumbers &; decorators, & Ryland Fisher Charles, cattle dealer, Wrck hl

Church street St. Edward's Hall (Mrs. Ellen Keen, Holtam James, Farmers' inn

Howman John & Son, builders, con- keeper) tane Catherine (M-rs.), farmer

tractors, plumbers &; decorators, Scarrott Levi, china &; glass dealer, Mbrris William, farmer

8heep street Well road Pegler Frands, farmer

STOWEL,L is a parish, near the 'small river CoIn, 5 including 47 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift
miles south from Notgrove station on the Cheltenham. and of the Earl of Eldon and held since 1895 by the Rev. John

Oxford section of the Great Western railway, 2! eas' Reynolds Lane M.A. of Trinity College, Oxford, who
from Chedworth station on the Midland and South resides at Hampnett. William Scott D.C.L. the distin-
Western Junction railway, 2 south-west from Northleacht guished Admiralty judge, brother of John Scott, first
9 north-east from Cirencester, and 1:3 south-east from Earl of Eldon, was created Baron Stowell in 1:821, taking
Cheltenham, in the Eastern division of the county, Brad1ey bis title from this place, which he had purchased from

hundred, Northleach petty sessional division, union and Lord Chedworth, and dying 28 .Jan. 1836, left an only
county court district, rural deanery of Northleach, arch- daughter Marrianne, who married first, Thomas Townsend
-deaconry of Cirencester and diocese of Gloucester. The esq. of Honnington, co. Warwick, and second, as his
~hurch of St. Leonard is a small building of stone, in the Becond wife, Henry, Lord Sidmouth; she died without
Decorated and Norman styles. originally cruciform, but issue. 26 April, 1842, and the property then descended

now consisting only of chancel, nave and south transept; to the late Lord Eldon. The present Earl of Eldon, who

there is one bell: there are sittings for 100 persons. The is lord of the manor and sole landowner, has l"estored the

register dates from the year l59I. The living ia a rectory, Hall as llo residence for himself. The mansicm is in a
annexed to that of Hampnett, joint net yearly value £3II, park of 100 acres. The soil is stone brash; subsoil,

304 STOWELL. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. [KELLY'S

clay and rock; the chief crops are wheat, barley, oats Letters through Northleach R.S.O. arrive at 9 a.m.

and turnips. The acreage is 851; rateable value, £704; Northleach is the nearest money order & telegraph

the popw.ation in 1891 was 83. office, 2 miles distant

Parish Clerk, Charles Holyoake.

Eldon Earl of D.L., J.P. Stowell park; Sansom Edwin, resident steward to Holyoake Oharles, head gardener

& 43 Portman square W & Carlton the Earl

club S W London .

STRATTON is 31 parish and village at the divergence Chester-Master esq. of the Abbey, Cirencester, is lord of

of the road to Cheltenham and Gloucester and bounded the manor and the principal landowner. Stratton House

on the east by the river Churn, I mile north-by-west is the residence of Algernon L. Elwes esq. J.P. The
from Cirencester stations on the Great Western and
Midland and South Western Junction railways and 16 soil is stone brash (oolite); the subsoil, limestone rock.

The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is

south-east from Gloucester, in the Eastern division of 1,424 acres; rateable value, [,2,937; the population in

the county, hundred of Crowthornll' and Minety, Ciren- 1891 was 836.

caster union, petty sessional division and county court Parish Clerk, Thomas Hayward.

sdistrict, rural deanery and Cirencesteor P ost & M.O.O0' AnnUl°ty .. I nsurance
t. Peter IS
and diocese of Gloucester. DU
archdeaconry of S.B, &; Office.-
The church of
John Habgood, sub-postmaster. Letters are received

a building of stone, principally in the Early English from Cirencester at 6.20 a.m. &0 2.20 p.m.; dispatched
& & h7·5 ffpi .m..; stunCd'ays, d'lspat'c1h.
s&t.lySIlee,, lclOountshistpionrgchofancdhana.cesml, a1n1avceenotrfaIthtroeweerbacyosn,taln.Dol.rDtgh aTth 9 a.m. 11.15 no
t
2 bells: there is a stained window in the chancel: there e neares te egrap 0 ce lS a lrencester, 1 ml e
distant
are 320 sittings. The register dates from 1601. The
living is a rectory, with the vicarage of Baunton annexed, Wall Letter Box, Gl-oucester road, cleared winter months,

joint net yearly value £200, including 370 acres of glebe, 7·30 p.m.; summer, 7 pom

with residence, in the gift of T. W. Chester-Master esq. Parish School (mixed) for ISO children; average attend-
and held since 1888 by the Rev. Edward Henry Ball M.A. ance, 134; there is a house for the mas.ter; Harry
of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Thomas William Stead, master

PRIVA.TE RESIDENTS. Legg John Henry, Ellerdale Hall Frederick, painter

Austin Rev. Hy. (Unitarian),Cleeve hl Lovesey Mrs. Cheltenham villa Hall James, bl~ksmith

Ball Rev. Edward Hy.,M.A. Rectory Medd John Charles M.A. (barrister). Harrison Philip Henry, wheelwright

Barker Charles. Claremont villa Elmlea Hayward Oeorge, mason

Chapman Misses. Hill Side villas Paget Lieut.-Col. Arthur Leopold, Jefferys William (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Cooke Henry Lawrence, Clarendon vii Highfield Large William Alex. butcher

Cooke Wm. Lawrence, Clarendon vil Sealy Jas. Parkinson, Hillside villas Mullis WaIter, head gardener to A.

Cox Thomas, Heathfield villa Slatter Mrs. Hughendon villa Elwes esq

Daly Miss, The Firs Stevenson Edwin, The Laurels Rimes Anthony, miller (steam &

Davis Thomas, Elm cottage Webb Charles Bond, Trevalga villa water), Stratton mill

Elwes Algernon Leveson J.P. White Misses, Sunny side Shave John, assistant overseer &

Stratton house Wood William Henry, Hillside villas officer of the Cirencester Society

Felton William Frederick, The Elms COMMERCIAL. S.P.C.A

Fewster Anthony Bowles Edward, haulier Smith Joseph, haulier & beer retailer

Grenside Wait. Octavius,West End vii Diver George, Salutation inn Thurlby Clementina (Mrs.), dress ma

Hall ·John Morris, Albert villa Freeman George, beer retailer Vaisey Thomas, farmer

Hawley Lieut.-Gen.Robt.Beaufoy C.B Habgood In. & Co. undertkrs.Post off Wallis Charles & Son, bakers

Legg Frederick, Meadowside Habgood Edward,butcher & dairyman White John Mills, farmer, The Grange

STROUD is a market and union town, head of a petty of Messrs Wilson and Wilcox, architects of Bath, and con-

sessional division and county court district, and is seated sists of chancel. clerestoried nave of four bays, transept,

near the rivulets Slade and Frame and intersected by the aisles, sacristy, s-outh porch andt a: western tower with

Thames and Severn Canal; it is 10 miles south from spire containing 10 bells, and Do clock 'With: chimes; the

Gloucester, 13 south-west from Cheltenham, 30 north-east tower and spire are now (1897) being repaired at an

from Bristol, 12 north-west from Cirencester and 102 estimated cost of £400; all the fittings are of English

from L-ondon, with Do station on the Swindon and Glou- oak: there are several stained wind-ows given by the

cester branch of the Great Western railway, and a sta- families in the neighbourhood, and one by the children

tion on a branch from Stonehouse on the Bristol and of the parish: the pulpit and font are executed chiefly in

Birmingham section of the Midland railway, in the Mid alabaster and Painswick stone, with inlays of rich marbles;

division of the county. Bisley hundred, and in the rural the principal carvings were executed by the late Joshua

deanery of Bisley and archdeaconry and diocese of Glou- Wall, a talented local sculptor: the foundation stone was

cester. Stroud originally formed part of the parish of laid by the late W. H. Stanton esq. November 7, 1866,

Bisley, but was separated from it in the reign of Edward and the church was consecrated August 4, 1868, by the

n. The borough formerly returned two members to Par- Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol: there are 1,000 sitting!!,

liament, bnt under the pro'Visions of the "Redistribution of which 800 are free. The register dates from the year

of Seats Act, 1885." it was merged in the Stroud or Mid- 1624. The living is a. vicarage, net yearly value £265,

Gloucestershire division. which includes 55 acres of glebe and residence, ill! the

Stroud, from its position on the side of a spur of th6 gift of the Bishop of Gloucester, and held iSince 1892 by

Cotswold Hills, is a long and straggling town, command- the Rev. George Fox LL.B. of the University of London

ing varied and extensive views, and the neighbourhood and surrogate.

comprises many points of int8J'6St. Holy Trinity is an ecclesiastical parish, formed March 4,

The town wa.s formerly governed by a Local Board of 1879, and includes the upper part of the town and the

Health of 18 members, established in 1857, but under- district of Thrupp. The. church of The Holy Trinity, at
the provisions of the. "Local Go~rnment Act, 1894" Whitehall, erected in 1838, is an edifice of stone in the
(56 and 57 Vict. c. 73) it is now controlled bY' an Urban Early English style, consisting of apsidal chancel, nave

District Council of 18 members, and includes Uplands, a and two small turrets at the weS>t end, one of which

civil parish. Under the direction of the late Board a contains I bell; in 1883 the chancel was decorated and

system of drainage has' been completed, at SI cost of a new organ erected at Do cost of £500; during 1884 the

nearly £9,000: sewage works have been constructed at nave was re-seated, decorated. partly re-floored and new

the outfall, on the bank of the canal, and the solid sewage windows put in at a cost of £1,800: there are 900 sittings,

is sold in a prepared form as manure. The waterworks, 400 of which are free. The register dates from the year
now the property of the Urban Dis~rict Council, afford 1879. The living is Do vicarage, net yearly value [,280,

an ample supply of pure water, whIch is conveyed into with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Gloucester,

three reservoirs, two at the upper and the other at the and held since 1879 by the Rev. Edward Hugh Hawkins

lower portion of the town; in 1884 a new covered reservoir M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin: the vicarage house, in

was constructed at a cost of £4,000, and will hold Whitehall, wa.s presented in 1882 by the Rev. G. T. B.

2,250,000 gallons. ?-,he gasworks, established in 1833, and Ormerod M.A. of Thrupp, near Stroud.

belonging to a p.rlvate c~mpany:, supp.ly a .large area, In connection with Holy Trinity church are parish

some parts of which are SIX or eIght mIles distant. rooms. erected in 1884, at a cost of [,2,5°0, from the

The parish church of St. Lawrence, rebuilt, with the designs of Mr. William H. O. Fisher, of Stroud; these

exception of the tower and spire in 1868, at a cost of were the gift of the Rev. G. T. B. Ormerod M.A. of

about £12,000, is an edifice of Bisley ,stone, with dress- Thrupp, Iiear Strond, and are used for Sunday tSchool and

ings and jnt~rnal wark of Bath and Painswick stone, other purposes.
in the Gothic style of the 14th eentury, from the designs All Saints, Stroud End, Uplands, is an iron church

DIRECTORY.] G1.0 UCESTERSHIRE. STROUD. i05

originally built, by private generosity for the use of the I and Lloyds Bank Limited, is in Ge()orge street. The Wilts

inhabitants living adjacent, and for the workpeople erri- and Dorset Banking Company Limited, have temporary

ployed at the mills near it, but the district in which it premises in High street.

aitands has been incorporated as part of the ecclesiastical The Free Library, in Lansdown, opened September 15,

parish of the Slad, formed December 17, 1844 j the 1888, is a. building of stone and comprises news and

church will seat 350 persons. reading rooms and a library now (1897) containing over

The Catholic church, dedicated to the Immaculate Con- 4,400 volumes. The building was presented to the town

ception, was built by the Dominicans, and opened by the by the late J. G. Strachan esq. J.P. of Farm Hill Park,

late Cardinal Wiseman in 1859, it is an edifice in the who also defrayed the cost of structural alterations, the

Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, east and west remainder ()of the necessary funds being raised by sub-

aisles, chapel of St. Lawrence and a spaciouS' sacristy: scriptions.

in 1887 representations of the 14" Stations of the Cross," The district of Stroud is the principal seat of the West

carved in stone with alabaster frames by Alfred Wall, of of England cloth manufacture, the goods produced here

Cheltenham, were placed in the church, and three stained being widely celebrated. There are a large number of

windows have been inserted: there are sittings for about very extensive mills, owned by wealthy manufacturers,

400 persons; the Rev. James Lawrence Peach O.P. is the and employing several thousand hands; the broad cloth

resident priest. The Dominican convent of St. Rose at produced is celebrated all over the world, and the repor1r

Lima. consists of a community of choir and lay sisters, of the jurors of the International Exhibition gave it the

who are engaged in teaching and visiting the sick and preference over all rivals. Scarlet dyeing has also, from

poor: B new chapel was erected in 1889: a boarding time immemorial, been a speciality of this valley, the water

school for young ladies and a. school for children of the being believed to possess some peculiarity which imparts

middle classes are maintained in the convent: chaplain, B tone of colour unequalled elsewhere. The factories and

Rev. James Lawrence Peach O.P. The Presbytery j lady dyehouses are clustered in the valleys of Stroud, Chal~

prioress, Sister Teresa. There are three branch houses ford, Nailsworth, Stanley and Ebley. Extensive

belonging to this convent, one at Clifton, Bristol, one at breweries, flour mills', !iron foundries, pin, umbrella. and

Newcastle-an-Tyne, and one at Erdington, near Birming~ stick factories and several saw mills are also maintained,

h&1ll. The sisters of this convent also teach in the Mission and a large business, employing some thousands of hands,

schools attached to the church. is done in the wholesale clothing trade.

In the town Bre two Congregational chapels, one in Old A small market is held on Friday and Saturday.

CIlapel street, with 650 sittings, and the other in Bedford The" Stroud News and Gloncestershire Advertiser"

street, seating 9°0; two Baptist chapels, one in John was established in 1867, and is published every Friday.

ett'eet, with 750 sittings, Bnd the other in Lansdown with TIie " Stroud Journal" was established in 1854, and is

340 sittings: So Wesleyan chapel, with 750 sittings j and a published every Friday.

Hrimitive Methodist chapel seating 400 j the Brethern The" Gloucester Citizen," an evening newspaper, has a

have rooms in Acre street, and there is a Jewish syna~ branch office in London road. '

gogue. Stroud General Hospital, near Trinity church, is an

The Cemetery, in Bisley road, on elevated and sloping edifice erected in 1875 at a cost of £8,754, and takes the

ground near the union house, was formed in 1855, en- place of the old hospital and infirmary, which formerly

larged in 1870, and again enlarged in 1892; the whole existed in Georga street, and was founded in 1790: the

now covers an area of 11 acres, and is now under the institution, with the exception of B small nucleus of in-

control of a Joint Burial Committee of 13 members, 7 vested funds, is supported by voluntary contributions; it

from Stroud Urban District Council, and 2 each from is availa.ble for 35 patients. During the year 1896, 437

the parish councils of Bisley-with-Lypiatt, Tbrupp, and in-patients and 3,134 out-patients were under treatment.

Whiteshill. There are two mortuary chapels. 'I.'he charities, amounting to about £600 a year, are

The Town Hall, in the Market place, first erected at applied to the repairs of the parish church and the edu·

the end of the 16th century, is a building in the Eliza- cation and maintenance of poor boys and the relief of thtJ

bethan style j the hall itself was thoroughly rest{)l'ed in poor.

1865 and will hold 300 persons. The County Court and Farm Hill Park is the residence of Oharles Peter Allen

the meetings of the Urban District Council are held here. esq.; Farm Rill House is the residence of Mrs. Holloway,

The Subscription Rooms, in George street, built in and Stratford Park iSI the residence of John Cottrell Strud~

:r'834, include a large room used for lectures, public meet- wick esq.

ings, dinners and entertainments, and will hold 1,000 per- Sir John Edward Dorington bart. M.P. of Lypiatt Park,

sons. The Stroud Club occupy the remainder of the and the trustees of the late Henry Wyatt esq. are the'

premises. principal landowners.

The Liberal Club, formed in 1892, occupies premises- The area of the parish is about 2,180 acres of land and

in Lansdown, the property of a Limited Company; there 35 of water j rateable value, £33,389 j the population in

are billiard, reading, card and recreation rooms and re- r89I, including 9 officers and 212 inmates in the work-

freshment bar; the club has now (1897) about 600 mem- house and 31 in the hospital, was 11,519, of which 4,897

bers. The Mid Gloucester Conservative and Unionist are attached to the parish church; the population of

Club, also the property of a Limited C{)mpany, is a build- Holy Trinity ecclesiastical parish in 1891 was 4,692. In-

ing of stone, erected in 1895-6 j there are meeting and eluded in the civil population were the new civil parishes

dining rooms, 2 billiard and card rooms, B room for of Tlie Thrupp and Whitesihill. The area of the urban

ladies, refreshment bar and secretary's Dffice. The total district is 1,169 acres; rateable value, £35,590; the

cost of the building was about £3,5°0 j the Ciub has now population in 1891 was 9,818.

('1:897)' about 1,100 members: near the club stands a UPLANDS, a civil parish in Stroud union, ecclesiasti-

life size white marble statute of the late George Holloway cally annexed to The Slad, but included within the Urban

e<;q. M.P. who died 20th August, 1892, the cost, about District of Stroud and School Board District of Painswick.

{,1,loo, Was defrayed hy public subscription. The area is 200 acres j rawable value, £5,757.

The School of Art, situate in Lansdown, is a building Iror Cainscross and Ebley, see Cainscross j and for

()f stone began in 1892, and now (1897) nearly completed, Pakenhill, see White8hill.

M; an estimated cost of about £9,000. Under the" Divided Parishes Act" portions of Stroud

The Capital and Counties Bank Limited, is in High have been transferred to the parishes of Bisley, Randwick.

~treet. The premises of Lloyds Bank Limited (late Standish and Stonehouse, and portions of the parishes of
(;{)unty of Gloucester Bank Limited) are in Rowcroft, Randwick and Standish added to Stroud.

OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, LOCAL INSTITUTIONS &c.

Post, M. O. &; T. 0., T. M. 0., S. B., Express Delivery, s.m.; London &; places passing through, 7.50 s.m.;
Gloucester, 8.45 a.m.; London, 9.15 a.m.; Gloucester,
Parcel Post & Insurance &; Annuity Office, Russell street. Bristol &; Nails'vorth & Town Delivery No. 2, 9.50 a.m. ;
-Kenard Kempsell, postma!rter London, Swindon, Chippenham &c. 11.45 a.m.; Glou-
Office Open.-For sale of postage stamps, post earls, cester, Birmingham & South Wales, Cheltenham &;
Bristol, 12.50 p.m.; Local Day Mails, including Town
newspaper wrappers, Savings' Bank business, &; sale &; Delivery No. 3, 1.35 p.m. j Stonehouse, 2.15 p.m. j
payment of postal orders, registra.tion of letters &; dpli- London, Oxford, Cirencester &c. 2.40 p.m.; Chelten-
very to callers, week days" 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.; sundays, ham, Gloucester, Hereford, Worcester, Malvern &c. 2.40
7 a.m. to 10 a.m. (except for sale of postal orders). p.m.; Birmingham, 2.50 p.m.; Bristol, 4.10 p.m.;
Money &; postal order, insurance &; annuity business, Gloucester & Cheltenham, 5.15 p.m.; North Mail--
London, East & South-West of England, 6.30 p.m.
week days, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Telegraphic business, 8 (with extra stamp, 6.50 p.m.); Town Delivery No. 4.
a.m. to 9 p.m.; sundays, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m 7.15 p.m.; Bath, Bristol, Chippenham &; West of Eng-

Dispatches-Week Davs. GLOU~ 20'
'Bristol, Stonehome &; South of Englan"d, 3.45 a.m. j Tet-

bury &; Local Mail~ including Town Delivery No. I, $·45

306 STROUD. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. [KELLY'S

land generally, 10 p.m. (with extra stamp, 10.20 p;m.) ; Retire in April, 1898.

London &:. North, South &; East of England, Swmdon, Marcus GageCartwrightJop. George John Holloway
Cirencesterf Reading &c. 12 midnight; Birmingham, James Chew Mark Bell Marshall
Manchester, Liverpool, Gloucester, Cheltenham & South Stephen James Dudbridge William Thomas Sims

Wales, n.30 p.m. Sundays.-.AlI parts of the North Retire in April, 1899.
of England, Ireland &, Scotland, 6,3° pom. (with extra
Joseph Bown Richard Alridge English
stamp, 6.50 p.m.); all parts of the South of England, Thomas James Clarke Edward Hulbert
10 p.m. (with extra stamp, 10.20 p.m.); Bristol, Bath Tbomas Henry Daniels Charles Lambert

& West of England, la p.m. (with extra stamp, 10.20

p.m.); Gloucester & South Wales, 10 p.m.; London, Retire in April, 1900.

10.40 p.m. (with extra stamp, 10.50 p.m.); Chelten- Silvanus Fawkes John James Pegler
ham, Gloucester, South Wales, Birmingham, Mancbes- George William Godsell
Rev. Edward Hugh Haw- David Smith
ter &:. Liverpool, 11.30 p.m.; London, Cirencester, Swin-
don, Oxford, Reading, ~oTtb, South &:. East of England, kins M.A J ames Henry Tratt
12 midnigbt

Deliveries at 7 &:. 10 a.m. &, 1.50 &, 7.30 p.m. On sundays Officers.

there is orte delivery only, commencing at 7 a.m Clerk, Percy Witchell, solicitor, Lansdown
Letters to be registered must be given in at the office half- Treasurer, Arthur Dunsford, County of Gloucester Bank~

an-hour previous to the closing of the box, or they may Rowcroft
be posted till the closing of the box on the payment of Medical Officer of Health, Thomas Partridge M.R.C.P_
double registration fee
Irel. Bowbridge' house
Parcel 'Post. Surveyor, George P. Milnes, 7 Russell street
Sanitary Inspector, Waiter Ridler, 7 Russell street
Dispatches at 9 &:. 11.45 a.m. &:. 12.50, 1.35, 3.15, 6.30, Rate C{)llector, John Henry Wilson, 7 Russell street
7. 1 5 &; 9 p.m
STROUD RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL.
Deliveries at 7 &:. 10 a.m. &; 1.50 &; 7.30 p.m

Town Sub-Post &:. M. O. 0., S. B. &:. Annuity &:. Insurance Meets every alternate friday at the Stroud Guardians" I
Offices : -
Board Room, John street, at 3 p.m.
Middle street. John .AlIen. Box cleared at 9.5 &:. 11.30
Clerk, Frederick Winterbotham, Rowcroft
a.m. &:. 12.30, 1.50, 6.25 & 9·55 p.m.; sundays, 5.55 pom
Bowbridge.-George Butt. (Telegraph, T. M. O. & Ex- Treasurer, Edward Weedon Wlnterbotham, Capital &.

press Delivery Office). Letter Box cleared at 11.20 a.m. Counties Bank, High street
& 1.30, 6.10 &:. 8 p.m.; sundays, 6. IS p.m Medical Officer {)f Health, Thomas Partridge M.R.C.P.
Whitehall.-Arthur Hy. Brinkworth. Letter Box cleared
Irel. Bowbridge house
at 8.55 & 11.20 a.m. &:. 1,40, 6.15 &; 9.45 p.m.; sundays, Sanitary Inspectors, Albert Bailey, Bellevue road &:. John.

Hall, Poundfield, Stonebouse

5,45 p.m • PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS.

Uplands.-Miss ElizaJefferies. Letter Box cleared at !I. IQ Cemeterv, Bisley road, Frederick Winterbotham, clerk to
a.m. &:. 12.5, 1.30, 6. IS &:. 9.35 p.m.; sundays, 5.35 p.m tIle Joint Burial Committee for Stroud, Bisley-with-

Post Office, Pagan hill.-Mrs. Elizabeth Beck. Letter Box Lypiatt, Thrupp & Whiteshill; George H<>lmes, supt
County Court, His Honor Arthur Beecber Ellicott RA.,
cleared at 9.25 a.m. &:. 5.30 pom.; sundays, 10.30 a.m
judge; Robert .Alexander Anderson &:. Alfred John Mor-

COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR STROUD PETTY ton Ball, joint registrars &:. high bailiffs; John Roberts,
clerk. The court is beld at the Town hall monthly, on
SESSIONAL DIVIISION. tuesdays. The district embraces the parishes of Am-

Hyett Francis Adams esq. RA. Painswick house, Stroud, berley, Avening, Bisley-with-Lypiatt, Brimscombe, B~s-.
-ohairman
sage, Cainscross, Chalford, Cranbam, Horsley, King
Dorington Sir John Edward,\bart. M.P., M.A., D.L. Lypiatt StaIlley, Leonard Stanley, Minchinhampton, Miserden,
park, Bisley-with-Lypiatt, Stroud
:Nailsworth, Painswick, Stroud, Thrupp, Uplands,
Arperly .Alfred esq. Rodborough court, Stroud . Wbiteshill &:. Woodchester
Atkinson Col. Stephen Edward, 60 Holland road, Kensmg- For Bankruptcy purposes this court is included in that
ton,. London S W
of Gloucester; Cbarles Scott, County chambers, Station
Buckler John Russell esq. 2 Collingham gardens, South road, Gloucester, official receiver
Kensington, London S W Certified Bailiffs under the "Law or Distress' Amendment

Cape! Lieut.-Col. William, The Grove, The Slad, Stroud Act," Peter Ireland, Bisley Old raad) Stroud &:. George
Cartwright Marcus Gage esq. The Cottage, Slad rd.Stroud Jones, Minchinhampton, Stroud
Ellicott His Honor Judge Arthur Beecber B,A. The Culls, County Police Station, Gloucester st. William Harrison,
The Slad, Stroud
Kimmins Jas. Chas. esq. Lightpill boo Rodborough, Stroud sunerintendent, 2 sergeants & 8 wen
Fire Brigade (Urban District Council), Market place, Jesse
Leatbam Artbur William esq. l\hserden park, Cirencester Tanner, captain, & 9 men
Little Edward Carutbers esq. 12 Ashburn pI. London S W Fire Brigade (Volunteer), Market place, Philip Ford, cap'.
Little John Carutbers eSl. Pitchcombe bouse, Pitchcombe, &; I I men; attached to this brigade is a. fire escape,
Straud
capable of extending 45 feet, &:. ke~t in th? Ma~ket place
Marshall Mark Bell esq. NortJ1l:fields, Stroud
:Free Library, Lansdown, Henry Twissell, hbrarlan
Percival Edward 1R0pe esq. Kimllbury house, Upton St. General lH'.cspital, Trinity road (established 1790, makes
Leonards, Gloucester
up 35 beds), .Alfred Square Cooke M.R..C.S.Eng. Fredk.
Ritcliie Clement esq. Wood-Thorpe, Thrupp, Stroud
William Storry L.R.C.P.Edin., M.R.C.S.Eng. &:. AlberS
Sibree John esq. M.A. 71 Rugby road, Leamington, War- Barnes Davies L.R. C.P.Lond., M.R.C.S.Eng. surgeonS';
wicksbire
Fairman Rackham Mann M.R.C.S.Eng., L.R.O.P.Lond.
Stanton Charles Holbrow esq. M.A. Field place, Whites- house surgeon; Miss Cbarlotte Garwood, matron
hill, Stroud
A Joint. Hospital Board for Infectious Diseases has been
Stanton Walter .Tohn esq. Stratford road, Stroud
Winterbotham ~dward W.esq.Bank house, High st.Stroud formed of 12 members, 4 each from Stroud Urban.

Clerk to the Magistrates, Edward Charles Davis, 10 Stroud Rural & Nailsworth UrbllJl District Councils:

Rowcroft, Stroud tbe Isolation Hospital is· at Bisby-with-Lypiatt
Inland Revenue Office, 2 Threadneedle street, Hy.Hawken,
Petty Sessions are held at the Town Hall every friday at
supervisor; James Murray &; Percival Gabriel Pielon,
11 a.m ,
officers .
Parishes comprised in the division of. Stroud: -:-Bis~ey­
Public Weighbridge, Rowcroft, Henry Newman, weigher
with-Lypiatt, Chalford, Cranham, Mlserden, PamsWlck,
Stroud Incorporated Ohamber of Commerce. I Lansdown.
Pitcbcombe, Rodborough, StrQud, Thrupp, Uplands &:.
Edward N ortham Witchell, sec
Whiteshill
Stroudwater Navigation Co. &:. Thames & Severn Canal
There is 80 police station & ~ magistrates' office at Bad-
. brook &:. here minor cases are .adjudicated upon daily Trust, Lower wharf, Wallbridge, William Jas.Snape;mgr

Subscription Rooms, George street, S. J. Dudbridgel man-

URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. ager; F. "'"interbotbam, hon. sec

Town Hall, Market place, John Elliott, manager

Offices-Lansdown. o < VOLUNTEERS.

:Meetings iheld on the first wednesday in month at tbe 2nd Volunteer Battalion Gloucester Regiment (C Co.),
Town -Hall. Drill hall, Bowling green, Captain Lindsey D. Winter-
Members, • botllam, commanding; Richard William Northcott 1;,

Chairman, James Chew. Samuel Stanlev Marling, lieuts.; Col.-Sergt. Frederick

Vice-Chairman, George Jobn Holloway. HamhidgE', drill instructor j Richard Knight, bandmastr

•

DIRECTORY.] GI.OUCESTERSHIRE. STROUD. 307

STRati'D UNION. Inspector of Weights &; Measures, James Bolton Biggs,

'Ihe union comprises the parishes of Bisley-with-Lypiatt, Gloncester street
CainsCIoss, Chalford, Cranham, Horsley, Leonard Stan- Superintendent of Police, William Harrison, Police station,
ley, King Stanley, Minchinhampton, Miserden, Nails-
worth, Painswick, Pitchcombe, Rodborough, Randwick, Gloucester street
Town Crier, George Bates, 4 Wallbridge court

Stonehouse, Stroud, Thrupp, Uplands, Whiteshill &. PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of Services.

Woodchester. The population of the Union in I8gI was Parish Church, High street, Rev. George Fox LL.B.vicar;
42,215; area, 38,071 acres; rateable value in 1897, Rev. Arthur James Davis, curate; 8 &. II a.m. &. 3 &.

£15 8,53 8 6.30 p.m.; daily prayer, 10 a.m.; fri. 7.30 p.m

Board day, friday, at the Board room, John street, Stroud, Holy Trinity, Whitehall, Rev. Edward Hugh Hawkins
at 2 p.m. M.A. vicar; Rev. Arthur Cyril Norgate, curate; 8 &;
11 a.m. &. 6.30 p.m.; daily prayer, 8.15 a.m.; weq..

Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, Fredk. 7.30 p.m.; litany, fri. II a.m

Winterbotham, solicitor, Rowcroft, Stroud All Saints (Iron), UplandS', Rev. John Bevan M.A. vicar;

Treasurer,Edward Weedon Winterbotham,Capital &; Coun- 8 & II a.m. &. 6.30 p.m.; week days, 8 a.m. (except

ties Bank, High street . wed. & fri.); II a.m. wed. &; fri.; tues. 7.30 p.m

Relieving & Inquiry Officers & Collectors to the Guardians, Immaculate Conception (Catholic), Beeches green, Rev.

No. I district, Edward Holland, Belmont road, Stroud; James Lawrence Peach O.P. priest; mass, 8 a.m. (1st

No. 2 district, Leonard Parsons, llisley; No. 3 district, sunday in the month, &; 10.30 a.m,; afternoon service,

Charles H. Chandler, Nail;;lworth, Stroud 3 p.m.; daily mass, 7.30 a.m. in the convent; bene-

Vaccination OffiMrs, Albert Bailey, Bellevue rd. Stroud; diction, thurs. 7.30 p.m.; stations of the cross, wed. &.

& John Hall. StonehoUlse fri. 7.30 p.m. during Lent

Medical Officers &; Public Vaccinators, No. I district, Jewish Synagogue, rabbi (vacant)

A.lbert Barnes Davies L.Re.P.Lond. (medical officer Baptist, John street, Rev. Charles Alfred Davis; II a.m.

only), 14 Lansdown, Stroud &; Alfred Square Cooke & 3 &; 6.30 p.m •

M.R.O.S. Eng. (public vaccinater only), Beeches green, Baptist" Lansdown, Rev. Walter Tucker Soper; II a.m.

Stroud; No. 2 district, George Thomas Brown Watters ~o p.m.; thurs. 7.30 p.m

M.D. Stonehouse; No. 3 district, Charles John Power Congregational, Old Chapel street, Rev. Richmond Myrtle

M.D. Nailsworth; No. 4 district, Frank Fowler L.RC.P. Ross; II a.m. &; 6.30 p.m
Lond. Minchinhampton; No. 5 district, Thomas E. Congregational, Bedford street, II a.m. &. 6.30 p.m.;

Gordon M.D. Chalford; No. 6 district, William Balfour wed. 7.30 p.m
:Fergusson M.D. Painswick
Plymouth Brethren, Acre street, 10.30 a.m. &; 6.30 p.m. ;

Superintendent Registrar, William Warman, I Rowcroft, mono &:, wed. 7.30 p.m

Stroud; deputy, Geo. Thos. Nichols, I Rowcroft,Stroud Primitive Methodist, Parliament street, 10·45 a.m. &. 6'3Qo..

Registrars of Births &; Deaths, Bisley sub-district, Leonard p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m -

Parsons, Bisley; deputy, George Roe, Bisley; Horsley Wesleyan, Castle street, 10.30 a.m. &. .6.30 p.m.; tues.

sub-district, Charles H. Chandler, Bath road, Nails- 7.30 p.m .
worth; deputy, Lemuel Price, Nailsworth; Minchin- Salvation Army, Acre street, Il a.m. &. 3 &. 6.30 p.m. ~
ha.mpton sub-district, William Arundell Jones, Minchin- daily, 8 p.m
hampton; deputy, Charles William Jones, Minchin-
hampton; Painswick sub-district, Clement Birt, Pains- SCHOOLS.

wick; deputy, Mrs. Emily Keziah Birt, Painswick; The Marling School, originated by Sir Samuel S. Marling

Stonehouse sub-district, John A. Pearce, Cainscross; bart. whose wishes have been carried out by his children,
deputy, Mrs. Adeline Pearce, Cainscross; Stroud sub- Sir William Henry Marling, Captain Walter Bentley

district, John Blanch, 15 Rowcroft retreat, Stroud; Marling &; Mrs. A. Robertson, has been established as
deputy, Mrs. Elizaheth Blanch, IS Rowcroft retreat, a middle class school by a. scheme framed under the

Stroud ; Rodborough sub-district, J ames Thompson, Endowed Schools Act, dated 28th November, 1817:

Rodborough; deputy, George Chandler, Stanfields, the foundation consists of £10,500, c{)ntributed by the

Rodborough persons above named, a. sum of £7,696 16s. 4d. invested

Registrars of Marriages, Alfred Morgan, Nailsworth; in Consols, &. other funds known as the Feoffees' charity,

deputy, Rowland W. Morgan, Nailsworth; In.Cromack, Watts' charity, Webb's charity, Wyndowe's charity,

Chalford; Wm. Collins, 21 King street, Stroud; John John's charity. Hawker's charity, Aldridge's charity .&

Alfred Pearce, Cainscross; Clement Birt, Painswick; Aldridge's Trafalgar charity; attached to the school is

Isaac M. Shane, secretary of Synagogue, for Jewish the Dickinson Scholarship, founded by :Mrs. Dickinson

marriage returns, Stroud in memory of her late husband: the school buildings,

Workhouse, built in 1837, and will hold 500 inmates; erected in 1889, from designs by Mr. W. H. Seth-Smith~
Edward H. Reeve, master; Mrs. Elizabeth S. Reeve, architect, occupy an admirable site in the Cainscrosii'-

matron; Rev. Edward Hugh Hawkins M.A. chaplain; road, &. comprise a large central hall, with class rooms~
Alfred Square Cooke, medical officer; the children are sanatorium, workshops, gymnasium built in 1894, &. III

sent out to school head master's house, available for 16 boarders:' William

SCHOOL ATTENDANCE C01\f~UTTEE. John Greenstreet M.A. head master; Ernest P. Barrett .

RA. William F. Lethbridge B.A. William A. Bradley'

Meets every alternate friday at the Board Room, John A.RC.S. &. John Albert Blair B.A. assistant masters;
street, at 3 p.m. F. Winterbotham, clerk t() the governors. The school
is managed by a body of governors, of whom two are

Clerk, Frederick Winterbotham, Rowcroft, Stroud to be hereditary representatives of the Marling family

Attendance Officers, Henry Munday, Stroud; & John School of Art, Lansdown; William Broad, master; Wm. _

Hall, Stonehouse Henry Cox Fisher &; Charles Upton, hon. secs

A School Board of 7 members was formed June 29, 1881; -
Frederick Winterbotham, 5 Rowcroft, clerk to tba~
PUBUC OFFICERS.
Assessor &. Collector of Income Taxes, Henry John Price, board; Henry Munday, Stroud, attendance officer

Bellevue road

Assistant Overseer &. Collector of Poor's Rates, Henry BOARD SCHOOLS.

Jchn Price, Bellevue road Castle street (girls &. infants), built in 1844 &; enlarged

Certifying Factory Surgeon, Edward Arthur Howsin M.D. in 1881 at a cost of £600, for 387 children; average

II Rowcroft attendance, 188 girls &. 125 infants; Miss Catherine

Clerk to the Joint Burial Committee of Stroud, Thrupp, Smith, girls' mistress; Mrs. Hannah Peer, infants'

Whit£'shill &. Lypiatt, &. t{) the Stroud, Painswick &. mistress

Rodborough School Boards &. to the Marling School Church street (boys), built in 1883 at a cost of about

Governor.s, Frederick Winterbotham, 5 Rowcroft £3,7°0, for 243 boys; average attendance, 230; George

Clerk to the Commissioners of fl'axes &. t~ the Stroud Harper Ferneley, master
Highway Board & to the Straud Main Roads District, Parliament street (mixed), built in 1884 at a cost of

Edward Charles Davis, 10 Rowcroft about £3,000, for 120 children; average attendance,

Clerk to the Commissioners of Taxes fol' Whitstone Dis- 120; Miss Alice Dore L.L.A. mistress; Wm. Ricketts,

trict &; to the Guardians of Wheatenhurst union, George master; infants', for 79 children; average attendance,

Spire, 17 R o w c r o f t , 78; Miss Emily Grist, mistress

ICoroner for the Stroud &; Cirencester Division of the Stroud End (under Painswick School Board) (mixed),
County, Alfred John Morton Ball, Market place; deputy, built in 1870, for 186 children; average attendance,
Richard Henry Smith, Market place 186 i William E. Butland, master

GLOU.

309 STROUD. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Sla.d road (girls & infants), built in 1840, for 148 girls & RAlLWAY STATIONS.

80 infants; average attendance, 80 girls &; 54 infants; Great 'Western, Lawrence Henry Nolao, station master
Miss Mice Pearce. mistress; Mrs. Georgina Collins, Midland, Edwin Allen, station master
infants' mistress
Catholic (Board) (mixed), Beeches green, built 1882, for CARRIERS TO
120 children i average attendance, 100; the children are Arliogham-Geo. Phillips,Royal George tap. fri,3·30 p.Il1
taught by the Dominican sisters Bisley-with-Lypiatt-Frederick Nicholls, Royal George

tap, 4 p.m. & Mrs. Hunt, ' Swan,' 1 p.m. daily

NEWSPAPERS. Brimscombe, Cainscross, Chalford, Dudbridge, Easting-
too, Ebley, Minchinhamphm, Nailsworth, Painswick,

Stroud. Journal, Lansdown, William Thompson, proprietor Stonehouse & Woodchester, R. T. Smith &; Co. II
Kendrick street
&publisher; published fri Chalford-Eddels &; Townsend, George street, daily
Gloucester Thomas Dangerfield, Gloucester st. daily i
Stroud News & Gloucestershire Advertiser, George street, Pegler, Church street, moo. wed. fri. &; sat
Kingstanley & Leonard Stanley-Ernest Spratt, Railway
Edward Hulbert, proprietor & publisher; published fri.
hotel, twice daily
See advertisement Misardene John Heyden, Royal George tap, tues. &; fri.

Gloucester Citizen (branch. office), 55 London road, George 4 p.m
Nailsworth J. Davis, Imperial hotel, daily
Horwood, publisher; published every evening

Stroud Weekly Press, 25 Gloucester st. Sidney Edward

Davis, proprietor & publisher; published fri)

PAROELS RECEIVING HOUSES. Oakridge Whiting, Royal George tap, mono wed. fri,&; sat
Painswick-M. Soul, George tap, daily; &; M. E. Ireland,
Great Western Railway, R. T. Smith &; Co. agents, II daily, from Imperial hotel

Kendrick street Sheepscomb~.West, George tap, daily (except thurs.)

Midland Railway, 7 George street at 3 p.m

Sutton &; Co. John Roberts, agent, Russell street Stonehouse-.H. Eddels, Railway hotel, daily; T. Danger-

General Carrier, R. T. Smith, 11 Kendrick street field, Gloucester st. daily; &; Pegler, Church st. daily

PRIVA.TE RltSIDENTS. Cragg Miss, Parkview, Stratford rd Hawkins Rev. Edward Hugh M.A.

Aldridge Edwin, Spl'ipgfield road Cranstoun James LL.D. Abbotsford (vicar of Holy Trinity &; chaplain of

Aldridge Geo. Fredk. Springfield rd college, London road the Workhouse), Holy Trinity vicar-

.A.1len Charles Peter, Farltl Hill park Creed Mrs. I Whitehall age, Whitehall

AndrewsMisses,HiIlside villa,Middle hl Crosby Henry Man M.B. 16 Nelson st Higgens Rd.Elford, Up. Springfield rd

Anthony Thomas Parnell, Beeches grn Cubitt Sidney, 23 Lower street Hill Miss, 2 The Limes, Bisley road

Apperly Alexander Cooper, Brunswick Curtis Alfred, Oakleigh villa, Bisley rd Hill Mrs. 9 Slad road

house, Park road Cuthbert Robert S. The Granvilles, Hill Miss, Darlington viI. Bisley road

Apperl'y Ebenezer. Field house, Bow- Bisley road Hobbs Alfred Joseph, Lynton villa,

bridge lane Cutler George. Cainscross road Upper Springfield road

ArkelI George Pearce, Downfield Daniels Thomas Henry, 6 Whitehall Hobson Rev. Thos. (Primitive Metho-

B?oily Mrs. Springfield road Dash George WaIter, 17 Lansdown dist), Hope cottage, S~ad road

Ball Alfred John Morton. The Green Davidson John,Woodville,Painswick rd Holborow Mrs. Trinity road

Bannister William Charles, Swiss Davis Rev. Arthur James (curate), Holborow IDrich, 2 Whitehall

villa, Stratford road 6 London road Holland Edwin, Stratford road

Barnes Charles Jonas, Cotswold viI. Davis fRev. Charles Alfred (Baptist), Holloway George John, The Hin,

Springfield road Berkshire house, Bowbridge lane Cainscross road

Barrett Ernest Priestley (assistant Davis Albert Barnes, 14 Lansdown Holloway Mrs. Farm Hill house

mastr. Marling sch!.), Cainscross rd 'Davis Edward Charles, Grosvenor Hooper Henry Charles, Landour villa,

Bateman James Henry. 3 Castle villas house, Park road Park road

Baxter Alfred, Downfield villa, Cains- Denton Daniel, 44 London road Howard Misses, Beeches green

cross road Drinkwater Jsph. Stubton ho.Slad rd Howsin Edwd. Arth.M.D. II Rowcroft

Baxter John, Downfield villa. Cains- Dudbridge In. Stephen, 39 London rd Hughes Alfd.S.The Firs,Cainscross rd

cross road Dudbridge Stephen Jas. 8 Lansdown Hulbert Edwd. Enfield cot. Downfield:

Bennett George, 75 Middle street Dunsford Arth.Rowcroft ho. Rowcroft Hyde Joseph, 50 Slad road

Berryman Mrs. Uplands cot. Slad rd Edmonds Paul Nettleton, New Mins IrOOale James, Cleeve villa, Slad road
Isack~ Miss R. S.• F.E.LS., A.S.A.
Birch Miss, Woodlands grove, Slad rd court, Slad road

Bird Joseph, 80 Middle street Edwards Mrs. El Teb cot. Bisley road Stratford road

]Jirt George, 'Clifton villas, Spring- Elliott John, 45 Slad road Jacob Rev. Elijah (Congregational),

field road English Mrs. 4 London road 32 Middle street

]lirt Hezekiah, Cainscross road English Richard, 52 London road Johnstone Jas. Y Coed, Bisley Oid rd

Bishop Henry Hall. Cooper's hill. English Thos.Wm.I21Up.Doringoton ter Jones Fitzroy, 2 York villas, Spring-

Beeches green Fairweather Thomas Lay, Brockley field road

'Bishop Miss, 30 London road house, Lansdown Jones Miss, BisfBy road

Bishop Wm. Brick house, London rd Fawkes Arthur F. L. 55 Lansdown Jukes Mrs. 5 Castle villas

Bishop Wm.Hill,Richmond ho.Park rd Fawkes Sylvanus, Grafton ho. Downfld Kempsell Kenard, Ivanhoe viras,

Biss Misses, Bisley road Peqabee Mrs. 25 Lower street Cainscross road

:Blair John Albert RA. (assistant mas- Fisher Maj. Chas. Hawkins,The Castle Knee William, 8 London road

ter, Marling school),Springfield cot- Fisher Wm. Hy.Cox,Rock vil.Bisley rd Lach-Szyrma Rev. Philip Isidore M.A.

tage, Cainscross road Flook John, 1 Argyle viIs. Bisley road (curate of Slad), 2 Prospect houses,

mlanch HenryAlbert,Hillfield, Pagan hl Ford Rowland, 1 Upland villas, Upper Springfield road

"Hown John Henry, CaUowell house Springfield road Lewis Jas. Watkin, Hill ho. Bisley rd

Brain Thomas, I Castle street Fox Rev. Geo. LL.B. (vicar of parish Lewis Mrs. The Woodlands, Slad road

Brewer Henry Jesse, Edelweiss. church), Vicarage, Lansdown Lewis Mrs. The Chestnuts, Bisley

Stratford road Gardner Chas.3 Newland vils.Bisley rd Old road

Br03d Wm. :aioomfield viI. Bisley road Gardner Fdk.Dyer, Up. Springfield rd Libby Mrs. New Mills court, Slad rd .

Buscombe John. 26 Lansdown Gardner Lewis S. Alexandra lodge, Luscombe Edmund, 12 Slad road .

1Elltt Mrs. Prospect ho. Cainscross rd Beeches green Lusty Stephen,2Lorne viIs. Uplands rd

'"Butt William George, 2 Grantham Gardner Mrs. 43 Slad road McKelIar Daniel, Devonshire house,

villas, Slad road Gay Mrs. 4 Whitehall Bowbridge lane

'~Campbell Misses, 5 Whitehall Gillman Alfred Charles, Downfield cot Margetson Wm. Brightside, Downfld

. Carter Wm. H. 2 Argyle vils.Bisley rd Godfrey Wm. West groge.Beeches grn Marshall Mark Bell J.P. Narthfield,

•"Cartwright Marcus Gage J.P. The Godsell Edward S. Salmon's house Uplands

'Cottillge, SIad road Godsell George William, The Grange Marshall William, 8 George street

··(Jhambers Fras.Alfd.The Elms,Bowbdg Godsell James Uriah, Stratford court Massy-Dawson Mrs. Coombe bank,

Champion In. Wm. Daisyfield.'Park rd Godsell Mrs. Salmon's house Slad road

. Clissold William, 56 London road Godsell Thos.Hy.TheLwn.Beeches gm Mitchell John, Bisley road

. Glutterbuck Miss, Bisley road Greenstreet William John M.A. (head Myers Arthur, 6 Castle villas

'Coley ISamuel James, 1 Castle villas master,Marling scbool),Cainscross rd Neame Alan, Ashcroft ho. Bowbridge

t"Colledge Thomas Chas. I5 Lansdown Gwinnell Joseph,Camden Idg.Bisley rd Neate Thomas Martin, 1 Glenroy vi;s.

Cooke Alfred Square, Beeches green Hagger Mrs. Uplands col. Slad road Uplands road

-Cooke Martin, Beeches green Hall Frederick, 57 Lansdown Newton Joseph, ,Springfield road

~'Cowle William, Park house. Park road Hanhidge Mrs. 42 Slad road Niblett William Thomas, 7 Castle st

Cox: Albert Henry, 4 Granville villas, Harrison George Edward, 22 Lansdwn Nichols George Thomas, Newland

Bisley road Hawken Hy. Haslemere, Park road villa, B:sley road

DIRECTORY. ] GLO UCESTERSHIRE. STROl'D. 309

Nichol Mrs. The Elms, Stratford rd Sims Wm.Thos.Prestbury vils.Uplands Waller Alfred Whalley, 31 London road

NorthcottRd.Wm.NewMills crt.Slad rd Smith Thomas, Gun house, Bowbridge Warman William, The Woodlands

Norton Herbert James, The Ferns, Smith Zadok, Surrey villa, Slad TOad \Vathen Edward, 12 Lansdown

Stratford road Snape Wm. Jas. ,Canal ho. Wallbridge Wathen Mrs. L~'nton villas, Upper
Oshorne Thomas Skipp, 37 Lower st Soper Rev. Walter Tucker (Baptist), .Sprm• gfteld road•

Paine Mrs. Corbett house, Castle st 46 Slad road Webb Mrs. 8 Castle street

Palmer Henry Charles, 52 Lansdown Spire George, 17 Rowcroft Westmacott William Henry, Callowell

Parker Fras. The Granvilles, Bisley rd Stanton Misses, Upfield, Pagan hill Weston Gideon Evans, 48 London road

Partridge Miss, Glen view, Bowbridge Stanton Walt. John J.P. Stratford rd Weston Rufus Isaac, 14 Gloucester at

Partridge Thos.Bowbridge ho.Bowbdg Steele Mrs. Fort view, Bisley road White John, 25 Lansdown

Peach Rev. James Lawrance O. P. Steele Mrs. Upper Birches, Folly lam White !Miss, Springfield road

(Catholic), Beeches green St<me .Alfred, 56 Slad road White Mrs. 4 Lypiatt villas, Bisley rd

Pike Mrs. Bisley Old road Stone John Joseph, 48 Lansdown Williams William Joseph, Cainscross rd

Prince Benjamin Allen, Ivanhoe villas, Storry Frederick William, Dirleton ho WiUiamson Mrs. 40 London road

Cainscross road Cainscross road Wilks Miss, 7 London road

Rees Mrs. 33 Middle street Strudwicm Emest Willie, Up. Grang, Wilson Walter James William, Kingto~

Reeve George, Bellevue road Strudwick In. Cotterill, Stratford pk house, Downfield

Ricketts Mrs. 53 Slad road Strugnell Henry,Grantham vils.Slad rd Winn Edwin William, 13 Slad road

Riddell Miss, lSeymour ldg. Bisley road Strugnell William Bishop, 8 Slad road Winterbotham Edward Weedon J.P.

Roberts John, Bisley road Thomas John Edward, Highfield, Bank house, High street

Roberts Mrs. Cainscross road Eellevue road Wintertbotham Frederick, The Birches

Roberts Mrs. Lower Gannicox, Cains-o Thomas Mrs. Cains'cross road Winterbotham Lindsey Dillon, Linstock

cross road Thompson William, Prospect house, lodge, Bisley road

Rodway Opie, Tower hill Upper Springfield road Witchell Edward Northam, The Acre,

Ross Rev. Richard Myrtle (Congrega. Thrush George, I Winchcombe villas, Acre street

tional), 2 Granville villas, Bisl~y road Bisley road Witchell Percy, The Acre, Acre street

Rowe Herbert John, Wallbridge Townsend Mrs. Thanet ho. London rd Withey William Henry, Upper Ganni-

Rowe J osiah Thomas, .A.shton villa, Townsend William, 14 London road cox, Cainscross road

Downfield Tratt J ames Henry, 22 Lower street Wood Frank, 44 Slad road

Sandys Mirs. Middle street Trueman :Mrs. Bideford vil. Bisley road Wood ~rs. Belle Vue ho. Rye Leaz&

Sargeant Edward Frank, Linden villa Turner Wm. Geo. Elms, Beeches gm Wood Miles Frederick, 41 London road

Sheldon Miss, Liskeard villa, Middle Upton Charles, Tower house, Slad rd Woollright John Tuppen, London road

street, Uplands Walker Frank, 28 'Lansdown Wykes Mrs. 3 The Limes, Bisley road

Shewell Mrs. 2 Glenroy vils. Uplands rd

COlOIERCIAL. Birt Gearge, grocer, 4 &; 5 High street
Bishop W. & Son, wool dyer.s, London road
Affieck Thos. Richard, insurance snpt. 31 Middle street
Bishop Eliza (Miss), apartments, 34 London road
Aidridge Alfred Ernest, china & glass dealer, I High street Bishop Henry, cabinet maker, 28 Ohapel street

AI.iriage Geo. Fredk. china & glass dealer, 13 High street Bishop William H. fishmonger & game dealer, Glo'ster st

Aldridge Hiram, watch maker, 23 Church street Biss Charlotte &; Emily (Misses), milliners &; drapers, 66

Aldridge .Joseph William, manager of Co-operative stores, High street
Blackwell Henry, wardrobe dealer, 20 Nelson street
3 Winchcombe houses, Bisley road Blanch &; Crosby, surgeons, 16 Nelson street
Blanch Elizabeth (Mrs.), deputy Il'egistrar of births &
Allen Ch'lIles Henry, tailor, Bisley Old road
deaths' for Stroud sub-district, 15 Rowcroft retreat
AlIen Jaml"s Edward, tailor, Middle street Blanch Henry John Thomas M.R.O.S.Eng. surgeon, see

Allen .Tohn, baker, & posb office, I ;Middle street Blanch & Crosby
Blanch John, accountant &; registrar of births &; deaths
Anderson Robert Alexander, solicitor & joint registrar of
for Stroud sub-district, 15 Rowcroft retreat
the County Court, Town hall Bliss Joseph, furniture remover, 136 Slad road
Bond William, shopkeeper, 57 Tower hill
Anthony T. P. & 00. linen drapers & silk mercers, 20 Bowerman George, shopkeeper, 56 Middle street
Bown J. &; Co. manufacturers of soda, seltzer &; all kinds
King street
of mineral waters, lemonade, gingerade & ginger beer;
Arperly Ebenflzer L.D.S.R.C.S.Eng. dental surgeon, 4
established 1836; Steam mineral 'water manufactory,
Rowcroft Lansdown

Arnold Emma (Mrs.), shopkeeper, I Union street Bcwyer Ellen (Mrs.), coffee tavern, 25 High street

Ashmead .Albert, blacksmith, 11 Wallbridge Boyce John William, Royal George family & commercinl
hotel & posting house, hearse &; mourning coach pro-
A.qhm£:.ad Eliza (Miss), sl"rvants' registry, 11 London road prietor, King street; N T No. 47. See advertisement

Aston Sarah (Mrs.), draper, Russell street , Bradford Kathleen (Mrs.), costumier, 52 London road
Bradley David', tailor, 31 Gloucester street
Avery Thomas, butcher, 7 Cainscross road Bradshaw John Jas. S. confectioner, 59 Parliament street
Brinkworth .A.rthur Henry, baker, & post office,7 Whitehall
Backhouse Herbert A. hair dresser, 29 .A.cre street Brinkworth Ellen (Mrs.). beer retailer, 36 Tower hill
Brinkworth George, boys' middle class school, 2 Bedford st
Bailey S. G. & Co. Lim. paint manufacturers, Thrupp rd Broad William, drawing mast~r, Bloomfield vil. Bisley I'd
Brotherston Mary Ann (Miss), shopkeeper, 7 Middle st
Bailey .Albert, sanitary inspector to i3troud rural district Brown Christopher, shopkeeper, 11 Parliament street
Brown George Henry, beer retailer, 19 nussell street
council, vaccination officer & attendance officer to the Browning Henry Charles, butcher, 17 Gloucester street
Brownjohn Charles, shoe maker, 20 Church street
school attendance committee, Painswick school board,
Brownjohn Charles, jun. boot maker, 55 Parliament street
Bellevue road Bryant John, china dealer, 21 George street
Bullock Henry, milk deaJer, Bisley Old road
Baker George Aaron, watch maker, 23 George street Burdess John, commercial traveller, Bowbridge
Burghope Harriett M. (Miss), shopkeeper, II~ Slad road
Baker Mary Ann (Mrs.), Swan P.B. 9 Swan street Burns Edmund, beer retailer, 47 Middle street

Ball Alfred John Morton (firm, Croome, Ball & Smith), Buscomb JohnM.R.C.V.S. veterinary 91lrgeon,26 Lansdwn
Butcher Theophilus, tailor, Bisley Old road
solicitor, commissioner for oaths & coroner for the Butcher William John, tobacconist, 24 Gloucester street
Butler Henry James, commercial traveller, 44 Middle st
Stroud & Cirencester division of the county &, joint Butt &; Son, coal &; brick &; tile merchants.. Wallbridge

registrar & high bailiff of county court,Town Hall offices Butt Alfred, shopkeeper, Slad road
Butt George, grocer, &; post office, Bowbridge
Ball George, tailor, Rose cottage, Slad road Butt WaIter, beer retailer, 53 Parliament street
Butterfield Jas. accountant, 3 Granville villa, Bisley road
Ball Thomas, confectioner, 4 Towerhill Capital & Counties Bank (The) Limited (branch) (Edward

llamfield Henry, assistant supt. insurance, 5 Slad road \Yeedon Winterbotham, manager), High street; draw
on head office, 39 Threadneedle street, London E 0
Barnfield John, tiler &; plasterer, 58 Middle street
Carter Henry, baker, 38 Summer street
Barrett Richard, chemist, 35 High street

Bassett Bertram G. hair dresser, 6 Gloucester street

Bassett Charles, chimney sweepE&, 9 Towerhill

Bassett John, insurance agent, Horns road

Bateman Henry Jas. wine &; spirit mer. 2 &; 6 Bedford st

Bates George, town crier, 4 Wallbridge court

Baxter .Alfred &; Son, hop merchants

Baxter Nathaniel, builder, Slad road

Buter Waiter Wllliam, painter, 11 Castle street

Beavis Henry R. builder &; contractor, SIad road

Beck Henry .Tames, bute-her &; beer retailer, 25 Nelson st

Bell Andrew (exors. of), linen draper, 56l.E£igh -street

Bennett .Albert Charles, farmer, Summer street

BpDnett Henry, carpenter, 16 John street

Berman Charles, tailor, Cheapside

Berryman Benjamin, carpenter, 107 Slad road

Bert & Co. hatters &; hosiers, 6 Kendrich street

Biggs J ames Bolton, inspector of weights &; measnres,

Gloucester street

Birt Frederick James, watch maker, 10 Gloucester street

310 STROUD. GLOUCESTER~HIRE. [KELLY'S .

Cart.wright Marcus Gage, woollen cloth manufacturer, see Dickenson &; Prosser, coal merchants, 2 Wallbridge

:Northcott, Cartwright &; Co Dowell Alfred Thomas, rate collector, 26 Acre street

Cassacca Sylvester, hardware deal~r, 8 Gloucester street Drinkwater Joseph, gTooer &; baker, 12 Wallbridge

Catholic Convent of St. Rose (Sister Agnes Teresa, Dudbridge S. J. & Sons, accountants, 8 Lansdown

prioress), Beeches green Dudhridge Francis John, builder, 29 Middle street

Cemetery (Frederick Winterbotham, clerk to the joint Dudbridge Stephen James, public auditor &; chartered

burial committee; George Holmes, supt.), Bisley road accountant, 8 Lansdown

Cetta John &; Julius, hardware &; watch dealers, High st Dunsford Arthur, manager of County of Gloucester :Bank

Chambers Henry George, tailor, 10 Nelson street (branch of Lloyds Bank) &; treasurer to tht} Straud

Chambers Henry, wheelwright, 35 Bath place urban district council &; to the Stroud Water Naviga-

Chambers Wm. Clutterbuck,wool &; cloth dyer,Bowbridge tion Co. Rowcroft

Champion Llewellyn, auctioneer &c.see Davis &; Champion Eastmans Limited, butchers, 7 Kendrick street &; 8 &; 45

Chandler Henry George Wm. insur. agent, 15 Lower st High street

Chapman Ada Kate (Mrs.), apartments, 25 Middle street Edmands Carrie (Mrs.). millinor,see Plummer &; Edmands

Chapman George Thomas, blacksmith, 4 Gloucester st Edmonds Paul nettleton, woollen cloth manufacturer

Chappell John Henry, shopkeeper, Bisley Old road (fiml, Libby, Edmon'.ls &; Co)

Chew Thomas L. &; Sons, ironmongers &; general smiths, Edwards Edwin, greengrocer, 3 Union street

24 King street Edwards John, Cross Hands, P.R. 2 Summer street

Chew Jas. music warehouse &; pro£. of music, II Russell st Elliott George Oswald, insurance agent, 18 Wallbridge

Churches Frances (Mrs.), apartments, 133 Slad road Elliott John, printer &; stationer, 52 High street

Churches Rosetta (Miss), dress maker, 133 Slad road Elliott John Henry, photographer, IQ Russell street

Clark Sophia (Miss), insurance ag-ent, 24 Lower street English &; Sons, builders, 523, London road

CIark Thomas James, carpenter, Bisley road Englishmann Isaac, Fountain inn, 27 Slad road

Clal'ke James, baker, Parliament street Estcourt Blanche (Miss), dress maker, Church street

Clarke William, shopkeeper, 48 Tower hill Estop James,commercial traveller, Exchange bldgs.High st

Clift Alfred John, woollen cloth merchant, 3 Rowcroft Eyans Daniel, shopkeeper, Horns road

Clissold William, architect & surveyor, S6 London road Evan3 Watson Benjamin Ernest, baker & shopkeeper,

Close Charlotte (Mrs.), apartments, 26 Slad road Pagan hill

Clutterbuck Richard &; Son, !umiture brokers, 14 High st Fa<:e Sarah (Miss), dress maker, 38 London road

Clutterbuck Arthur, tobacconist, 2 Russell street Face Watson John, commercial traveller, Cainscross road

Clutterbuck Lilian (Miss), boys' &; girls' day school, 7 Fairweather Thomas Lay, dental surgeon, 10 Lansdown

Exchange buildings, High street 1"arrar WaIter, confectioner, 14 Kendrick street

Coley Samuel James, chemist, 57 High st. & 24 King st FaITar William D. coal factor &; coal merchant, 2 John

Oolledge Thomas Charles L.D.S.GlaS'. dentist, IS Lansdwn street; &; at Bisley

Collins Wm. stationer &; registrar of marriages, King st Farrer Robert Samuel, chemist, II High street

Coltart Gilbert, commercial traveller, 5 London road Fawkes Brothers, millers & seed, hay, straw, corn &; cake

Cook Gerald Marshall, Ye Old Painswick inn; good merchants, Town flour mills

stabling & coach houses, 1 & 2 Gloucester st. See advt Fawkes & Son, grocers, 8 Kendrick st. &; 37 High street

Cooke Alfred Square M.R.C.B.Eng. surgeon, medical Ferneley George Harper, schoolmaster, .Albion villa,

officer to the wO'rkhouse &; public vaccmator No. I dis. Sprin~eldJ road

trict, Stroud union, :Beeches green Ferris Rose M. (Mrs.), hosier, 23 King street

Cooke Arthur Stanley, builder &; contractor; ecclesias- Fidler Jane &; Sarah (Misses), ladies' outfitters,7 Rowcroft .

tical work a speciality, Pagan hill Field John, chimney sweeper, 40 Lower street

Cooke Martin L.R.C.P.Lond., M.R.C.S.Eng. surgeon, Fieldin~ John, apartments, 24 Lansdown

Beeches green Fire Brigade (Urban District Council) (Jesse Tanner,.

Coole Abel Orlando, baker & shopkeeper, 1 Tower hill captain), Market place

Cordwell Susannah (Mrs.), grocer, Bowbridge Fire Brigade {Volunteer) (Philip Ford, capt.). Market pi

County Court (Robert Alexander Anderson &; Alfred John Fisher .Alfreu, beer retailer, Upper Leazes

Morton Ball, joint registrars & high bailiffs), Town Hall Fisher William Henry Cox, civil engineer &; architect, 6

offices Rowcroft

County of Gloucester Bank, now Lloyds Bank Limited Fletcher W. &; R. Lim. butchers, IO Kendrick street

County Police Station (WilIiam Harrison,superintendent), Flight Frederick, apartments, 26 Middle street

Gloucester street Flight Joseph Benjamin, British Oak P.H. Bowbridge

Coward WilIiam, tailor, 2 High street FOl'd Alfred Thomas F.O.A. auctioneer &; chartered ac-

Cox Richard Edwin, tailor, 3 &; 4 George street countant, see Restall & Ford

Craddock Emma (Mrs.), ho,nery lmitter, 7 High street I"oi-d Philip, b-uilder, Slad road

Cranstoun Kate &; Elizabeth (Misses), boarding school, Fcrd Samuel, commercial traveller, 23 LansdowIli

Abbotsford colleg-e, London road F(;5ter Brooksbank (Miss), !Seed dealer, 49 London road

Cratchley Alfred Thomas, plasterer, 19 Cainscross road Fowler Mary Sarah C~'1iss), apartments, 6 London road

Cratchley Brothers, monumental masons, Russell street :Franklin Alfred, shoe maker, 27 Nelson street

Cratchley Thomas, glass &; china dealer, Kendrick street Freebury John William &; Son,stone engravers,3 London I'd

Cripps George, fruiterer &; seedsman, 14 King street Furley Alice Amy C~fiS8\ dregs maker, 9 Chapel street

Croome, Ball &; Smith, solicitors, Town Hall offices Gardiner Frederick E. Duke of York P.H. Nelson street

Croomc Frederick Henry, solicitor &; commissioner for Garcl.iner .Tohn, ~l'Ocer, 49 High street

oaths (firm, Croome, Ball &. Smith), Town Hall offices Gardner & Gardner, painters, 2I Gloucester street

Crosby Henry Man M.B., C.M.Edin. surgeon, see Blanch Gardner & Sons, plumbers &; decorators, 6 King street

&; Crosby . Gardner Charles B. hatter &; hOSIer, 13 King street

Dalby &; IScott (Misses), dress makers, 7 Lansdown Gare Emma (.Miss), ladies' outfitter, 25 George street

Damsell George Thomas, fish dealer, Parliament street Garrett Edward, shopkeeper, 34 High street

Dang~rfieldThomas, 'beer retailer &. carrier,5 Gloucester at Gaulfier Madame &; Daughtel's, professors of dancing &c.

Danish Butter Co. butter &; margarine sellers, 60 High st Subscription rooms; & at Cheltenham

Darke Samuel Bird, butcher, 21 Gloucester street Gay Richard, farmer, Blad road

Dash George WaIter (firm, Kemble & Dash) Gay WaIter, baker, Bow'bridge lane

Dauncey Thomas Croome, pianoforte dealer, 5 George st Gmeral Hospital (Alfred Square Cooke, Frederick William

Davies AIbert Bamea L.R.C.P.Lond., M.R.C.S.Eng. sur· Storry M.R.C.SI. &; Albert Barnes, Davies L.R.O.P.Lond.

geon, medical officer No. I district, Stroud union, surgeons; Fairman Rackham Mann M.R.O.S.Eng.,

14 Lansdown L.B.C.P.Lond. house surgeon; :Miss Charlotte Gal'-

Davis &; Cha:::npion, auctioneers, surveyors, land &; estate wood, matron), Trinity road

agents &; valu~n, 7 John street; &: at Bath road, (l.;hhons Joseph, shopkeeper, 54 Parliament street

Nailsworth Gibson Marion J. (Mrs.), hoarding- house, 28 Lansdown

Davis Alice (Miss)j hosiery knitter, 8 Chapel street Gill Frank George, ironmongl'r, I5 High street

Davis Edward Charles, solicitor, perpetual commissioner GiIlmanl William HobbS! (exors. of), hatters &; hosiers, 3
.& commissioner for oaths; clerk to the justices, the Kin~ street

commissioners of taxe9 &; the Stroud highway board &; Gleed Emma (Mrs.), apartments, II Slad road

the Stroud Main Road district, 10 Rowcrofb Gloucester Citizen Newspaper (branch office) (George

Davis George, tailor, 5 Union street Horwood, agent; published every evemng),55 LondoD'1'd

Davis Joseph Thomas, rope &; twine maker, 15 Kendrick st Gobbl Bros. birmingham &; sheffield warehouse, 22 King st

, Davis Marlha (Miss), shopkeeper, 78 Tower hill Godfrey Joseph, dining rooms, II. Gloucester street -

. Davis Sidney Edward, proprietor &; publisher ~'Stroud GodselJ &. Sons. brewers, wine &; spirit merchants, Sal·
mon'l1 Spring- brewery; & at Gloucester
·WeekIy Press" newspaper, 25 Gloucester street

_Dirkenson Joseph, grocer, &; agent tor W. &; A. Gilbey Goulding George, Sun Dial inn, 13 London road
Limited, wine & spirit merchants, 23 ffigh street Goulding WilliamHenry,hair dresser &; hosier,2o RusseU st
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Griffin Annie (Miss), dress maker,s Lansdown Laidlaw John, baker, 22 High street .

Guildford Caroline (Mrs.), shopkeeper &I beer retailer, Lambert Oharles, coal merchant, 36 London road &; Great
Middle street, Uplands
Western Station yard

Guilding Walter, confectioner, 33 High street Lambourn Henry, miller (steam &; water), Badbrook

Gyde &; Co. (John T. Woollright, proprietor), wool dyers, Langs-ton Saml. Wm. Corn Exchange P .H. 44 High st

London road Lawson Frances Tealor (Mrs.), Imperial family &; com-

Habgood Albert George, beer retailer, 10 Chapel street mercial hotel & posting house, adjacent to G.W.B.atatn

Hackwood Thomas F.O.O. professor of music, Belsize villa, Lawson Vincent Alexander A.M.lnst.C.E., F.S.A. civil

Bis~y road • . engineer, architect, surveyor &; valuer, 9 Rowcroft

Bagger Lily Marie S. (Mrs.), ladies' boarding &; day Leach Oelia (Mrs.), confectioner, 26 High street

school, Uplands college, Slad road Leach John, beer retailer, Callowell

Hague Annie Esther (Miss), florist, 17 Nelson street Lee Emma (Mrs.), shopkeeper, IS Wallbridge

HaIley Rose (Miss), dress maker, Trinity road Lee Frederick Thomas, tailor, 27 High streeli

Harper George Edward, builder, Pagan hill Lee James, stationer &; news agent, 31 High street

Harris! Joseph Inkerman, bill poster, BeImont road Lendon Isaac, coach builder, I London road &; John st

Barris 'l'homas, shoe maker, Middle street, Uplands Lennard William, boot maker, 50 High street; &; at 30

Hathaway Ha.rry, baker, 8 Lower street Barton street, Gloucester

.Hawken !Henry, supervisor of inland revenue, Park road Levy Isaac, tailor, 28 Middle streeli

Hawkins Benjamin, sen. mason, Bisley Old road Lewls & Codfrey Limited. general drapers, silk mer-

.Hawkins Benj. jun. beer ret. &; shopkpr. Bisley Old road cers, milliners, mantle makers &; carpet warehousemen,

Haynes Thomas, fishmonger, 18 Russell street 27, 28, 29 &; 30 King street

Hayward Elizabeth (Mrs.), dress maker, 8 London road Lewis R. beer retailer &; shopkeeper, Summer street

Hayward John Robert, beer retailer, Gloucester street Libby Edmonds & 00. woollen cloth manufacturers, New ...

Hayward William, plasterer, 43 Lower street mills, Slad Toad

Eeelas Archibald Hay Grant, solicitor, 7 George street Little -& Mills, solicitors, 2 Lansdown

Hemming G. &; Son, wheelwrights, Bowbridge lane Little Edward Palling (firm, Little &; Mills), solicitor &i

Henry James, travelling draper, 16 Lansdown commissioner for oaths, 2 Lansdown

Herbert Alfred, pork butcher, 19 Nelson street Uewellyn Henry, fishmonger, 30 High street

.Hill &; Son, ironmongers, I King street Lloyds Bank Limited (William. ;Marshall, manager),

(Hill Richard, jun. farmer, Callowell farm open daily, la to 3; thurs. 10 to I; friday, 10 to -4; 8

lIilliers' Bacon Ouring Co. Limited, prov. dlrs. 16 High st George street; draw on London ()ffice, 72 Lombard

Hilton Stephen &; Sons, boot makers, 64 High street street E 0

Hobbs Walter, confectioner, 24 George street Uoyds Bank Limited (County of Gloucester Bank branch)

Hodges Francis R. tinplate worker, 2 Middle street (Arthur Dunsford, manager), Rowcroft; draw on head.

Rogg Albert, beer retailer, Upper Bisley road office, 72 Lombard street, London E 0

Hogg George, beer retailer, Upper Leazes . Longford Thomas, baker &; shopkeeper, Parliament street

lIogg Mary (Mrs.), beer retailer, 63 Tower hill Ludgate David Hooper, saddler, 15 George street

Rolder Watson, beer retailer, Summer street Luker William John, beer retailer, 9 Cainscross road

Holland CharlesWilliam, commercial traveller,Cainscross rd Luscombe Edmunds &; Son, saddlers, 6 George street

Holland Edward, relieving- &; inquiry officer, No. I dis- Lusty Frank, farmer, Wade's farm, Slad road

trict, Stroud union, Belmont Toad Lusty Frederick, tailors' cutter, Horns road

Holloway Brothers Limited, wholesale clothiers, Thread- MaIlett Adolphus George, Rose inn, Pagan hill

needle street &; Kendrick street Marchant Aaron Benjamin, White Lion P.H. &; dining

Hook Oharles, plasterer, Upper Springfield road rooms, 12 High street

Booper Daniel, furniture broker, 9 Middle street Marling School (William John Greenstreet M.A.; for

Horder Percy Morley, architect, II Lansdown assistant masters, see Schools, p. 307), Cainscross rd

Rorner &; 00. Limited, clothiers, 13 Nelson street Marsh Eliza (Mrs.), baker, Bowbridge lane

Rorwood &; 00. fancy rep08itory, 10 George street Marshall Wm. mangr. of Lloyds Bank Lim. 8 George st

lIowell Frank, Nelson P.H. &; gasfitter, 46 &; 47 High st MartIn Robert Bull, who. fish salesman, II A'cre It

Howsin Edward Arthur M.D., M.R.O.S.Eng. physician &; Merrett Brothers, photographers, Russell street

surgeon, &; certifying factory surgeon, IX Rowcroft Merrett Frederick Wm. umbrella. maker, 24 Nelson st

Rughes Edwin George, tobacconist, 63 High street Merrett Henry, baker, 7 Summer street

Rughel! Frederick, shopkeeper, Horns road Merrett Mark, umbrella maker, Swan lane

Eulbert Edward, proprietor &; publislier of "Stroud Mid-Gloucester Conservative &; Unionist Registration As-

News &; Gloucestershire Advertiser," general printer &; sociation (Alfred Curtis, chief sec.), Russell street

wholesale stationer, &; hon. chief sec. of the Mid Glou- Miller Alfred, ironmonger, goas &; electric engineer, &;

cestershire Conservative Registration Association, Stroud cycle maker & repairer, 15 Gloucester street

News office; National telephone No. 19. See advert Miller George, greengrocer, 18 Tower hill

lIunt George H. boot &; shoe maker, 59 High street Miles &; Jones, coal merchants, Cheapside

"Hunt Henry, watch maker, 21 Nelson street Miles WiIliam, boot &; shoe maker, 2. London road

Runt John William, coal dlr. &; shopkpr. Upper Leazes Mills Brothers & Co. groeers &; tea dealers, 58 &; 59

Ryam Charles, common lodging house, 3 Tower hill High street

Hyde Arthur, shopkeeper, 59 Middle street Mills Ernest, insurance agent, Bisley road

YnIand Revenue Office (Henry Hawken, supervisor; Jas. Mills Henry Hamilton (firm, Little &; Mills), solicitor, ~

Murray &; Percival Gabriel Pielon, 2nd class officers), Lansdown

2 Threadneedle street Mills Joseph Charles, Railway hotel, 3 Russell street

Ireland Peter, certified bailiff under the Law of Distress Milnes George P. surveyor to the urban district council,

Amendment Act, Bisley Old road 7 Russell street

"Isacke Flora H. (Miss), brush maker, 25 Church street Mitchell Ebenezer, beer ret. &; shopkpr. Middle st. Upland.

Ysacke Rose Stella (Miss), ladies' school, Stratford road Mitchell Robert, cabinet maker, 2 King street

.Jacques George William, boot maker, Bowbridge Monaghan Thomas, outfitter, 53 High street

..Tames George Henry (exors. of), printers &; stationers, 14 Murphy John Holder, pastrycook, 20 King street

Russell street Murray James, inland xevenue officer, Uplands road

.Jeens John William, commission agent, Stratford road Mustard Elizabeth Anne (Mrs.), milliner, 8 Whitehall

.Jefferies Eliza (Mrs.),shopkpr.&; Post office,Springfield rd Mutton Julia (Mrs.), beer retailer, 4 Russell street

..Tennings James, grocer, Bisley Old road Nanscawen Lissie (Mrs.), apartments, 3 Winchcombe co~

..Tohns.on Arthur, draper, 26 George street tages, Bisley road

..Tones Alfred, commercial traveller, 50 London road Nash James, beer retailer, Horns road

Janes Daniel, corn merchant, 36 London !rood Need Marg-aret A. (Miss), apartmts. Kent villa, Slad 1'd

..Tones Fleming Ebenezer, coal mer. see Miles &; Jones Nethercott Ann (Mrs.), 'llpartments, 43 Middle street

Jones Thomas Henry, grocer, 138 Slad road . Newth Waiter, picture frame maker, 7 Gloucester street

Jurish George, hair dresser, perfumer &; wig maker, 16 Niblett &; Co. mineral water manufacturers, Union streeli

Kendrick street. See advertisement Niblett William, chimney sweeper, 6 Bisley Old road

Keene William Henry, cabinet maker, Bowbridge lane Niblett William, Golden Fleece inn, 9 Nelson street

Kemble &; Dash, millers (steam .&; water), StTatford road Nichols Arthur, carpenter, ~:l Church street

King Josiah, watch maker, 16 George street , Nichols George Thomas, solicitor &; deputy supt.registrar;----

Kittow .A.nnie (Mrs.) &; Co, drapers &; milliners, 323 &; I Rowcroft
, Nispel Hy. milliner &; 8ewin~ machine agt. 17 Kendrick st
40 High street

Kittow Charles, hair dresser, Swan lane . NoIan Lawrence Henry, Great Western station master,

Knee Thomas, leather seller &; cycle dlr. 5 &; 8a, John s\ Great Western TOad . :#

Knig-ht Richard, brazier, Swan lane Northcott, Cartwright &; Co. woollen cloth manufactnrers,

Lacey Albert Edward, Ship hm, Wallbridge Slad road

312 STROUD. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. lKELLY'S

Norris John Lapage, solicitor, 3 Bedford street Sargeant Alfred Hicks, saddler, 15 King street

Ockford Helen Mary (Mrs.), costnme &; mantle maker. Scarlett Thomas Keens, carver &; gilder, 12 Nelson street

54 Lansdown School of Art (William H. C. Fisber, sec. ; William Broad.

Okey James (exors. of), boot maker, 20 George street master), Lansdown

Oliver George, boot &; shoe maker, 5 Kendrick street ScoU Georgina (Miss), tailoress,' Bisley Old road

Orchard & Peer. bnilders &; contractors, painters &; ScO'tt Jnlia (Miss), dress maker (see Dalby & ScoU)

plumbers, Bowbridge; &; at Rodborough Selway George Henry, tailor, I Bedford street

.orchard Joseph, china. &; earthenware dlr. 17 Tower hill Shane lsaae, tailor, Slad road

Organ Elizabeth (Mrs.), Bedford Arms P.H. 51 High st Shean Thomas, beer retailer, 8 Wallbridge

Osborne George, marine store dealer, 28 Tower hill Shelton Edward, carver & gilder. 18 King street

Owen John Thomas, Union inn, Union street Shepherd Alfred Henry, costumier &; milliner, 16 &; 17 .

Park Sidney Beynon, draper, 26 King street &; 5 High st King street

Parkinson John Collin, watch maker, 18 Gloucester st Shipway Alfred Ernest, tailor, 56 Lansdown

Partridge Thomas M.R.C.P.Ire!., M.R.O.S.Eng. surgeon Shrubsole William, coffee rooms, 4 Union street

&; medical officer of health, Stroud union, Nailsworth Sievers Ferdinand L.D.S. surgeon dentist, 54 High street

urban &; Stroud rural district councils, Bowbridge ho. Sieven Rudolph L.D.S. tmrgeon dentist, 54 High strecli,

Bowbridge &; at S College green, Gloucester

Partridge William, shoe maker, Horns road Siros William Thomas, grocer, &; agent for W. &; A. Gilbey

Pass Samuel, coach builder, 2 Nelson street Liro. wine &; spirit merchants, 65 High street

Paul Henry, shoe maker, 19 Wallbridge Singer Manufacturing Co. sewing machine manufac-

Payne Elizabeth Honor (Miss), milliner, Slad road turers, 9 Kendrick street

Payne George Fredk. accountant (see Randall &; Payne) Skerton Wickliff Duncan, monumental mason,21 Middle st

l'earce Henry Thomas, blacksmith, 54 London road Skinner WaIter A. fly proprietor, La:nsdown

Pearce John, saddler, 8 Russell street Slade William Joseph, hatter & hosier, 61 High street

Pearce Walter, Green Dragon P.H. 10 King street Smart Charles Albert, chimn~y sweeper, 71 Middle street

Peer Robert Francis, builder (firm, Orchard &; Peer) Smart William, shopkeeper, 35 Lower street

Pegler Maria &; .Mary (Misses), pawnbrokers, 24 Middle st Smith R. T. &; Co. carriers, railway &; shipping agents.

Pegler Henry, carrier &; shopkeeper, Church street Kendrick street
Pegler John James, farmer &; rent &; debt collector, Bis- Smith Rogers & Co. Lim. provision sellers, 15 Russell"n

ley Old road Smith W. H. & Son, news agents, Railway stations
Perr•iam Mary (Mrs.), beer retailer, Slad road Smith Bartley, cab proprietor, 10 London road

Phelps William, plasterer &; shopkeeper, 46 Tower hill Smith Benjamin, hair dresser, 6 Union street

PPhIliillllpimototrseTMhoarmyaAs nWn i(llMiarms.,),~RhoipsiknegepSeru,n P.H. 7 Nelson st Smith David, chemist, S4 High street
7 Wood street Smith Esther (Miss), dress maker, 43 London road

Pickard Thomas, carpenter, 19 Ohapel street Smith Francis, apartments, 42 London road

Piclon Percival Gabriel, inland revenue officer, Stratford rd Smith Frederick Jas. Crown & Sceptre P.H. Horns road

Plested Emily H. (Mrs.), stationer, 34 Acre street Smith Harry, cab proprietor, 45 Lower street

Plested Henry, grocer, 27 Gloucester street Smith Joseph, photographer, 4 Lansdown & 7 George i~

Plummer & Edmands, milliners, 9 George street Smith Joshua \Villiam, hair dresser, 7 King street

Pond Elizh. (Mrs.), teacher of music, 17 Lower street Smith Richard Henry (firm, Croome, Ball &; Smith).
solicitor &; commissioner for oaths &; deputy coroner for
Pool George, blacksmith, Bowbridge
Strond &; Cirencester division of the county, Town Hall
Poole Hester (Miss), apartments, 61 Lower street

'Poolman Sarah (Mrs.), Crown P.H. 36 High street offiees

Postlethwaite Henry Victor, baker, 74 Middle street Smith Thomas D. commercial traveller, Bowbridge

'Ponlton & Son, builders, 98 Slad road Smith William Joseph, cabinet maker, 23 Acre street

• Powell Christopher, cabinet maker, 46 Middle street Snape William James, manager of Stroud Wa1:er Navi-
Powell George, beer retailer, 50 Lower street gation Co. & Thames &; Severn Canal Trust, Wallbridge-

Powell William, Post Office inn, 17 George street Sollars James, milk seller, Grange fields

Pratt Edwin, ironmonger, 16 &; 17 Wallbridge Spencer Frederick, china & earthenware dealer, 28 Acre st

Price E. & L. fruiterers & florists, Kendrick street Spencer Joseph, boot maker, 9 & 10 High street

Price Edward George, baker, 21 Church street Sperber Solomon, furniture dealer, 48 High street

Price Henry In. asstnt. overseer & coHctr. of poor rates Spire Alan Picton, accountant &; insurance agt. 17 Rowc~
for Stroud, Garfield viI. Bellevue; office, 3 Lansdown Spire George, solicitor &:; commissioner for oaths, &; clerk
to the Wheatenhurst union &; to the rural district COUII-
Price William, haulier, 11 Tower hill
I>riday Thomas Draper, apartmen~8, Prospect villa, Upper cil, assessment & school attendance committees &; supt.
registrar for Wheatenhurst district, &; clerk to commis-
Springfield road
sioners. of taxes for the Whit~tone district, 17 Rowc~oft;.
Pritchard Henry, tailor, 21 London road
Pritchard Richard, beer ret. &; shopkpr. 6 & 7 Wallbridge Spring- Herbert \Villiam, auctioneer, Swan street
Star Tea Co. Lim. grocers, 24 High street
Pritehard William, cabinet maker, Rnssell street
Prosser Regnld. David, coal mer.see Dickenson & Prosser Steele Chas. &; Son,bakers & millers (steam)'99Summer st
Steele George Henry, draper, 19 Gloucester street
Ractliff Charles Arthnr, surveyor of main roads, Stroud
district, Kilminster farm Steele Joseph, cabinet maker &; tobacconist, 3 Middle n

Ractliff William Joseph, farmer, Hill Home farm Stcphens Emma (Miss), dress maker, 30 Middle street

Ractliffe Charles (exors. of), farmer, Lower Lypiatt Stevens Florence Miriam (Miss), ladies' day .school, x-&

Randall &; Payne, accountants & auditors, 5 Rowcroft Lansdown

Rawlings James, beer retailer, 2 Union street Stock Edwin, commercial traveller, Springfield road

Redfern Edmund, draper &c. I&;2 George street Stockwell Christopher, Bell P.H. Wallbridge

Redman G. & Co. outfittersf 27 George street Stokes George, Greyhound P.R. 12 Hloucester street

Restall &; Ford, auctioneers, accountants, valuers & house Stone Harry Smith, dining rooms, 9 Gloucester street
Stone John Joseph, baker, 62 High street
& estate agents, 8 Rowcroft
Stone Joseph, grocer, Horns road
Revell Thomas Edward, boot &; shoe maker, 67 High st
Reynolds Stephen John, tailor, 6 Hi~h street Storry Frederick William M.R.C.S.Eng. L.R.C.P.Edil!.
Richards Sidney. commreI. travlr. Acton house, Slad rd
Ricketts Ellen (Mrs.), confectioner, 18 RusseH street surgeon, Dirleton house, Cainscross road

Ricketts Louie (Mrs.), milliner, 14 George street Strachan & Co. Limited, woollen cloth manufacturers .t
RiddelI Francis Mary B. (Miss), florist, 26 Gloucester st
dyers, Lodgemore &; Frome Hall cloth mills; &; Bow-

bridge dye works &; at Rodborough

Ridler J ane (Mrs.), apartments, 7 Lower street Strange Samuel May, grocer, 19 King street

Ridler WalteT, sanitary inspector to the urban district Stroud Brewery Company Lim. (The), brewers, maltsters
&; wine &; spirit merchants &; mineral water manufac-
council, 7 Russell street
turers (A. C. Gillman, sec)
Rine Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper. Middle hill
Strond Club (Edward Northam Witchell, hon. sec.), Sub-
Roberts John, agent to Sutton & Co. 17 Russell street scription rooms, George street
Robertson Mary Ann (Mrs.), apartments, 7 Slad road
Stroud Conservative Permanent Building Society (Alfred
Roberts's Temperance hotel (Charles Angell, proprietor), Thomas Ford, sec.), 8 Rowcroft

Russell street Stroud Co-operative Society Limited (William Aldridge-,
Rowbotham Jas. Thos. beer retlr. & shopkpr. 31 Chapel st manager), Chapel street
Rowe Josiah Thomas, coal merchant, see Wood &; Rowe
Ruck William Charles, tobacconist, 3 High street Stroud Free Library (Alfred T. Ford & Frederick Win-
Ruegg & Son, insurance a~ents, 2 Rowcroft terl·otham, hon. secs.; Hy.Twissen, librarian),Lansdwn
Ruegg WaIter .Tames. swckbroker, 2 ROWCl'oft
Sampson & Co. beltin~ manufacturers (leather, hair, Stroud Gas Light &; Coke Co. (George Cutler, manager},

co~ton &c.) (Edward F. Sarg'eant, manager), Lower st Canal side
Sanso~ William, painter, 129 Slad road Strond Imperial Hotel Co. Limited (Frederick Winte.

botham, sec.), 5 Rowcroft

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DIRECl'ORY. ] GLOUCESTERSHIRE. EUDELEY. 313

Stroud Incorporated Chamber of CD~merce (Edward WalleI' .Alfred Whalley L.R.e.P.Lond., M.R.C.S.Eng.,

Northam Witchell, sec.), Lansdown D.P.H. surgeon, 31 London road

Stroud Journal (William Thompson, proprietor & pub- Warman William, soliciwr, perpetual commissioner &;

lisher; puhlished fri.); offices, Lansdown commissioner for oaths, superintendent registrar for

Stroud Liberal Club (William George Browne, sec.), 9 Stroud district, I Rowcroft

Lansdown Washbourn John, painter, 35 Parliament street

Stroud Liberal Club Co. Limited (WiUiam George Browne Wathen Edward, solicitor, 8 Lansdown
Wathern Charles, furniture dealer, 29 Tower hill
sec.), 9 Lansdown
Stroud (or) Mid Gloucester Conservative Benefit Society Watkins Edwin, beer retailer &; shopkpr. Bisley Old 1'<1
Watkins Elizabeth (Mrs.), plasterer, II Whitehall
(Charles Bennett, sec.), Russell street
. Stroud News & Gloucestershire Advertiser (Edward Watts Henrietta (Mrs.), beer retailer, 42 Acre street

Hulbert, [publisher; published friday), George street; Webb Enos, King's Head: P.H. 41 High street
National telephone No. 19; circulates throughout the Webb James, haulier, Tower hill
county, more particularly in the West of England cloth Webb WiIliam Henry, fishmonger & marine store deale.r~

manufacturing districts, the mining neighbourhood of 26 Nelson street

the Forest of Dean &; agricultural districts of West Wells Waiter, watch maker, 5 Middle street
Weston Rufus \I. clerical, military, gentlemen's ok
Gloucestershire. See advertisement

Stroud Nurses' Home (Mi·ss Margaret Russell, matron), ladies' high class tailor & riding habit maker, hunting
breeches a speciality. Town time
72 Middle street
Stroud Provident Benefit Building Society (George F. Wheatley Henry & Charles, builders, Bisley Old road
Wheatley Fredk. lithographic &; general printer, John st
Payne, sec.), 5 Rowcroft

Stroud (The) Division of Gloucestershire Liberal Associa- Whiley .Albert, beer retailer, 77 Tower hill

tion (George E. Harrison, organising sec. & registration White Catherine Elizabeth & Anne (Misses),dress makers,.

agent), 22 Lansdown Pagan hill

Stroud Urban District Council Sewage Works (George P. White W. I. &; Sons, tailors, 78 Middle street

Milnes M.I.C.E. engineer), 7 Russell street White Blanche Dagmar (Miss), beer retailer, 73 Chapel st

Stroud Water Company (George Scriven, manager), 11 White Elizh. (Mis>s), tailors' trimmings seller,78 Middle at

John street White John, music & general printer, artists' colorman,

Stroud Weekly Press (Sidney Edward Davis, proprietor l;tationer, bookseller, news agent, & depot for Christian

& publisher; published fri.), 25 Gloucester street Knowledge, 23 George street

Stroud William John, insurance superintendent,Bisley rd White Samuel, furniture dealer, High street

Stroudwater Navigation Company & Thames & Severn Wigmore Emily Ann E. (Mrs.), grocer, 58 Parliament st

Canal Trust (Wm. James Snape, manager); Wallbridga Williams Cornelius, butcher, 28 High street

Stuart Robert Edward, solicitor, Bedford street Williams. Edward, tobacconist, 42 High street

Subscription Rooms (F. Winterbotham, hon. sec.; S. Williamson, Tratt &:, Co. Lim. wholesale clothiers, George

J. Dudbridge, manager), George street street &:, Slad road

Sutton & Co. carriers (John Roberts, agent), Russell st Wilson John Henry, rate collector to the urban district

Swanson J. & Co. linen & general drapers & milliners, 17 council, 7 Russell street
Wilts & Dorset Banking Co. Limited (branch)
to 20 High street

Symonds Esther (Mrs.), apartments, 51 London road (Theodore Lovell de Behr, manager; open daily, 10 to

Tanner Jesse, beer retailer, 52 Acre street 3; thursday, 10 to I; friday, ID to 4), High street

Taylor William, George & Archibald John, boot makers & (removing in 1898 to Russell street) i draw on London

cycle agents, 23 Gloucester street & Westminster Bank Limited, Lothbury, London EO

Taylor Eliza (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 23 Nelson street Winterbotham & Sons, solicitors, 5 Rowcroft

Terrett William, grocer, Stroud hill Winterbotham Edward Weedon, manager of the Capital

Thomas Caroline (Mrs.), ladies' school & boys' prepara- & Counties Bank Limited, treasurer to guardians of

tory school, Far hill, Cainscross road Stroud union, & to the guardians &; rural district

Thomas Clare (Miss), milliner, 7a, Lansdown council of Wheatenhurst, High street

Thoma.s John, dyer, 7 Lansdown Winterbotham Frederick (firm, Winterbotham & Sons),

Thompson William, printer, publisher & proprietor ot solicitor & commissioner for oaths &. clerk to the

"Stroud Journal," Lansdown guardians & rural district council, & assessment &;

Thorne James, insurance agent, Bisley Old road school attendance committees, & joint hospital board,

Thornton Sidney Smith, grocer, 21 High street & clerk to the Painswick, Rodborough & Stroud school

Town Hall (John Elliott, manager), Market place boards & to the Marting school governors, 5 Rowcroft

Townsend R. &; Co. Limited, sole manufacturers of the Winterbotham Lindsey Dillon, solicitor (firm, Winter-

Gloucestershire rapid fattening cake, corn, seed, cake, botham &; Sons), 5 Rowcroft

hay &; manure merchants; Royal Spice mills, London Witchell E. & Sons, solicitors, I LansdoWIi

road &:, at Quay street, Gloucester. See advert Witchell Arthur, Corn Hall P.H. Market place

Trotman Anthony, shopkeeper, 14 Lower street Witchell Edward Northam, solicitor, see Witchell &; Sons

Truman Sarah (Mrs.), Lamb P.H. Church street Witchell Percy (firm, Witchell E. & Sons),solicitor,& clerk

Truscott & Sons, cycle agents, 12 Russell street; &; at to the Stroud urban district council, 1 Lansdowtl

Stonehouse Withey &; Withey, grcrs.& wine &; spirit mers.55 High st

Tuck William Thomas, beer &; wine retailer & confec- 'Wood & Rowe, coal, salt & builders' merchants, Cheap-

tioner, 20 Gloucester street ,side (National Telephone No. 44); depots, Nailswortn,

Tyler Ann (Mrs.), marine store dealer, 52 Parliament st Ryeford & Frocestel" railway stationS'

Tyler Frederick, marine store dealer, I Parliament street Wood Frederick, cabinet maker, 29 Gloucester street

Tyler George, shoe maker, 23 Middle str.eet Wood Rechab, glass & china. dlr. & bill poster, 39 High st
Woodford Thos. Martin, dining rooms, 21 & 22 Russell st
Tyler William Henry, shoe maker, 3 Nelson street

Volunteer Battalion (2nd), Gloucestershire Regiment (0 Woodward Henry, beer retailer, ID Tower hill

Co. Capt. Lindsey D. Winterbotham, commanding; Woolmer Arthur, grocer, 9 King street

Richard Wm. Northcott, &; Samuel S. Marling, lieuts; Wynn Edwin, jun. wardrobe dealer, 7 Tower hill

Color-Sergt. Frederick Hambidge, drill instructor), Wynn Ellen &. Hodevah (Misses), pawnbrkrs. 32 High at

Drill Hall, Bowling green Yost Henry Charles, beer retailer, Parliament street

Waghorne David, butcher, 38 High street . Young Frederick, shoe maker, 99 Slad road

Walkley .Albert Edward, coach builder, Cainscross road

SUDELEY is a parish, on the river Isborne, 6! miles nacles at the angles, and containing one bell, recast iD

south-east from Beckford station on the Ashchurch and 1856, and a " ting-tang" cast in 1773: the whole struc-
Evesham branch of the Midland railway, 5 north from ture is embattled, and forms a rectangle of five bays, the
Andoversford station on the Banbury and Cheltenham sec- divisions being marked on the outside by buttresses rising
tion of the Great 'Western railway, half a mile south-east between the spacious windows and terminating in crock-
from Winchcomb, and 8 north-east from Cheltenham, in eted pinnacles above the parapet: there is a western en-
the Northern division of the oounty, lower division of the trance and over it a large traceried window flanked by
hundred of Kiftsgate, Winchcomb petty sessional division, canopied niches: the dwarf tower is corbelled out and
union and county court district, rural deanery of Winch- overhangs this window: in Jan. 1643, the Castle having
comb, and archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester. The been surrendered to the parliamentary forces, the chapel
church or chapel of St. Mary, situated a little east of the was grDssly desecrated, the monuments of the Cbandos
Castle, and erect.ed about 1460 by Sir Ralph Boteler, family destroyed and their graves violated: the building
created Baron of Sudeley in 1441, is an edifice of stone in was then allowed to go to decay, and divine service was

the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel and nave of held in the aisle, an arrangement continued until the year
five bays, under a single roof, north aisle, and a low em- 1862: Queen Catherine Parr, who died at Sudeley Castle,

battled tower on the western gable, with crocketed pin- Sep. 5, 1548, was buned in this chapel, the funeral, con-

314 SUDELEY. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. [KELLY'S

ducted by the famous !.liles Coverdale D.D. her chaplain whom he created Lord Seymour of Sudeley: this noble-

and -almoner, being the first royal obsequies solemnized man in the same year married the widowed Queen

according to Protestant rites: in 1782 her grave was Catherine, and having partially restored the Castle, made

opened, and her remains, which had been embalmed and it his residence: after the execution of Seymour in 1549.

enclosed in lead, were found to be perfectly preserved: it became the property of William Parr, Marquess of

further inspections were made in 1784, 1786, and 1792. Northampton, who in turn was disgraced in 1558, and

but. in 1817 the Rev. John Lates, then rector. removed the estates transferred t() Sir John Bridges, created Lord

the royal remains into the stone vault of the Chandos Chandos of Sudeley in 1554 j George, 6th Lord Chandos,

family, in which lay the relics of George, 6th Lord who held the Castle during the civil war, sided with the

Chandos, who died in 1654: in carefully repairing the King, and his stronghold, attacked during his absence in

leaden coffen of the Queen, the following inscription was Jan. 1643, surrendered after an investment of three days;

found upon the breast: "K. P. Here Lyethe quene it was afterwards re-garrisoned. and in Sept. the King

Kateryn Wife to Kyng Henry the VIII. And Last the Wife himself was the guest of the noble owner: being again

of Thomas Lord of Sudeley, high Admirall of England, attacked in June, 1644, it was yielded up to Sir William

and Vnkle to Kyng Edward the VI. dyed 5 September, Waller; the Castle buildings, after having been greatly

MCCCCCXLVIII.": the restoration of' the church was damaged and burnt by the soidiery, were in 1649 dig-

begun in 1858 by the late J. O. Dent esq. under the mantled by order of the Parliament, and its ruins even·

direction of the late Sir G. G. Scott R.A. and it was tually became a kind of quarry for the neighbourhood.

reopened for divine service Aug. 2, 1863, by the Bishop In 1810, ,the Castle and 60 acres of land were purchased

of Gloucester and Bristol: the church contains a costly from George, Lord Rivers, by Richard Grenville, Mar-

and elaborate memorial to Queen Catherine, erected over quess of Buckingham, and these in 1837 were again sold

ber remains by Mr. Dent, from the designs of the late Sir to Messrs. John and William Dent, who had previously,

G. G. Scott R.A. and ex~cuted by Mr. Phillips, of ill 1830, bought the greater part of the Sudeley estates:

London; it consists of a recessed and feathered ogee the first or north quadrangle was completely restored and

arch, richly decorated and flanked by canopied pinnacles appropriately furnished in 1840, and is' now the residence

containing statues, within which is placed a panelled of Mrs. Dent, widow of the late John Coucher Dent esq.

altar-tomb, adorned with emblazoned shields, and sup- F.S.A. (d. 1885); it contains portraits of Queen Elizabeth,

pOTting a recumbent effigy of the Queen carved in alabas- George, sixth Lord Chandos, William, Marquess of North-

ter: the stained east window embodies a design suggested ampton K.G. Lord Seymour and Sir Frands Walsingham,

by the curious frontispiece to Bentley's "Monument of a fine portrait group of Henry VIII. 'and his family, and a

Matrones," published in 1582, which represents the full-length portrait of that King, carved on a stone panel

Last Judgment, with the figure of Queen Catherine re- by Holbein, besides two singular pictures, the" Bridge of

cumbent beneath a rainbow, and is supposed to be a Life" and the" March of Intemperance," said to have

reproduction of the beautiful alabaster monument to her been executed by Hogarth, for the Old Elephant inn in

memory which once stood in the church and bore a Fenchurch street, and purchased by the late Mr. Dent

Latin inscription, written by her chaplain, Dr. Park- in 1836: one of the mantelpieces bears the Chandos

hurst j on the south side of the church is plaeed a stone motto," Mainteine le Droit": there is also a carved

coffin with coped lid, found at Winchcomb Abbey in 18]4: buffet with the initials of George, Lord Chandos, 1578, a.

there are 80 sittings. The register dates from the year finely carved four-post bedstead from Cumnor, Berks,

17°5; entries of baptisms, marriages and burials relating and another from Kineton, once used by Charles 1. ThB

to this parish are alSG found in the registers of Winch- old pleasaunce, with its paths and fountain, was discovered.

comb. The living is a rectory, yearly value £75. in the in 1850, and now forms part ()f the garden: Sudeley Lodge

gift of Mrs. Dent, and held since 1871 by the Rev. Robert Farm retains an oak over 26 feet in circumference, the

Noble Jackson M.A. of Sidney Sussex College, Cam- remains of a forest at one time three miles in extent:

bridge, who resides at Winchcomb. Clement Barksdale some distance north-west of the Castle, stands the Grange,

A.M. of Merton College, Oxford, born at Winchcomb 23 a long rectangular buttressed structure, now roofless:

Nov. 16°9, and educated at Abingdon School, was rector Roman remains, consisting of tesserre and traces of

here. He died at Naunton 23 Sept. 1670. buildings have been found in Spoonley coppice and on

Sudeley Castle, originally erected in the reign of Sudeley Lanes farm, and the carved figure of a. Roman

Stephen, was rebuilt by Sir Ualph le Boteler, baton of soldier with shield was disinterred in Stancombe wood;

Sudeley, Lord Treasurer of England and High Admiral in 1863 extensive remains of a Roman villa were met with

in the time of Henry VI. who constructed it anew from on Wadfield farm. A flower show is held annually in the

the foundations, of local oolite stone, and in a style of Castle grounds. Mrs. Dent is lady of the manor and chief

uncommon magnificenee: it .consisted chiefly of two landowner. The soil is stone brash; subsoil, stiff clay.

spacious quadrangles lying north and south, with lofty The chief crops are wheat, roots and barley. The area is

embattled towers on the western side and a. banqueting 2,622 acres j rateable value, £1,386; the population. in

ball with an octagonal tower on the east; on this side 1891 was 87 civil and 101 ecclesiastical. -

also were the chapel, pleasaunce and the gardens: in Under the provisions of the "Divided Parishes Act,

1469, Lord Sudeley was compelled to surrender the 1882," Stancomb has been transferred from Sudeley tQ

Castle and the advowson of the chapel to Edward IV. : Winchcomb. .

who granted it to Richard, Duke of Gloucester, after- Parish Clerk, John Pearce.

wards Richard Ill.; subsequently it was held from Letters received from Winchcomb R.S.O. which is the

Henry VII. by his uncle, Jasper, Duke of Bedford, and nearest money order & telegraph office, I mile distant

falling again into the hands of the Crown, was granted This place is included in the Winchcomb United School

by King Edward VI. in 1547 to Sir Thomas Seymour, Board district

Dent Mrs. Sudeley castle Fardon Henry, farmer, Spoonley . I Jepson I)'lichael, farmer, Waterhatch

COMMERCIAL. Haine'S Henry, sub-agent to Mrs. Dent, Pardington ·Wm. farmer, Boiling WeT..

:Brown Joseph. farmer, Hill farm Sudeley Lawns Westlake Wm. Henry, farmer,Wadfield
Eutler John, farmer, The Old house
James John, farmer, Sud, eley Lodge fm

LOWER, or NETHER, SWELL is a parish and representing the Passion: all the windows are stained:
village, on the high road fwm Stow to Gloucester and the nave was built in 1852, and' the chancel rebuilt ill
1870, at a total cost of about £1,000: the church has been
Cheltenham and on the small rivulet Dikler, I! miles
further restored since 1873, at 11 cost of £500, and affords
north-west from Stow-on-the-Wold station on the Ban- 250 sittings. The register dates from the year 1685. The
living is a vicarage, yearly value £145, derived from 103
bury and Cheltenham branch ()f the Great Western rail- aeres of glebe; with residence, in the gift ()f the Dean and
Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford, and held since 1850 by
way, 5 miles south from Morehm-in-Marsh, 24 east-by- the Rev. David Royce M.A. of Christ Church, Oxford.
There are three barrows here: and there were formerly
north from Gloucester and 85 from London, in the two ancient stones one called the~' Whittlestone," the
other the " Hoar-stone "; the former has been destroyed.
Eastern division of the county, upper division of Slaugh- but the latter remains. A carbonated chalybeate spring
ter hundred, Stow-on-the-Wold Wlion, petty sessional divi- was discovered here in 1807, and a small spa-house erec-
sion and county court district, rural deanery of Stow, ted. Swell Bowl was formerly the residence of Sir Robert
Atkyns kt. the historian of this county, who had here 6
arehdeaconry of Cl1'encester and diocese of Gloucester. spacious Tesidence. Abbotswood, a substantial mansion
in the Elizabethan style, erected in 1867, is the seat of
The church of St. Mary the Virgin is a building of stone, Alfred Sartoris esq. J.P. Qual' Wood is the residence of
in the Norman and later styles, consisting of chancel, ThGmas Walker Stuhbs esq. There is no lord of the
:nave of two bays, south aisle, south porch and a ~mall manor. The principal landowners are the Dean and Chap'-
western turret containing one bell: the chancel and nave

are Early English, the rest of the church being' Norman:

the south aisle was formerly the nave of the Norman
church, the chancel of which is now used as a vestry and

organ chamber, it retains a leper's window and there is a
'hagioscope lookin~ from the aisle into the new ~hancel:
the interior of the church is decorated with cartoons

DIRECTORY.] GLOUCESTERSHIRE. SYDE. 315

ter of Christ Church, Oxford, Alfred Sart-oris esq. and Wall Letter Box cleared at 8.40 a.m. &; 5,45 p.m.; on

David Bragg esq. The soil is stone brash; subsoil, oolite. sunday at 9.35 a.m.. only. Letters through Stow-on-

IThe chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and turnips. The the-Wold S.O. arrive at 8 a.m. & 3.30 p.m. Srow-on-

area is 1,670 acres; rateable value, £2,421; the popula- the-Wold, I! miles distant, is the nearest money order
tion in 1891 was 405. ; & telegraph office

Sexton, Benjamin Williams. I National School (mixed), built in 1851, for 90 children;
I a.erage attendance, 65; George Fredk. Spink, master

Royce Rev. David :M.A. Vicarage Cambray:M~dry (~lrs.), machinist Norton William George, farm bailiff to

Sartoris Alfred .LP. Abbotswood Cook Thomas, farmer A. Sanoris esq

Sartoris Fras. Chas. J.P. Abbotswood Forty Helenor (Mrs.), ~er retailer Oughton Henry, farmer

Stubbs ThomaS! Walker, Quar wood Gaden Thomas, farmer Pulham Wiiliam, farmer

COMMERCIAL. Hathaway George, beer retailer Reynolds Samuel Perry.. frmr .Fernd~
Hayward Thomas, blacksmith ReynoldSJ Stephen, farmer

Bubb Mary (Mrs.), baker Lupton William, farm bailiff to the Wilcox Thomas, wheelwright

Bell John J. farmer Rev. R, W. Hippesley Williams George, shopkeeper·

UPPER SWELL is a parish and village, on the high 1543. The living is a rectory, yearly value £75, including

road from Stow to Tewkesbury, near the .source of the about 5 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of

rivulet Dilder, 2 miles north from Stow-on-the-Wold sta- Alfred Sartoris esq. of Abbotswood, and held since 1881 by

tion on the Banbury and Cheltenham branch of the Great the Rev. George Augustus Todd, of St. Bee&, who is also

Western railway, 5 south from Moreton-in-Marsh and 25 rector of Condicote. On an eminence, surrounded by

east-by-north from Gloucester, in the Eastern division of trees, at a short distance west of the village, are remains

the county, upper division of Kiftsgate !hundred, Stow- of two long barrows in very perfect condition. There is 1Il

on-the-Wold union, petty se3sional division and county charity of about £2 10S. for the poor, which is' distributed in

court district, rural deanery of Stow, archdeaconry of CO:l!. Algernon Bertram Freeman Mitford esq. C.B., J.P.

Cirencester and diocese of Gloucester. The church of St. of Batsford Park, is lord of the manor and principal land-

Mary is an ancient building of stone in the Norman and owner. The soil is srone brash; subsoil, stone brash on

later styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and oolite rock. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and

a small western turret containing 2 bells: the chancel turnips. The area i~ 1,460 acres; rateable value, £837;

arch and doorway are Norman, beautifully decorated with the population in 1891 was 74.

lozenge moulding; the chancel is Norman with the ex- Letter;; through IStow-on-the-Wold S.O. which is the

ception of the east window, which has Decorated tracery, nearest money order & telegoraph office, 2 miles distant,

and is filled with stained glass, placed in 1872 as a memo- arrive at 8.30 a.m. The nearest Letter Box is at Stow-

rial to Mrs. Eliza Arch Pole: the chancel 'retains a piscina on-the-Wold

and sedilia, and there is a. Perpendicular font: there arA The children of this place attend the school at Lower

sittings for 70 persons. The register dates from the rear Swell
I ISmith George Freeman
Clifford Thomas, farmer, Manor farm Xorton William, farmer

Todd Rev. George Augustus, RectorJ I Hiatt WiTIiam Lionel, miller (water)

SWINDON is a. parish and village, 2 miles north- £12 left by Miss, Goodlake and £13 99. 8d. left in 1880
by John Surman Surman esq. In 1885 the late Miss
north-west from Cheltenham and 3 ,south from Cleeve Overt on left a 'benefaction of £200. Swindon Hall, a
leautiful and spacious mansion, commanding a view of
station on the Bristol and Birmingham sectinn of tl,e the Cotswold Hills, is now (1897) unoccupied. Swindon
Manor is the residence of Col. William Walker Pemberton.
Midland railway, in the Northern division of the county, The Rev. Hanmer Morgan Stratford M.A. rector of St.
Athan, Glam. who is lord of the manor, and Commander
hlmdred, petty sessional division, union and county court
Arthur B. Mansell J.P. of Hythe, Kent, and the rector, are
district of Cheltenham, and in the rural deanery of Chel-
the principal landowners. The soil is clay and sand; sub-
tenpam and archdeaconry 'clnd diocese of Gloucester. The soil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, beans, barley and
roots. 'rhe area is 721 acres; rateable value, £3,085; the
Swily runs through the parish and fallS! into the Severn population in 1891 was 243.

below Tewkesbury. The church of St. ,Lawrence is an Parish Clerk, Thomas Perry.

ancient building of stone in the Norman and Early English Pos~ Office.-Thomasl Perry, sub-postmaster. Letter9
arrive from Cheltenham at 7 a.m. Box cleared at 6.20
styles, consisting of chancel, nave of six bays, aisle9, p.m. on week days & 8.20 a.m. on sundays. 'l'ownsend
place, Cheltenham, is the nearest money order office &;
south porch and a hexagunal western tower, with unequal Cheltenham head office the nearest telegraph office, 2

sides, containing 4 bells: there are ,8IOme interesting monu- miles distant
National School, built about 1845, by John Surman Sur-
• mentg, and brasses to the Stratford, Surmal1i and Rickett
families, incl'lding a brass to eight members of the man esq. for 35 children; average attendance, 17; &;
Surman family, 173°-1843; a brass to John Sturmy, 1650 ; endowed with the interest of £450, producing at the
11. tablet to John Stratford, 1776, and Elizabeth his wife, present time about £u yearly; Miss Margaret Cutter,
1787; and other memorials to the Long family, 1771- mis-tress
1802: there are ,seven stained windows: the church was

restored in 1846 at a cost of £1,'300, and has 250 sittings.
The regist~r dates from the year 1606. The living is a

rectory, net yearly value £245, including 32 acres of

glebe, with residence, in the gift of and held since 1878

by the Rev. John Gilbert-Day M.A. of St. John's College,

Camoridgp. The yearly benefactions amount to £27 19s.

which include £2 10S. arising from the Wallwin charity:

Gilbert Day Rev. John M.A. Rectory Hole Lucy (Mrs.), market gardener, Slatter Richard, market gardener

Hopton Henry Chester, Swindon lodge Hunscott Smith E. &; Son, market; gardeners.

Palmer Miss, The Cottage Hopton George, blacksmith Violet villa

Pemberton Col. William Walker, Swill- Neems Daniel, farmer, The Poplars &; Smith Arthur, market gardener,Kings-

don manor :Manor farm . ditch lane

COMMERCIAL. Neems John, farmer, Home farm Smith' John .Tames, market gardenez

Perry Thomas, shopkeeper & parish Waltham Tom, farmer, Bedlam

Burroughs Frank, farmer clerk, Post office WelYb William Frederick, gardener to

Cannock Thos. cattle dealer, The Villa Sindrey Arth. markt.gardnr.Kingsville the Midland Railway .L
Slatter William, market gardener,fruit Yeend Wa~. frmr. CrosS I{ands f,.J:1
Cook George, market gardener

Corbett John, farmer, Cotswold lodge salesman &; grower, Tewkesbury rd .' '

SYDE, or Side, IS a parish on the Cotswold Hills, about ,

I mile west from the great road between Girencester and sittlngs. The register dates from the year 1:686. The

Gloucester, 7i miles north-west from Cirencester stations living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £76. net
yearly value £88, including 32 acres of glebe, in the gift
on the Great Western and Midland and South Western of Tlieodore Crewdson ~sq. of Manchester, and held since
Junction railway, 9 south from Cheltenham, in the Eastern 1874 by the Rev. William Walker Woollcombe M.A. of
E'l:eter College, Oxford. There is a charity of the annual
division of the cQunty, hundred of Rapsgate, Cirencester valu~ of £1 168.. ari8ing from rent of pasture land left by
Mr. Muggleto;n, and distributed in money at Easter.
union, county court district and petty sessional division,
rural deanery of Bisley and archdeaconry and diocese of Syde House is the occasional residence of Theodore Crewd-
Glou~ster. The church of St. Mary is. a small buildinq
son esq. of Manchester, who is lord of the manor and sole
of !ltone in the Norman and Early English styles, consis.t-
ing of chancel, nave, north porch and a saddle-backed landowner, and who farms the land himself. The soil in
'We'stern towel' containing 3 bells ~ the chancel has been
repaired and the east window is stained: there are 64 some places.is very shallow, consisting of st<;me brash and
gravel; subsoil, rocky. The chief crops are wheat~ barley,

316 SYDE. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. [KELLY'S

turnips and some land in pasture. The area is 609 Letters through Cheltenham arrive about 9.45 a.m. &;

acres; rateable value, £390; the population in 1891 leave at 3.45 p.m. Bisley is the nearest money order &

was 29. Birdlip the nearest telegraph office
Crewdson Theodore, Syde house IWorkman Frederick, farm bailiff for Woollcombe Rev. William Walker M.A.
I T. Crewdson esq
(rector)

TAYNTON is a parish on the road from Newent to A Mission room was built on May Hill in 1879, and has
Newnham and Gloucester to Newent, and bounded on the 80 sittings. The charities of Taynton, derived from land,
west by Herefordshire, 3 miles south-by-east from Newent amount to about £24 yearly. Cider of the best quality
station and 2~ west from Barbers Bridge station on the is made here, and a perry of surpassing richness, called
Ledbury and Gloucester branch of the Great Western Taynton squash; bricks, drain pipes and brown pottery
railway, and 6! north-west from Gloucester, in the Forest ware are made here by Mr. Edwin Phillips. Taynton
of Dean division of the county, Botloe hundred, Newent House, the residence and property of Charles Bernard
union, county sourt district and petty sessional division, Atherton esq. has a pleasing and extensive prospect: it
and in the rural deanery of North Forest and archdeaconry held a garrison during the civil war in 1643, and was the
and diocese of Gloucester. The ancient church of St. scene of a fight which took place with troops under Col.
Massey. The Grove is the residence of Capt. Stanhope
Lawrence, distant about Il miles from the village, to- Grove R.N., J.P. Longcroft, of Henry Chevin esq. and
Ryelands that of Charles Bernard esq. There is no manor
gether with the minister's house and outbuildings, were in this parish. The chief landowners are Captain Stan-
burn to the ground by a force of Royalists under Capt. hope Grove R.N. Lord Somers, Charles Bernard Atherton
Wiffin, a few days after the raising of the siege of Glou- esq. and Benjamin St. John Ackers esq. of Huntley Manor,
cester, at the beginning of Sept. 1643; subsequently by Gloucester. The soil generally is a deep red loamy clay,
an Order of Parliament, entered in the journal of the and is applied to pasture and arable in almost equal pro-
portions; the subsoil is clay and rock. The chief crops
House of Lords, under date, Monday, 17 Jan. 1647-8, the are wheat, beans, peas, turnips, swedes, apples and pears.
church was rebuilt upon part of the glebe, ~md Q church- The area is 2,220 acres; rateable value, £3,235; the
yard formed, but the parsonage was not rebuilt until population in 1891 was 487.
1'850: the church, which seems to incorporate a portiq,n
At GLASSHOUSE H1LL, about 2! miles west of th&
of the marerials of the old fabric, was rebuilt at the cost of
Col. Thomas Pury, lord of the manor of Taynton and church. is a. Wesleyan chapel.
Minsterworth, and is a rectangular building of stone
standing north and south, and consisting of chancel, nave,
porch, organ chamber, and a low square turret on the

northern gable containing one bell: the pulpit of beauti- HOWNHALL is about three-quarters of a mile west-by-
fully carved oak, believed to have been brought from the south, and KENT'S GREEN is about 2 miles north.
church of Holy Trinity, Gloucester, on its demolition,
retains an old hour-glass frame: .there is a flat stone. Sexton, William Fishpool.

inscribed to Mr. Rabert Pury, son of Col. Thomas Pury. Letters arrive from Gloucester at 9 a.m. Wall Letter
"qui hanc eccIesiam redifical'i curavit": the communion Box at Kent's Green cleared at 5.20 p.m. week days only
plate is assumed to date from about 1610-15. The porch
was added in 1825; various works of restoration were Wall Letter Box at Hownhall, cleared 5.15 p.m. Letters
carried out in 1865 and 1869-70; in 1893, the nave was arrive from Gloucester at 9 a.m. The nearest money
re-opened, after further restoration' and reseating ; a large order & telegraph offices are at Newent §; Huntley, botb
gallery being also removed, and in 1894 the chancel and about 3 miles distant
organ chamber were built: the church now affords 253
sittings. The register dates from the year 1538. The Wall Letter Box at the church, cleared at 5.20 p.m
living is a rectory, net yearly value £280, including 25 National School, Taynton (mixed), built in 1883, for 50
acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Dean and
Chapter of Gloucester, and held since 1891 by the Rev. children; average attendance, 37; Mrs. Mary John-
Norman Wilfrid Shelton RA. of Trinity College. Dublin. son, mistress
Carriers to Gloucester. F1uck, every wed. & sat.; Chas.
Barnes, from Glasshouse hill, every sat.; returning
Bame day

Atherton Chas. Be'l'Ilard, Taynton house Bradley Chas. Hy. farmer, Moorfields Peters William, farmer, Kent's green

Bernard Charles, Ryelands CuIlimore Chas.Edwd.farmr.Kent's gm Phelps Leonard, beer retailer, Glass-

Bryant Rev. Raymond Mackenzie Bee- DaviS' William, carpenter &; wheel- house hill

don (curare), Folly farm, May hill wright, Hownhall Phelps Thomas, haulier, Glasshouse hill

Chevin Henry, Longcroft Dobbs John, farmer Phillips Edwin, brick, tile, pipe, earth-

Dawson Mrs. Kents Green house. Fluck Joseph, shopkeeper & carrier enware & pottery manufacturer, ~

Kents green Gough .A.lfd. blacksmith, Kent's green . farmer, Taynton Steam pottery wks

Grove Capt. Stanhope R.N., J.P. The Gough James, farmer. Hownhall Smith J ames, blacksmith & farmer

Grove Guilding Edward, farmer, New house Smith J ames Henry, assistant over-

Sheaon Rev. Norman Wilfrid RA. Hail Edmund, farmr. Glasshouse hill seer, Hownhall

Rectory Hook Jane (Mrs.), shopkeepe·r, Glass- Spencer John, farmer, Glasshouse hill

Wintle ~'ll:ss, Pound farm house hill TaylorBrothers,farmers,Glasshouse hill

COMMERCIAL. J ennings Edwin, shoe maker Teague Alfred Tom, horse trainer,Tuns

Archer 'William, farmer, Taynton court Jordan Henry, farmer, Lyne,s place Teague Sarah Ann (Mrs.). frmr. Tuns

Ball Geo. Tlerret, farmer, The Green Mansell Thos. carpentr. Glasshouse hill Wintle Albert, farmer, Hill farm

Barnes Charles, carrier, Glasshouse hI Morris Joseph, cooper, Glasshouse hill Wintle Alfred, farmer, Pound farm

Browning Alfred, carpenter, joiner, Palmer Edgar, farmer, Haynes \Vintle Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Drews

builder & undertaker, May hill (let- Palmer Francis, farmer, Norman's frm Wintle Richard, farmer, Five Elms

ters through Longhope R.S.O) Palmer Leonard, farmer, Byfords farm •

TETBURY is a parish, market and union fown and and a considerable estat~ in the parish called the Warren,

head of a petty sessional division, on the high road from are vested in seven trustees, called "the Feoffees fQr

Bath to Oxford and on the Wiltshire border. with a ter- charitable purposes," who hold a court leet every third

minal station on a branch of the Great 'Western railway year, at. which are appointed a bailiff, two constables, two

from Kemble Junction, and is 5 miles north-west from ale-tasten and two carnals; the feoffees are chosen from

Malmesbury, 10 south-west from Cirencester, 10 south a society called " The Thirteens." The name of this town

from Stroud, 23 south from Gloucester, 25 north-east is supposed to indicate the former existence here of a.

from Bristol, and 98 from London; it is in the Eastern military station: Camden, in his account of Malmesbury,

division of the connty, hundred of Longtree, county court mentions that Cunwallow Mulmertius, King of the Britons,

district of Malmesbury, rnral deanery of Stonehouse, and built castles at Tetbury and Lacock about the time be

archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester. built Malmesbury: a camp which once existed here has

The town was formerly governed by a Local Board, now long been levelled: heads of arrows and javelins, horse-

formed in 1877, but under the provisions of the" Local shoes and spurs without rowels, such as were used BOon

Government Act, 1894" (.';6 and .'i7 Vict. c. 73) it is now after the Norman accession, have at times been met with.

controlled by an Urban District Council of 12 members, and on the site of the agger, or rampart, several old Eng·

and this portion of the parish has been separated from the lish coins have been found. The church of St. Mary Mag-

remainder which is named Tetbury Upton: the town is dalen is a building of stone, in the Decorated style, con-

lighted with gas by a company from works in Comber's sisting of chancel, cIerestoried nave, aisles, and an em-

mead, and supplied with water from two wells in Blind battled western tower, with pinnacles and spire, and con-

lane, each 350 feet deep, and affording a plentiful supply taining a clock and 8 bells: the original chureh is said to

of water; a reservoir and engine-house were erected in have been built by Reginald de Walerie, soon after the

1894, at a cost of about £3,~00, and are under the control Norman accession, but this structure having become very

of the District Council. The town was well drained in much dilapidated, was taken down, with the exception of

1868, at a cost of about £2,500. The manor of Tetbury the tower and spire, about 1785, and the present building

DIRECTORY.] GLOUCESTERSHIRE. TETBURY. 317

erected on the same site, at a cost of [,5,000; the tower in the parish chij.rch every Sunday evening, commencing
and spire were rebuilt and a new clock with chimes placed the third Sunday in April until the third Sunday in Sep-
tember (which lectureship has been in abeyance for some
in 1890-93, at a cost of about [,10,000, by W. Hamilton time); £20 for apprenticing poor children born in the

Yatman esq. as a memorial to his son, W. F. Hamilton town; £70 for the general i~provement of the town;
Yatman, and Mr. Yatman also provided an endowment
£30 given away in blankets and coals to the poor. Richd.
for their perpetual maintenance: in the north aisle is an Filkin M.D. bequeathed £1,000 Bank Stock and £3,500
altar-tomb, with recumbent effigies of a man in armour New £3 per Cent. Bank Annuities, to be applied by the
vicar and feoffees as follows: £50 yearly in sums of £10
and his wife, and the date 1586, to members of the Gas- each towards apprenticing five boys; £50 yearly, in eight
trell family, whose arms appear on the tomb: there is equal sums for clothing eight poor girls; £15 yearly for

also a monument to Sir William Romney kt. of the 17th prizes for boys and girls attending any schools in the
century; and one to Thomas .Alexander, 1805, a local
benefactor: there are sittings for 800 persons: in the parish; and the residue in sums not exceeding £2 each
to provide aged parishioners, without distinction of creed,
churchyard is a mutilated cross-legged effigy of a knight with clothing or fuel; the inmates of the almshouse being
iJl armour, said to represent one of the barons Braose of also included in this provision. He also left [,400 New
Gower. The register dates from the year 1631. The £3 per Cents. the dividends to be applied yeaTly on
living is a vicarage, net yearly value £800, including 93 November 25th, in equal shares, between four aged men
acres of glebe, with house: and now, by virtue of an Act and four aged women, being parishioners. Thomas
Thompson left £800 Stock in the names of the vicar and
of Parliament, dated May 14th, 1839, in the gift of Col. churchwardens, for the maintenance of poor persons in
Scurfield, and held since 1881 by the Rev. Thomas Geo. the almshouse and for other annuities; this bequest pro-
Borwood B.A. of St. Mary Hall, Oxford. The chapel of duces £22 a year. The same donor left £200 now in
ease of the Saviour, erected in 1848, is a building of stone Consols for the maintenance of a Presbyterian (now Con-
in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave of three gregational) minister in Tetbury. Thomas Paulton, Feb-
bays, aisles, porch 'and a turret containing one bell: there ruary 22, 1851, left £400, the interest, now amounting to
£n IS. yearly, to be applied annually on t·he first Mon-
are 200 sittings. The Baptist chapel, in Church street, day in January, in the distribution of bread, coals and
built in 1720, has 200 sittings. The Calvinistic chapel, blankets, amongst poor householders of Tetbury, being
40 years of age and not in receipt of parochial relief.
on the Green, erected in 1871, will seat 150 persons. The Lieut.-Col. OIney, January 3rd, 1836, left £3°0, the in-
Congregational chapel, in the Chipping, built in 1864, has terest, now amounting to £8 16s. yearly, to be expended
300 sittings, and the Primitive Methodist chapel, in Union
in the purchase of coals and blankets to be distributed
street, built in 1870, 100 sittings; the Wesleyan chapel amongst the deserving poor annually at Christmas. Jas.
in Bath road will seat 150; there is also a place of worship Picket, March 1St, 1813, left the sum of £200, the in-
for the Brethren, in Chipping street, erected in 1860, a.nd terest, now £6 os. 4d. a year, to be distributed by the
seating 100 persons. The Town Hall, in ,the Market place, vicar of Tetbury among the second poor of the parish.
is a building' of Elizabethan date, raised on stone pillars. Mary Hone, May 4th, 1175, left £150, the dividend, now
The Police Station and Magistrates' Court, in Long street, £5 38• 4d. yearly, to be divided every year on Christmas
day between widows of the parish being members of the
erected in 1884 at a cost of about £2,000, is a Established Church, and not in receipt of parochial relief.
Mrs. Caroline Bass Savage, June 26, 1883, left the sum of
building of stone. The Assembly room at the White Hart £500 Consols, the proceeds to be given to the aged poor
inn was erected in 1852 by the late R. S. HoIfOTd esq. J.P. on the 21st of December in every year.
(d. 1892), and will hold 270 persons. The market is held
(In Wednesdays, in the Town hall; the system being that . Here was once a monastery of the Cistercian order,

(If pitched samples. A cattle market is also held on the tD which the monks of Kingswood removed in the 12th
~econd Wednesday in every mont,h. 'Fairs are held on
Ash Wednesday and on the third Wednesday in July for century, when their settlement at Hasleton, in Rod-
cattle and sheep; and another on ,the Wednesday before
marton, founded by ReginaId St. Walery, failed to
or after November 10th, free for cattle: the statute fairs
for hiring servants are held on the Wednesday before and yield them a sufficient supply of water; the site, on the

after the 5th of April, -and the Wednesdays before and east side of the Chipping, is now occu.pied by cottages.
after the nth October. The cottage 40spital, established
in 1868, but locally in Wiltshire, contains 9 beds; the "The Priory," the residence of Viscount Trafalgar J.P.
number of patients in 1896 was 79. A dispensary was
established in 1818; the number of patients in 1896 was is on the west side of the Chipping, and near the site of

170. There are charities amounting to about £664 per the old manor house which was at one time called
annum.-WilIiam Brookes, in 1821, left £100 in £5 per
Cent. Annuities, the interest, now amounting to "Hackets Court." This manor, soon after the
£3 15s. 4d., to be distributed yearly on Easter Monday
among 10 poor widowers or widows of Tetbury not re- Norman accession, belonged to the family of
ceiving parochial relief. Mary Summers, July 27th, 1826,
St. Walerv. The feoffees are lords of the
left £100, the interest, now £2 15S. a year, to be divided •

'On New Lady day in every year, between not more than manor of Tetbury; Capt. George Lindsay Holford

IO maiden women, parishioners of Tetbury: she also left C.I.E. of Weston Birt House, of the manors of Charlton

£5°, the interest, now £1 7s. 4d. -a year, to be expended and Upton; Lieut.-Col. Francis Henry of the manor of
by the vicar and churchwardens in the purchase of prayer
books to be given tD every couple married in Tetbury Elmestree and .A. C. Mitchell esq. of that of Doughton.
church. The Rev. John Wight M.A. vicar of Te.thury,
The principal landowners are Capt. G. L. HoHord and
left £100 in trust, the interest, now £2 18s. ad. yearly,
to be applied to the purchase of encroachments in the Geor/le Thomas John Sotheron-Estcourt esq. of Estcourt.

-streets of the town of more than 40 years' standing, and The land is mostly in pasture. The soil 'is "8andy and

the prevention of all future encroachments; he also be- loam; subsoil, oolite, clay and sand. The arell of Tetbnry
'qlleathed to the succeeding vicar and his successors £100
in Old South Sea Annuities for repairing the monument urban distl'ict and parish is 105 acres; rateable value,
to Sir William Romney kt. and for the repairs of the
[,.':',500; the population in 1891 was 3,057, including- 25
-church. Thomas .Alexander, by will dated 4th February,
1805, directed that the residue of his property, now yield- officers and inmates of the workhouse; and of the urbl\D
ing £6 9S. yearly, should be expended in repairing his
district, 2,173, f'
lD.onument, in providing fees of one guinea and Ss. re-
:spectively to the vicar and choir for services on the first Parish Clerk, Charles Cull, Harper street.

Sunday in July in every year and for purchasing Bibles to Sexton, William Cull, Union street.

be presented tD every couple married in Tetbury church. TETBURY UPTON is B civil parish formed from
Various other small charities provide for distribution in Tetbury under the provisions of the "Local Government
bread and money and for the preaching of sermons.
Act, 1894" (.:,6 and 57 Vict. c. 73), and comprises that
There is an almshouse for eight poor women, each of portion outside the urban district area comprising the
-whom has a room rent-free and £2 2S. 8d. a year, and is tithings of Upton, Doughton, Elmestree and Charlton.
'also eligible for relief under the bequest of Dr. Richard
1JI'ilkin, as stated below, as well as to the further benefit of Elme~tree House, the seat of Lieut.-Col. Francis
'the following- charities viz. £50 left by Esther Oark in
Henry J.P. in a small park about li miles south from
1774 for the better maintenance of the poor women in the
almshouse; £20 left by Eleanor Ludlow, 24th March, 1804, Tetbury, is an Elizabethan mansion of stone with
for the use of the almshouse people, and £20 left by
mullioned windows. Highgrove, the seat of .Arthur Chas.
5arah Ludlow, 6th January, 1816, for the same purpose.
Mitchell esq. J.P. li miles south, originally built in
The following charities are administered by the Charity
Feoffees under a scheme of the Charity Commissioners:- 1796, and burnt down in 1893, was rebuilt in 1894-5 and

f.'jO yearly given away in Romney coats to the poor of stands in well-timbered grass lands. Upton House,

T~tb-u.l'Y; £40 to a lecturer to deliver a course of lectures standing within a. small !park, about I! miles north-west

from the town, is a large mansion of stone in the Greek

Ionic style, and is the seat of Maj. Cosmo Little J.P.
Upton Grove, an Elizabethan mansion of stone, in a park

of about 50 acres, is about I! miles north-west from

Tetbury and is the residence of Charles Harding esq. J.P.

The area of this parish is 4,336 acres; rateable yalue,

£7,912. •

318 TETBURY. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. [KELLY'S

IOFFICIAL EST.AtlLISHMENTS, LOCAL INSTITUTIONS &c.

Post, M. O. & T. 0., T. M. 0., S. Il., Ex.press Delivery, Sanitary Inspector, William Sessions J enkins, Hatfield
Parcel Post & Annuity &; Insurance Office, Chipping cottage, Bath road

street. John Goldsmitb, postmaster. Letters arrive Highway Board.

from London &; all parts, delivere.d at 7 & 8.40 a.m., Meetings at the Town hall once a month.
2 &; 6 p.m.; sundays 8 !i.m.; dIspatc~ed, local, 6.15 Clerk, WiIliam Alfred Buye, Market place
t&; 7·55 a..m.; London, CIrence~ter, Swmdon, Malmes- Treasurer Albert Appleby County of Gloucester Bank,
bury, Chlppenham, Calne, DevIzes, Weymouth, Bath, L t /
Bristol, Gloucester &; Ch~ltenham ~c. I1.25 a.m.; loc~ Su~~:o;,r~dwin Elliott, Kingscote, Wotton-under-Edge
(town only), 1.55 p.m., Long 1'Iewton, 3.20 p.m., .

North of England, Scotland, Ireland, North & South Feoffees for Cbantable Purposes.

Wales &; Stroud, 5 p.m.; London &; all parts, 7.50 Lieut.-Col. Francis Henry, Francis Home, Thomas Smith
p.m. Sundays, local (town only), 7·55 a.m.; North Crew, Geo. Lewis, Fras. Brown, John Wilson Gardner
of England, Scotland, Ireland, Korth &; South Wales &; Arthur Charles Mitchell, all of Tetbury

&; Stroud, 5 p.m.; London &; all parts. 7.50 p.m. Clerk to the Feoffees, Alfred Henry Paul, Long street
Parcels dispatched 7.40 &; I1.20 a.m. & 1.45, 3.10,

6.30 &; 7.45 p.m. Money orders are granted & paid NEWSPAPER.

from 7 o'clock in the morning till 8 in the evening. Tetbury Advertiser &; l\Ialmesbury Chronicle, Long street,
The hours for savings bank business are the same. published first wednesday in the month. Thomas Hill,
The post office is closed at 8 o'clock in the evening on proprietor
week days; on sundays at 10 in the morning, after

which hour no attendance is given to the public. The PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS.

telegraph business is conducted between the hours of
8 a.m. & 8 p.m.; on sundays from 8 to 10 a.m. only. Assembly Rooms, White Hart hotel. Richard Edwards,
The hours for the sale of stamps &; for granting excise proprietor
licenses are from 7 o'clock in the morning until 8 CQttage Hospital, Malmesbury road, William Wickham &i
George William Wetton Ashdown M.D.medical officers;
o'clock in the evening
Wall Letter Box.es: Hampton street, c1e~ll'ed at 11.20 G. Pride, hon. sec.; Miss Hobkinson, matron
a.m. & 4.45 & 7.30 p.m. week days only; Doughton, County PIJice Station, Long street, Henry Hoskins,
cleared, 6.30 p.m.; Cbarlton, cleared, 10.25 a.m. & sergeant, & I constable
6.40 p.m. week days only; Upton, cleared, 7.30 a.m. Dispensary, The Green, Wm. Wickham, medical officer;
Albert Appleby, treasurer; George Bigwood. sec
&; 5.15 p.m. sundays included
Inland Revenue Office, Cirencester road, Joseph William

COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR TETBURY PETTY Haine, officer

SESSIONAD DIVISION. Public Weighing Machine, Herbert Radford, proprietor

Kingscote Col. Sir Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge K.o.B., Town Hall, Market place, William Stre6lt, parish beadle
LL.D., D.L. 34 Charles st. Berkeley sq. London W. & town crier

chairman TETBURY UNION.

Harding Charles esq. Upton grove, Tetbury The union comprises the lo11owing parishes :-Avening,
Henry Lieut.-Col. Francis, Elmestree house, Tetbury Beverston, Boxwell, with Leighterton. Cherington, Did-

Hoole Col. William Wright marton, Kingscote Newington Bagpath Ozleworlh, Ship-
Kingscote Nigel Richard Fitzhardinge esq. D.L ton Moyne, Tetbury. Tetbury Upton & Weston Bift

Little Major Archibald Cosmo. Upton house, Tetbury with Lasborough; & iD! Wiltshire, Ashley &, Long New.
PMoiltlcohcekllRoAbr~t.huErrs~kainreleessq.es9q·.
Highgrove, T.etbury ton. The population in 11889971 was 5.665; area, 25,962
C., LL.B.Avenmg ct.Stroud acres' rateable value in £34933
Trafalgar VIscount, The PrIory, Tetbury
< " •

Sotheron-Estcourt George Thomas John esq. M.A. Est. Board day, every alternate wednesday. at the board

court house, Tetbury room, Workhouse, at 12 noon.

ITurnor Lieut.-Col. Wyatt William, Pinkney park, Sher- Clerk to the Guardians &; Assessment C-ommittee, Wm.
-ston, Malmesbury Alfred Buye, Market place, Tetbury
Clerk to the Magistrates, Alfred Henry Paul, Long st I Treasurer, Albert Appleby, County of Gloucester Bank

Petty Sessions are held at the Petty Sessional Court Relieving Officer for the Union, Ernest Peter Harmer,
house, Long stre.et, every altern~te wedn~sday s't,I.l Union street, Tetbury
.

a.m. The followmg places are mcluded m the dIVI- Vaccination Officer, Ernest Peter Harmer, Umon st.Tetbry
sion :-Beverston, Cherington, Didmarton. Newington Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators, Didmart{)n dis-

Bagpath. Boxwell with Leighterton, Kingscote,. Ship,ton trict, George William Wetton Ashdown M.D. Tetbury;
Moyne, Tetbury, Tetbury Upt{)n & Weston BIrt-WIth- T~tbury district, William Wickham, Tetbury

Lasborongb Superintendent Registrar, William Alfred Buye, Market

URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. place, Tetbury; deputy, Frederick Cox, Hampton st

Meetings at the Town hall on the third thursday in each Registrars ,of Biroths &3 Deaths, Didmarton SUb-district.
month at 10 a.m. In. Hooper. Leighterton, Wotton-under-Edge; Tetbury
sub-district, George Bigwood, Long street, Tetbury
Members.
Registrar of Marriages George Bigwood, Long st. Tetbury
Chairman, Thomas Smith Crew. Workhouse, a building of stone & will hold 90 inmates;

Vice-Chairman, Reginald Heber Cook. 1Yilliam Wickham, medical officer; Ernest Peter
Harmer, master; Mrs. Harmer, matron
Retire in April, 1898. WilIiam Warn

Robert Butler William Wickham SCHOOL ATTENDANCE COMMITTEE.

Reginald Heber Cook Retire in April, 1900. Meets at board room, Workhouse, every alternate wed-
nesday, 1 p.m.
Thomas Smith Crew John Wilson Gardner
Clerk, William Alfred Buye, Market place
Samuel Street Frederick Hngginson Attendance Officer, 1Villiam Sessions J enkins, Hatfield

Retire in April, 1899. Richard Tngwell cottage, Bath road

Robert Bray Edwin Webb

Alfred Prout

Officers. PUBLIC OFFICERS. •
Clerk, Alfred Henry Paul, Long street

Treasurer, Albert Appleby, Lloyds Bank, Long street Collector of Poor Rates, Frederick Cox, Hampton street
Medical Officer of Health, Francis Thomas Bond RA., Stamp Distributor, John Goldsmith, Chipping street

M.D., F.C.S. 3 Beaufort buildings, Spa, Gloucester Town Crier, William'Street, Long street

Surveyor &; Sanitary Inspector, William Sessions Jenkins, Veterinary Inspector to the Board of Agriculture &; Wilts,

Hatfield cottage & Gloucestershire County Conncils, Tom Valentine
Collector, Frederick Cox, Hampton street Pettifer F.R.O.V.S. !lath road

TETBURY RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL. PI.ACES OF WORSHIP, with times of services:--:

Meetings held at Council room, WOTkhouse, every alternate St. Mary Magdalen Church, Church .gtreet, Rev. Thomas

wednesday ;(2.30 p.w. George Horwood B.A. vicar; 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; wed.

Clerk, William Alfred Buye, Market place I I a.m , ~
ITreasurer. Albert Appleby, Lloy~s Bank, Long street I St. ~aviour's Chapel of Ease; 3 p.m

Medical Officer of Health, Francls Thomas Bond RA., BaptIst, Church street, Rev. T. Napoleon Smith i ',I:V
M.D., F.e.S. 3 Beaufort buildings, Spa, Glouceiter a.m. & 6 p.m.; mono &; thnrs. 7 p.m

DIRECTORY •] GLOUCESTERSHIRE. TETBURY. 319

Calvinistic, The Green, 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m. ; tburs. 7 p.m The Sunday schools of the parish have the benefit ot
Congregational (The), Chipping, Rev. Pearson Cooper; charities the interest of which amounts to £14 lIS. 6d.
per annum, derived from. bequests left by Dr. Richard
II a.m. & 6 p.m.; tues. 7.30 p.m Filkin & John Webber; £100, left by Ann Wight,
Mnllerites, Long st. II R.m. & 6 p.m.; mono 7 p.m
Primitive Methodist, Union street; II a.m. &; 6 p.m. ; October 17, 1788; £50, left by Sarah Paul in 1795, &;
now producing £3 2S. 4d. yearly; & £100, left by Ann
wed. 7 p.m Gastrell, :May 25th, 1797, the annual interest of which

Plymouth Brethren, Chipping street; IQ.30 a.m. &; 6 is now £3 17s. Bd.
Railway Station, John William Boyd, station master
p.m.; tues. & frL 7.30 p.m
Wesleyan, II a.m. & 6 p.m. mono wed. & fri. 7 p.m

SCHOOLS. CONVEYANCE.

National, built in the year 1836 &; enlarged in 1850, 1886, Albert Chapman meets all trains

1889 & 1893 & now holding 650 children; average at- CARRIERS TO
tendance, 195 boys, 158 girls &; 154 infants; & sup-
ported (in part) by rents &c. derived from Romney's Bristol-C. Price, tues. 8 a.m. from the 'Plough'
charity, amounting to £135 yearly: the school has also Cir·eJ;cester-Oharles Price, mono &; fri. 9.30 from the
the benefit of the following charities: 18s. 4d. left
October, 8, 1680, by William Talboys, for buying books 'Plough'
for the poorer children of the Grammar school of Tet-
London &c.-Sutton &; 00. (George Barnes,agt.), Long s;

Luckington Andrews, from 'Jolly Butchers,' wed. 2.45

bury; £30 left by Elizabeth Hodges, 13th May, 1723, p.m
for the augmentation of the charity schools in the Malmesbury John Agg, from 'Jolly Butchers,' man.

town &; for educational purposes; Edwin John Dance, wed. & sat. 8 a.m. &; 2 p.m
master; Miss Mary Annie Heath, mistress; Mrs. Sherston-Goulding, from Sherston to Tetbury, on wed.

Emma V. Dance, infants' mistress to the 'Jolly butchers' •,

TETBURY.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Fowler Mrs. Retreat house Oldrey Eustace Nugent, Hill house,

Gardner John Wilson, The Chipping Union stree·t

.Appleby .Albert, The Bank,Long street Gregory J oseph, Magdalen villa., Lon- Paul Alfred Henry, The Close, Long st

.Ashdown George William Wetton M.D. don road Paul Mrs. The Close, Long street

Coombe house, New Church street Hamblin Charles, Northfield Pettifer Tom Valentine F.R.C.Y.S.The .

Banks William, The Chipping Home Francis, Market place Limes, Bath road

Barber George, The Chipping Horwood Rev. Thomas George RA. Pride George, Spencer house, Long st.

Baxter Frederick N. Church street The Vicarage Raymond-Barker Mrs. The Ferns,

Box Miss, Long street Howell George, Woodbine cottage, Long street

Bridgeman Mrs. Long street Hampton street Rich Stiles, Gordon house, Silver 8t

Brown Francis, The Green Howell Miss, Silver street Rodway :Mrs. The Croft

Brown Mrs. The Limes, Bath road Jennings Misses, The Chipping Rogers William Frederick, Long street

Butler George, The Folly Jones Miss, Union street Sealy Mrs. The Chipping

Butler John, Long street KeilleT Mrs. Long street Smith Rev. T. Napoleon (Baptist),

Buya William Alfred, Union street Kilmister Miss, Cirencester road New Church street

Chew Francis Bradley, Long street Kitcat Aubrey Paul, Northland cot. Tanner James, Silver street

Cook Reginald Heber, Court house, London road Trafalgar Yiscount J.P. The Priory

Hampton street Kricheldorf Carl, The Chipping Tull Joseph Thomas M.A. Long street.

Cook Walter, New Church street Leacey Mrs. Fox hill Walker Mrs. Church street

Cooper Rev. Pearson (Congregational), Lewis George, sen. CiJle.l1ooster road Warn William, Church street

The Chipping Lindsay David, New Church stre~t Wickham John Comely, Gordon house,

erew Thos. Smith, Nerw Church s1J'1'eet Mann Mrs. Chavenage lane Silver street

Deavin Edwin, The Green Mayne Richard, Cutwell hill Wickham William, Hill house, Union st

Fenwick Capt. Chas. Harry,TheBartons :Mlills J oseph Henry, Northfield Witchell Thomas Henry,Church street.

Fowler Mrs. The Laurels, London road Ovens Shadrack Thomas, Silver street

COMMERCIAL. Brown James Sisum, carriage builder, Long street

.Ackland John, apartments, Harper street Bull Edward, carpenter & fancy repository, Long street
Agg John, Jolly Butchers' P.H. Church street
Alexander Walter, coal, feeding cakes & manure merchant, Butler Robert, butcher, Long street

The Chipping &; Railway station Burnett Edward, dentist (attends 1St & 3rd wed. in the
.Ancient Order of Foresters (Lodge No. 3972) (Robert
month, 2.30 to 6 p.m.), Market place
Palmer, sec.), Church street
Andrews George, Three Compasses P.H. Fox hill Buye Williani .Alfred, superintendent <registrar &; clerk to
.Appleby .Albert, manager of the County of Gloucester
the guardians & assessment & school attendance com-
(Lloyds) Bank &; treasurer to the guardians, urban &;
rural district councils, highway board, & Tetbury Up- mittees of Tetbury union, clerk to the Tetbury rural
ton parish council, Bank house, Long street
Ashdown George William Wetton M.D., C.M.Edin., council & to the Tetbury Upton parish council,Market pi
M.R.C.S.Eng. surgeon &; medical officer &; public vacci-
natar, Didmarton district, Tetbury union, Coombe ho. Cavell Martha (1'Iiss), dress maker, Long street
New Church street
Assembly Rooms (Richard Edwards, proprietor), White Chapman Albert, trap proprietor, Silver street
Hart hotel, Market place
Baker &; Son, cattle dealers, Northfield Ohapman Chades, saddler, Market place
Baker Waiter Walton, saddler, Long street
Barnes Albert, tailor, The Chipping Cirencester Working Men's Conservative Association Bene-
Barnes George, oilman & agent for Sutton &; Co. Long st
Barnes Henry, tailor, Hampron 5treet; fit Society (Joseph Young, district sec.), Chipping s;
Buter Frederick, professor of music, Church street
Beale Henry, Royal Oak P.H. Cirencester road Clark James, ironmonger & photographer, Long street
Beard Thomas, shopkeeper, Church street
Bigwood George, registrar of births & deaths for Tetbury Clark SaTah (Miss), fancy repository, Long street
sub-distriClt & marriages for Tet.bury union, Long street
Bignell Rafriet (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Harper street Cleaver Esther (Mrs.), laundress, Northfield
Bird Annie (Mrs.), laundress, Cirencester Toad .
Bonlbm Edward, Greyhouhd inn, Hampton ~treet· Cleverley Matilda (Mrs.), laundress, Cirencester road
Brain Thomas, umbrella maker, Long street
Breazington Emma (Mrs.), dress maker, Long street . Compton William, Fox inn, Fox hill
British &; foreign Bible Society(MissBrodley,see.),Long st
Bromley Stephen, carpeqter, Combers road, C-onservative Association, Cirencester division (Geo. Pride,.
Broom Francis, insurance agent, Hampton street
Broom Frederick, carpenter & wheelwright, Hampton st sec.), Tetbury district, Spencer honse, Long street
Broom John Curtis, carpenter &; wheelwright, London rd
Constable Elizabeth (Mrs.), laundress, Cutwell .
Brown Francis, builder & contractor, The Green
Cook Reginald H. & Nathaniel &; WaIter, brewers, malt-

sters & wine & spirit merchants, Hampron street

Cooley Isaac, news agent & grocer, Church street

Corran Robert Henry, watch maker, Long street

Cottage Hospital (William Wickham M.R.C.S.Eng. &

L.S.A. & George William Wetton Ashdown M.D., C.M.

Edin., M.R.C.B.Eng. medical officers; G. Pride, hon.

sec.; Miss Hobkinson, matron), Malmesbury road .

County of Gloucester Bank (now lloyds Bank. Limited)

County Police Station (HenTY Roskins, sergnt.), Long st

Cox Annie (Mrs.), apartments, Silver street

Cox Frederick, depnty-superintendent registrar &; eol~

lector of district council &i poor'g rates, Hampton street

Cox William Frederick, apartments, Silvet 8tree~

Crew Thomas &nith, builder, New Church stree~

Cull Frederick, catpenter, Church street

Cull Henry, BllU P.H. New Church street

Cull Jesse, dinjng l'ooms, .Chipping street

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320 TETBURY. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. [ KELLY'S

Cull William, tiler &; plasterer, Union street Paul Alfred Henry (firm, Paul & Kitcat), solicitor & com..

Curry James Alfred John, cooper. Long street missioner for oaths, clerk to the magistrates, the feoffees

()uss J ane (lVIrs.), laundress, :1"ox hill & the urban district council, Long street

Dance Edwin John, deputy registrar of births &; deaths Pegler Frederick, shopkeeper, Church street

for Tetbury sub-district & marriages for Tetbury union, Perrett William, boot maker, Church lane

New Church street Pettifer Tom Valentine F.R.C.V.S. veterinary surgeon,

Davis Elizabeth (Mrs.), apartments, New Church street veterinary inspector to the Board of Agriculture &

Davis Oscar, cabinet maker, Long street Wilts &; Gloucester County Councils, Bath road

Dickenson Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Church street Phillips Albert, baker, Church street

Dispensary (William Wickham M.R.C.S.Eng. medical Player James, shopkeeper, Harper street

officer; Albert Appleby, treas.; Geo. Bigwood. sec) Price Charles, carrier. Chavenage lane

Edwards Richard, White Hart family &; commercial hotel Price James, haulier, Upton road

& posting house, Market place Price Thomas, lime burner &; quarry owner, Cottons lane

Falrvveather T. Lay. dental surgeon (attends wednes- Pride Fanny Ann (Mrs.), draper, Long street

days, 2.30 to 6 p.m.), Westward Ho house, Long street Pride George, commission & land agent &; sec. to Tetbury

Fisher Frederick, grocer, Charlton road Gas Co. Limited, Long street

Ford Thomas A.ndrew, Prince &; Princess P.B. Market pI Pride Henry, farmer, Combers mead

Fowler George, furniture broker, Silver street Pride Sarah (Mrs.), grocer & farmer, Long street

Frazer George &; Son, tailors, Long st.; &; at Cirencester Prout &; Co. grocers, Long street

Gale William George, grocer, patent medicine vendor & Prout Alfred, draper, Bristol house, Long street

china &; glass dealer, Long street Radford Herbert, proprietor of public weighing machine,

Gardner John Wilson, general ironmonger & implement Chipping street

agent, Long street Radford Lucy (Miss), dress maker, Chipping street

George Frederic In. grocr.&; wine &; spirit dlr. Church st Riddick Titus, boot &; shoe maker, Church street

Goldsmith John. stamp distributor, Chipping street Rudder Elizabeth Mary (Miss), dress maker, London road

Goodrich Edmund. fruiterer, Church street Rudder John, boot &; shoe maker, Church street

Guodrich Mary (Mrs. ),reg. office for servants, Church st Sattely &; Sons, watch makers, Market place

Gl'egory William, drill instructor to P Troop, Badminton Simpkins Francis, blacksmith, Church street

Squadron, Gloucestershire Yeomanry Cavalry,Cottons la Smith R. T. &; Co. carting agents for Great Western Rail·

Baine Joseph Wm. inland revenue officer, Cirencester I'd way Co. Mal'ket place

Hale Christphr. smith, carpentr. &; wheelwrt.LongFurlong Smith Comelius, carpenter, Market place

Harbour Sophia &; Sarah (Misses), fancy drprs. Long st Sparrow Jonas, carpenter, Northfield

Harmer Ernest Peter, master of workhouse, relieving &; Sparrow Septimus, stone mason, Northfield

vaccination officer, Union street Sparrow Theophilus, carpenter, Cirencester road

Hill Charles, coal dealer, New Church street Street Mary (Miss), dress maker. Long street

Hill George, baker, The Green Street Robert, cycle agent, Long street

Hill Thomas, printer, bookseller, stationer, news agent &; Street Samuel, draper, Church street

publisher of the "Tetbury Advertiser & Malmesbury Street Wm. ironmonger, bill poster &; town crier, Long st

Chronicle," Long street Stroud Mutual Provident Sick Benefit Society (Albert

Hoare Richard, apartments, London road Cooley, district sec.), Long street

Bodges Gilbert, commercial traveller, Northfield Styles Henry, tailor &; woollen draper, Market place

Holborow Richard, grocer, & agent for W. &; A. Gilbey Sutoon &; Co. (George Barnes, agent), parcel carriers,

Limited, wine &; spirit merchants, 'Long street Long street

Holborow Richard, plumber, Market place Taylor Frederick, tailor, Combers mead

Holborow Robert, grocer, Combers mead Telling Alfred, hair dresser, Church street

Holloway &; Ludlow, auctioneers, Long st. &; Union street Tetbury Advertiser &; Malmesbury Chronicle (Thos. Hill,

Holloway Geo. Ormonds Head hotel &; auctionr. Long st proprietor &; publisher; published first wednesday in

Rarton Elizabeth (Mrs.), Prince of Wales P.H. Harper st the month), Long strMt

iHoughton Thomas, house decorator, Long street Tetbury Club (G. T. Webb, hon. sec.), The Chipping

Hugginson &; Co. coal merchants, Railway station Tetbury Cricket Club (E. N. Oldrey, sec.), Cirencester I'd

Hugginson Frederick, confectioner, Union street Tetbury Fire Brigade (Fredk. Broom, capt.). Market pI

Hunt Harriet (Mrs.), dress maker, New Church street Tetbury Gas Co. Limited (George Pride, sec.; Hubert

Hussey John, plumber, Church street Philpot, mana,ger), Combers mead

Ind Francis. cattle dealer, Northgate Tetbury Liberal Club (Charles C<lok, sec.), Long street

Ind James, cattle dealer, Northga.te Tetbury Parish Library (Miss Paul, sec.), Town hall,

Ind Mary Ann (Mrs.), apartments, The Green Market place

Joenkins William Sessions, surveyor &; sanitary inspector Tetbury Philharmonic Society (A. P. Kitcat, hon. sec.),

to the urban & rural district councils &; school Long street

attendance officer, Hatfield cottage, Bath road &; builder Tetbury Water Works (H. Philpot, mngr.), Blind lane

.& quarry owner, Charlton road Thomson .Alexander Low, chemist &; druggist, Long street

.Tennings Misses, girls' collegiate school, The Chipping. 'fopps Albert Edward, baker, Market place

See advertisement Topps Thomas, greengrocer, Market place

Jones Joseph, butcher &; dairyman, Omrch street Town Hall (W. Street, hall keeper), Market place

..fones Thomas, stone mason, Cutwell Townsend Thomas, market gardener, Fox hill

Kitcat Aubrey Paul, solicitor, Ilee Paul &; Kitcat Townsend Thomas, jun. Boot P.H. &; hurdle ma. Market pI

Kricheldorf Carl, artist, The Chipping Tuck George &; Co. drapers &; china. & glass dlrs. Church lit

Lamb Edmund Thos. photogrphr. &; fancy repos.Church st Tugwell Richard, draper, Church street

Lamb Frederick Charles, boot maker, Church street Tull Joseph Thomas M.A. boys' school, Long street

Lamb William, tiler &; plasterer, The Green Tyndall Maria (Mrs.), apartments, Market place

Lawn Frederick George, hair dresser, Long street Vanstone Harriet (Miss), dress maker, Church street

J..~wis George, baker, Long street Vick Robert &; Son, shoeing smiths, The Chipping

Liddiard Eliza (Miss), preparatory school, Union street Vick Ernest, confectioner, Church street

Lindsay David, agent to Capt. George Lindsay Holford, Walker Sarah A. (Mrs.), chemist &; druggist, Church st

Chipping street Walker George, haulier, Upton road

Little Emily (Miss), shopkeeper, Chipping street Warn &; Sons, brewers &; wine &; spirit mers. Church st

Uoyds Bank Limited (County of Gloucester Eank branch) Warn William John, beer retailer, Church street

(Albert Appleby, manager), Lon~ street; draw on Lon- Wear William George, Bell P.R. New Church street

don office, 72 Lombard street E C Webb Edwin, TaU)()t commercial hotel, Silver street

Lucas George, tailor, :Fox hill Webb George Thomas, draper &; tailor, Market pIal'''

Lucas Mary (Mrs.), apartments, New Church street Weston Birt Estate Office (Capt. Holford's) (David Lind-

Ludlow Thomas, auctioneer, see Holloway &; Ludlow say, agent), Chipping street

Maggs James Samuel, baker, Church street White Frederick, jobbing gardener, Union street

Mann Arthur Thomas, boot maker, Long street White Hart hotel (Richard Edwards, propr.), Market pI

Mann Elijah Thomas, Crown P.H. Union street White Jesse, registered lodging house, Harper street

Mann Ernest, chimney sweeper, Union street White William, farmer, Cirencester road

Millard Aaron, stationer &; tea dealer. Church street Wickham William M.R.C.S.Eng. Burgeon, & medical offi-

Mitchell Olivia (Miss), coal dealer &; grocer, Market place cer Tetbury workhouse, &; medical officer &; public vac-

Mutual Improvement Society (A.Appleby,pres.),Market pI • cinator, Tetbury district, Hill house, Union street

Orum James, rope maker, Long street Wildsmith Samuel Frederick, Plough P.B. Lon~ street

Paul &; Kitcat (Alfred Benry Paul & Aubrey Paul Kitcat), Wilkins Ellen Sarah (Miss), dress maker, The Green

solicitors, Lonj;! street Williams Charles, hair dresser, Market place

Palmar Robert, Eight Dells P.R. Cburah street

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Williams James, tobacconist, Market place Wood Thomas, chimney sweeper, Cutwell
Williams Joseph Edgar, fishmonger, Market place Young John, apartments, London road
Witchell Thol!. Hy. brewer & spirit mer. Church street Young Joseph, florist & seedsman, Chipping st. & Northfid
Witchell William, ironmonger, Church street

TETBURY l:PTON.

Baroor George, Charlton court Mitchell Arlhur Charles J.P.Highgrove Hopkins Wi1~~am, head gardener to Lt.-

Garlick Joh." Doughton Wear William George, Kirkland Col. F. Henry, Elmestree

Gist Mrs. Charlt{)n hQuse COMMERCIAL. TIes Richar~ Tovey, farmer, Upton

Rarding Charles J.P. Upton grove Barber Percy, farmer" Charlton Kearsey Jape (Mrs.), farmer, Hillsome

Henry Lieut.·Col. Francis J.P. Elmes- Blackwell William, farmer, Highfield Knight Th~s.frmr.Manorfrm.Doughtn

tree house Davies ·Wm. farmer, Elmestree farm ~Iargh 'WaJ,ter, head gardener to. A. C. •

Bolborow Mrs. Charlton Elsip John, farmer, Lowfield Mitchell esq. Doughton

Little Major Archibald Cosmo J.P. Hale Tom, Three Cocks inn, Charlton :Merrett WaIter E. farmer, Longfurlong

Upton house Hitehings Richard, farmer, Colly Rawlings ~ Son, farmers, Broadfields

TEWKESBURY is an ancient borough and market 1083, was merged in the Crpwn; William Rufus granted

and union town, parish, head of a petty sessional division it, on his accession, to his ~insman, Robert FitzHamon.

and of a county court district, at the northern extremity Lord of Astremeville in Ijormandy. who in IIO:;i re-

of the county, on the Worcestershire border, and on the founded the monastery an~ rebuilt the church from ita
direct road from Bristol to Birmingham, from which foundations, but died Ma:rch 15, II07. before the com~

places it is nearly equi-distant, with a ,station half a mile plehon of the work, and was eventually buriell in <the

north on the Tewkesbury and Malvern branch, from Ash- church by Abbot Forthing-ton in 1241, the chantry chapel

church junction of the BriSltol and Birmingham section over his remains being erected by Abbot Parker in 1397:

of the Midland railway, and is 10 miles north from Glou- the unfinished buildings were completed by Robert Fitz-

cester, 8 north-west from Cheltenham, 13 south-west from roy, a natural son of Henry I. and first Earl of Glou-

Evesham, IS south from 'Vorcester, 13 south-eaSJt from cester, who had married the daughter of FitzHamon, and

Malvern Wells, 14 east-by-south from Ledbury and 103 the church was consecrated November 20, II23: in 1178

from London; it is in the Northern division of the a great fire occurred, by which a. large portion of the

county, lower division of the hundred to which it gives monastic buildings' were destroyed: in the 15th century,

name, rural deanery of Winchcomb and archdeaconry by the munificence of the Despensers, the splendidly

and diocese of Gloucester. The town is surrounded by groined roofs of the church and the fine clerestory of the

a wide and level extent of pasture and arable land, in- choir were built and several of the chantry chapels

tersected by four rivers, which almost insulate it: the added: the abbey was finally suppressed in 1539, and

most considerable of these are the Severn and the Upper, was surrendered to the king, January 9 in that year, by

or Warwickshire, Avon; the former forms the boundary the Abbot, John Wiche, or Wakeman, and 38 monks, its

of the parish for several miles and the latter receives annual revenues being estimated at £1,595 15s. 6d. a

the river Carron at one extremity of the town and sum equivalent to about £40,000 in the present day;

sweeps close to the town almost as far as its junction most of the conventual buildings were then destroyed,

with the Swilgate at the other; soon afterwards the Avon but the church was purchased by the inhabitants for

also joins the Severn, <lver which is an iron bridge of £453, 01" more than £5,000 of our money, being the

(lDe arch, 176 feet span, built in 1824-6 at a cost of current ~alue of 175 tons of lead taken from different

£35,000, from plans by Mr. Thomas Telford F.R.S. The places, and of the bells weighing 14,600 lbs. Wakeman,

town consists of three principal streets, and is well paved the last abbot, retired on a pension of £266 13s. 4d.
and lighted with gas by a company, established in 1842, with Fortington (now Forthampton) Court as a re~idence,

from works in the Oldbury, and has a constant· supply of and on 15 Sept. 1541, he was consecrated first blshop of

good water, drawlIl from the river Severn to works near Gloucester.

the Mythe Bridge, belonging to the corporation of Chel- The Abbey Church of St. Mary, as now existing, con-

tenham; a reservoir, capable of 'holding 150,000 gallons, sists of a nave of eight bays, with aisles and nortbt

and a water tower were added to the works in 1889 at a porch, north transept, with chapels on the east and

cost of £2,000. The borough returned two members to north-east, south transept, with eastern apsidal. chapel..

Parliament, nominally from 1609-13, Letters Patent being choir or presbytery of two bays. with .three others-

granted to the bailiffs and burgesses for this purpose 23rd forming the eastern apse, an ambulatory surrounded-

March in that year, but no representatives are recorded by five polygonal chapels and a massive central tower'

until the Parliament 18 Jas. I. (1620-1). On the passing containing 8 bells, dating from 1696 to 1837, and since·

of the "Representation of the People Act, 1867," the 1885 a new clock with Westminster chimes: the total ex-

borough was deprived of one of its members, and by the terior length is 331 feet, and of the transepts from north

"Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885," the representation to south 122 feet: the nave has on either side seven roas-

was merged in that of the county. sive circular piers, 34 feet 8 inches in height, supporting

The town, although a borough by prescription, was circular arches, above which rises a. plain and low tri-

first incorporated in 1574 by Queen Elizabeth, whos6 forium, with two double arched openings in each bay..

charter was confirmed by Jas. I. in 1605-6, and in 1609 and over this a low clerestory. pierced. with small three-

this King granted a new charter, with extended privileges, light windows; much of the upper portion is covered

but this charter being unfortunately lost during the by the groined vaulting of the 14th century, a. work of

commotions of the civil war,- an exemplification thereof, elaborate character, enriched at the intersections of the

under the great seal, was obtained from Chas. n.; in ribs with a most interesting series of carved bosses,

1685, however, this waS' surrendered to Ja,s. n. who in illustrating the life of Our Lord, the Day of Pentecost
1686 granted a new charter, which remained in force till and other subjects, all beautifully re-coloured and gilt

1692, when the municipal body fell into abeyance, and so by the late Mr. Gambier Parry, of Highnaro Court: the-

remained until it was resuscitated by a charter of Wm. present Perpendicular west 'Window dates only from 1686,

rn. in 1698, which remained in force until the remodel- but is said to have been a copy of an earlier one destroyed:
ling of the corporation under the provisions of the ":Muni- by a storm in 1661.

cipal Corporaltions Act, 1835" (5 and 6 Wm. IV. c. 76). The ritual choir originally extended as far as the second

The corporation now consists of 30 mayor, four aldermen pair of columns west of the tower, and here swod the

and twelve councillors. The borough has a commis- rood screen, probably removed in 1602: the narrow aisles

&ion of the peace and a separate court of quarter sessions. ari3 also vault-ed, the vaulting being of about the same

The first Ohristian church at Tewkesbury appears to date as that of the nave; the north aisle is lighted by

have been built in the latter part of the 7th century by eight Decorated windows, and at the east end is a re-

a missionary monk named Theoc, from whom the place ceased' tomb bearing the recumbent figure of a. knight in

derived the name of Theocsbury, now softened into its the armour of the latter part of the 15th century, com-

modern form of Tewkesbury: the hermitage established monly a~signed to John, Baron Wenlock, who fell 8t-
by Theoc was afterwards developed into a. Saxon monas- Tewkeslmry, :May 4, 1471, but considered by some to

tery in the year 715 by Odo and Dodo, Saxon dukes or rp-present Sir John de Lugtburg: at the west end is a

earls of Mercia, who were afterwards buried at Pershore, stained window, erected in 1869 w John and May Terrett,

about 725 A.D. the name of one of whom seems to ha.ve of Tewkesbury: in the south aisle is an inscription in

been perpetuated in that of the hundred of Dudstone: in Norman French to Leger de Parr, and a~ the east end is

the 11th century, a later Earl, Odda or Agelwin, of a recessed ogee feathered arch, enriched with carving

Mercia, who died August 31, 1056, and was alsO' buried and crockets and enclosing a plain stone coffin on a

at Pershore, was a great benefactor to the foundation, ra;sed base, reputed to be the tomb of Edmund, 3,rd':. Duke

the~ only a priory; subsequently it became the proFerty of Somerset, ",ho was beheaded in the Mark",t pT~ afk>r

of Matilda, wife of the Conqueror, und at her death, in the battle of Tewkesbury; but more probalJlf that of

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322 TEWKESBURY. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Sir Thomas Mol'1ey, ob. 1417, who married Anne, Despenser the younger, the favourite of Edward H., and

daughter of Edward, Lord Despenser: this aisle has five hung at Hereford in 1326; this tomb now holds a. coffin

windows only. of Purbeck marble, containing the remains of Abbot John

The central tower is supported on four great semi- Cotes (ob. 1347), removed from the cloisters in the 17th

circular arches, enriched with chevron moulding, those century: the next bay westward is occupied by the

opening to the transepts rising from coupled shafts Trinity chapel, which has a roof adorned with fan tracery.

attached to the massive piers; the lower stage of the and ()n the top a singular kneeling effigy of a knight,

tower originally formed a lantern, but a groined ceiling over which rises a rich spired canopy, supported on four

now conceals the triforium gallery and much beauti- buttresses with finely wrought pinnacles: this chapel was

ful decorative work; among the ribs of the groining erected about 1400 by Elizabeth Burghersh, wife of Sir

appear the arms of de Brien and Despenser and the sun Ecward Despenser K.G.: she died in 1375.

of the house of York; in the centre of the floor, im- The ambulatory surrounding the choir is of the same

mediately under the tower, is an ornamented brass in- width as the nave aisles, with a vaulted roof, and gives

scribed to Edward, Prince of ·Wa:es, son of Henry VI. access both to the apsidal chapels and the chantries of

who was murdered after the battle of Tewkesbury, and the presbytery: the westernmost chapel on the north side

is believed to have been interred in this spot: the vault- is tha~ of St. Margaret, enclosed by a panelled screen

ing of both transepts is similar to that of the nave: with stone work above, in the centre of which is placed

the north transept had once an apsidal eastern chapel, the m<lDument of Sir Guy-de-Brinn, ob. 1390, second

which in 1237 waif removed by Prior Shipton, who con- husband of Lady Despenser, mentioned above: it con·

structed in its stead a large rectangular chapel, connected sists of an altar tomb bearing the recumbent figure of a

with another and earlier chapel of almost equal size, knight in armour, over which rises a canopied structure,

between which and the north face of the transept a third disposed iI1 four diminis'hing tiers and generally resembl-

chapel, dedicated to St. Eustace, seems once to have ing the Despenser tomb: adjoining eastward is the double

existed: the first two chapels of St. J ames and St. polygonal chapel of St. Edmund; it retains a pisein~

Nicholas are very elegant examples of Early English, and and aumbry, and the keystone of the groined ceiling

the latter for many years- served as a grammar school, represents the legend of the saint: at the entrance to the

but they have now been carefully restored and re-opened chapel stands the exquisitely wrought cenotaph, said to

to the church; here were buried the Duke of Somerset be that of Wakeman, the last abbot of Tewkesbury: the

and other distinguished Lancastrians put to death by lower portion forms an open recess, filled in on one side

Edward IV. after his virtory: the south transept retains ·with delicate pierced work; above this a broad slab sup-

its apsidal Norman chapel, which has been refitted, and ports a. recumbent ca.daver, and -over the whole rise

is now used for daily morning service; art Eas-ter, 1893, elaborately foliated arches and projecting canopies of ricb

a very fine mosaic panel was placed in the recess over the design; the eastern arch, once opening into the now

altar in this chapel: in the south-east angle -of the tran- destroyed lady chapel, is built up; on the south side are

sep~ is a newel ,staircase leading to a room abo.e, into three apsidal chapels, two of which are said to have been

which sick monks were brough~ to hear mass: the ceiling dedicated to St. Faith and St. John the Baptist; the third

exhibits some fresco painting: the organ placed in this or westernmost has been used as a vestry from the 15th

transept originally belonged to Magdalen College, Oxford, century; the door ·of this vestry is lined inside with

whence it was removed to Hampton Court; at, the Re- rough iron plates: at the entrance to the centre chapel

storation it was returned to Oxford, and finally in 1737 of these three is the fine Perpendicular tomb of Richard

transferred tG Tewkesbury. In 1890 a memorial was de Cheltenham, abbot, ob. 15°9; it consists of a panelled

-erected by a distinguished CGmmittee to Mrs. Craik altar tomb, <mce bearing a recumbent effigy, and is sur·

(Dinah Maria Mulock), authoress of "John Halifax, mounted by a flat arched canopy, in the spandrels of

'Gentleman," who died 12th Oct. 1887; it is placed which are the arms and monogram of the abbot: on the

· against the south-east pier of the tower, and executed slab were formerly placed various fragments of effigies

in Carrara marble by H. H. Armistead esq. R.A.; the and sculpture found under the altar, but these are now

, style is Renaissance, and the design includes- a medallion kept in two glass cases within the chapel: in the sonth

portrait, and carving of a symbolical character. Of the aisles of the choir are several a.rched recesses, one of

• original Norman choir, the basement, some part of the which, of beautiful Early English work, is the tomb at

external wall of the ambulatory, and the low circular Alan, prior of Canterbury and abbot here II87-1202; this

piers remain, but the arches they support and the entire tomb was opened in 1795, and the vested body of the

structure above belongs to the 13th and 14th centuries, abbot, with crosier and chalice, was found to be almost

and forms {me of the richest examples of a Decorated perfectly preserved: on the east side of the vestry dam

presbytery now extant: high up on the wall on the north is a richly-carved ogee arch of the 14th century, flanked

side of the choir entrance is 1Io beautiful oak turret or by pinnacles, and enclosing within a recess a stoQne coffin

Sacring Case, which formerly contained the bell rung on a raised base; the lid bears the figure of an abbot

; at the Elevation of the Host: on this side are alsG twelve wit,hin a cross fleuree: this tomb was also opened in

14th century carved oak stalls with misericords, and on 1795 and the remains of the abbot found entire: in the

the south side are eleven stalls, but without the ambulatory, immediately behind the altar screen, is the

'Carved upper section: in the north aisle is a stoup: vault in which rest the remains of George, Duke of

the space between the arcade and the roof is entirely Clal'ence, murdered in the Tower, February 18, 1477,

"filled with seven large traceried windows, rich in ancient and Isabel (Nevill) his wife, who died December 12, 1476,

stained glass, displaying figures of saints and prophets and was interred here January 4, 1477.

and eight of the formel' lords of Tewkesbury, including The west front consists Qf a lofty and deeply recessed

""Roberti FitzHamon, the founder, Hugh Despenser, ,several Norman arch of seven orders, the upper portion of which

of the De Clares, Robert the Consul and William la is completely filled up by the west window. below which

Zouche: the vaulted roof springing from corbels between is the western entrance, a simple pointed arch; on either

the windows is covered with groining of int,ricate and side is a square turret containing a newel staircase; two

· beautiful design, heightened in effect by delicately carved tiers of Norman arcading, which occupy the space above

bosses of foliage and flowers: the whole presbytery is the springing of the arch, are carried around these

.-surrounded by a series of elaborate tombs occupying the turrets, the lower tier being' continued along the clere-

spaces between the piers; the first of these beneath the .story on the north side; the turrets themselves rise in

westernmost arch on the north side is the Warwick two oQpen arched stages above the parapet, and are finished

,ehantry, a lofty canopied structure of two stages, most with small spires and angle pinnacles: the large north

,exquisitely wrought and incorporating the shields of porch is of the 12th century and has a parvise over it;

~Beauchamp, De Qare and Despenscr; it wa's erected by above the external arch are the remains of a group of the

the Countess Isabel Despenser to her first husband, Virgin and Child; on the wall of the north transept and

-Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Abergavenny and Worcester, on that of the chapel beyond are traces of the now

slain at Meaux in 1421: next stands the elegant chantry destroyed chapel of St. Eustace, built by Prior Henry de

of freestone, erected by Abbot Parker in 1397, over the Banbury, and dedicated September 20, 1246; in this •

tomb of Robert FitzHamon, the founder, after the re- wall is a fine Early English arch with Purbeck marble

moval of his remains from the chapter h{)use in 1241, columns, long blocked up, but re-opened in 1892, and

where they had been first deposited; beneath the third restored by the Rev. W. H. T. Hepworth: a wall inside

arch is a stately canopied monument of pyramidal desig-n, the churoh ha-s been built up, and a ,small door inserted

with the recumbent effigies of a knight and his lady, for convenience, but the arch remains intact. On the

erected to Hugh, fifth baron Despenser, ob. 1349, and south side of the church, west of the transept, are fine

Elizabeth (Montacute) his wife: the space beneath the remains of the cloisters, whicm formed a quadrangle

eastern arch is' filled with a dossal {)f tapestry: in the about 80 feet square; these remains consist of some

adjoining arch on the south side are three very beautiful arcaded panelling, the springing of the fan traceried

canopied sedilia, retaining much of their original colour- vaulting, and a noble tabernacled doorway, formerly

jng : at the back of the sedilia. are remains of a once leading from the nave to the c1oiste~s, and for many
~egan~ tomb, supposed to have been that of Hugh years also blocked up, but in 1892 was re-opened and

DIRECTORY. ] GLO UCESTERSHIRE. TEWKESBURY. 323

Icarefully restored by Mr. Thomas Collins, mayor of valuable results: under the altar were found a large
Tewkesbury, 1892-4; oak doors, richly carved, from number of sculptured fragments, including portions of

designs by Mr. J. O. Scott, have been erected, also at figures of Robart the Consul and three earls of Glou·

the expense of Mr. Collins: the exterior of the chuir, cester: an examination of the vault under the Despenser

with its polygonal chapels clustering round it,. has a mor.ument, disclosed the remains of Hugh, third' Lord

singularly quaint appea.rance; it is surmounted by a Despenser, who died February 13, 1348, inclosed in lead.

parapet of open stone work, and supported at the east and the skeleton or Elizabe.th, Lady Despenser d. 1359;

end by Hying buttresses, erected in 168o; several on the lsouth side of the Warwick chapel was found the
clustered piers, fragments of a groined ceiling and, other ~ave of Maud (de Burgh) widow of Gilbert de aare,

remains, indicate the former existence of the beautiful third Earl of Gloucester, killed at Bannockburn, June 24.

Lady chapel which! anciently stood here: the tower, a 1314, whose grave also, with the skeleton almost entire.

grand and majestic structure, is 46 feet square at its lay on the north side of the preceding: in the centre of

lower stage, and 132 feet in height; two of the three the choir, in a line with these, was found the mutilated

stages are arcaded; the third is 'finished with an em- stone coffin containing the dust of Gilbert de aare, ob.

battled parapet and - pinnacles, added in 1660, and 1230, first Earl of Gloucester and Hertford: still further

repaired in 1825: the tower once had a tall spire of to the north, and· more deeply interred, was another stone

timber covered with lead, erected about 1140 by the coffin, in good presl'rvation, incIosing the bones of Richard

first Earl of Gloucester, but this fell on Easter Day, 1559: de Ch-ne, ob. 1262, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford: under

the apparent height of the tower is greatly increased the last bay of the groining, beneath a large slab, was

by the present low pitch of the roofs, all of which were found a stone grave or vault containing the embalmed

in 1603 much cut down for purposes of repair: imme- body of Isabella. (Despenser), ob. 1439, widow, first at

diately adjoining the west front on the south-west, is a Riehard Beauchamp, Earl of Abergavenny and! Worcester,

building called "the Abbey House;' formerly constitut- and next of his cousin Richard Beauchamp, Earl of War-

ing the abbot's lodging; in ihr north front is an oriel wick; the remains, enwrapped in a shroud of linen, ap-

window, bearing a defaced inscription.in Lombardic peared to be well preserved, and the auburn hair was
characters, the arm~ of the abbey and FltzHamon, and perfect; a similar grave, immediately under the centre

the crowned initials H.R.: westward of this stands the of the tower, and containing the bones of aJ man of un-

gatehouse (1389-1420), a square embattled stnlcture, usual size, was concluded to be that of Henry, Duke of
with fine. arches and grotesque figures'; it was parl~y Warwick, ob. 1446 ; of the alleged grave of Edward.
restored In 1849, at the cost of the owner, John l'IIartm Prince of Wales, ob. 1471, near the same spot, no trace

esq. M.P. and massive dool's of carved oak were subse- could be found; the numerous fragments of sculpture

quently added.. . and other remains found during the progress of the work
The restoratlon of the: abbey church, .begun m 1874, are now placed in one of the ambulatory chapels.
br th~ Rev. O. G. D~VIes M.A. then VIcar, unde~ the
due.ctlOn of ~he late SIr G. G. Scott R.A. ":3S contmued In medireval days Tewkesbury was the home of the
great family which descended from the Conqueror's

durlllg the mcumbency of the Ven. Hemmmg Robe&O'll relative Robert FitzHamon, and after him from his still
M.A. vica:, 187~-92, and a.. sum. of {,18,6~6 has been g-reater son-in-law, Robert FitzRoy, natural son of Henry
expended, m addltlon to speCIal gIfts, mcludmg a hand- I. and first Earl of Gloucester, so well known for his
late ~v. C. wars with King Stephen on behalf of his sister, the
some brass eagle lectern Mpyr~ehseen,tewd'hboy the
of the also, at hIS own Empress Matilda, and his nephew, Henry n.; he died
W. Grove B.D.
e~pense, haS! had the west wmdow of ~he nave, the east in II47. and his son William FitzCount, succeeded
,,:mdow of the ambulato~, five south wmdows of ~he nave him as second earl, and died in lI83: a marriage with
lll~le an~ the correspondmg 1;ive on. the north SIde filled
WIth stamed. glass:. a rose wmdow I~ the north transept Isabella. one of the earl's daughters, made King John
W8lS filled WIth ,stamed glass at ChrIstmas 1892 , by t~e his heir, but for want of children t{) t.heir union, Tewkes-
late B. T. 1\~oore. esq. one of the ?hurch~ardens, III bury was carried into the family of the De Glares, who
~emory of hIS WIfe, and another wmdo-w m th~ same
lived at Tewkesbury as Earls of Gloucester, and were
aIsle, by the ~v. W..H. '-!'. Hepworth M.A.. VIcar ()f buried in the choir of the abbey: by a similar default
Sheepshed, Lelcesters~re, ill mem?ry of hi.s f~ther, the De Clares were merged in the De Spensers, the De.
~ormerly curat~ here: ill 1893 a stamed trefoil wmdow Spensers in the great Beauchamps, and the Beauchamps
l~ the south aIsle ~vas presente~ by the same .d~nor: the in the Nevilles, the last fortunes of all these houses.
rlch~y carved PU~Plt was the gIft of Ml'ls. Glyn.• the re-
so far as Tewkesbury was concerned, being concentrated
in the two daughters of Richard Neville, Earl of War.

placmg on maSSIve oak supports, of the anCIent altar wick called the "Kingmaker'" of whom one married
a:slab wa~ effected t the cost of Earl Beauchamp;. ~ brass Geo;ge, Duke of Clarence, br;ther of Edward IV. the
alms dIsh was gIven by the Rev. Thurst0!1 Rlvmgton other was married first to Ed ward, Prince of Wale~
M.A. curate here, 1878-84; brass candlestIcks b.y the who fell at the battle of Tewkesbury, and subsequently
Rev. A. L. A. Mason M.A. curate here, 1878~81, new to Richard Ill. The interest of these historical associa.
~arved marble font bowl and carved auk ca~opy,. by the tions between the abbey and the great Earls of Glou-
late Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Moore, and a whIte sIlk a~tar cester is enhanced bv the fact that they and their
frontal, by Mrs. Robeson: .the gene~al work COII~pf1sed families rIeopna~nsusteodthi~t · as their family bu-rving place:
the removal of the extenSIve gallerIes erected ill the exte~nal roof -
transept in 1796, as well as a. modem organ screen which and walls are n o w J 1- 8 ) •
inclosed the choir: on taking up the old Hoor of the choir
( 97 bemg-
c.a~rle~ out.. The regIster dates from the ye~r 155l? The
fragments of tiles of an earlier Hoor were found, the livmg IS a vlCarag~, net ~early v~ue £20~, mcludm/? 280
designs on which are reproduced in the present floor: all acres of glebe, WIth ~eSldence, ill the gift of the Lord
the stonework was substantially repaired, the vaulting of Cha~cellor, and held smce 1892 by the Rev. Harry .A!sag~r
the nave, choir and transept effectively· decorated in She.rmgham M.A. of Pembroke College, OXfo.rd, ~rIest In

colour, and the eastern chapels renovated, and in 1879 ordmary.to the Queen, surrogate, and also VIcaI' of Wal-
ton-Cardl~..
the church was re-opened with a series of Dedication •.
Holy TrI~llty church. erected III 1~37 ~t a C?st of over
services: the grand organ, presented to the Abbey as a £4:0~0, raIsed by. volu!1tary contrIbU~lOnS, IS _a loft)"
b.Ul~dmg of red brIck, III the PerpendIcular st)l~•. con-
Jubilee gift by the late Rev. C. W. Grove B.D. was built sIstmg' of chancel and nave, -~nd a b~1fry c?ntammg. a
clock and one bell: there are eIght stamed wllldows: III
for the Inventions Exhibition, London, in 1885: the choir 1884 the body of the church was !l'~-sell:ted, the pa;;sa~es

screen of carved oak was erected in 1892 by the Ven.

Archdeacon Robe90n 1\I.A. and E. T. Glynn esq. as a

memorial to Mrs. Glynn; it was designed by J. O. Scott

esq. architect, and executed by Mr. Thomas Collins, re-tiled, and new methods of hghting and heatmg

Ilreviously mentioned, and is 34 feet in width, with a a?opted, at a ~ost of o~er £800: there are .abont 600

central entrance and four compartments on either side; sIttmgs, one thud of whICh a!~ free: The .reglster dates

the gates ()f hammered iron, were the gift of the Rev. W. from the year 1837: The .livmg IS a VIcarage, g;oss

H. Hepworth, already mentioned; surmounting the whole yearly value £35°, m the gIft of trustees, and held 81tlce

is a large cross. 1880 by the Rev. Edward Hyde Frowd Cosens M.A. late

On the south side of the church, a walk was opened out Dyke scholar of St. Mary Hall, Oxford.

round the cloisters and south-east chapels, the iSQle access Holy Trinity Mission hall, Barton street, is a com-

to which has hitherto been through the private grounds modious edifice of red brick, and is used for classes and

of the Abbey House: during the restoration every op- meeting-s in connection with the Holy Trinity parish.

p<Jrtunity was taken of verifying historical statements as The Catholic chapel of St. Joseph, at the Mythe, buili

to the great personages ,said to have been buried at in 1870 by the Marquis de Lys, has 200 sittings.

different times within the church; these reserurches The Congregational chapel. ill Barton street, was re·

IWere in every case conducted with much care nnder re- built in 1830, and has 450 sittings.

sponsible supervision, and afforded most interesting and The Baptist chapel, also in BaIton street, was built in

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324 TEWKESBURY. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. [KELLY'S

1805, and seats 400 persons i attached are schDols, built The Dispensary, established in 1815, is supported by

in 1883, at a cost of £600. voluntary contributions; the number of patients treated

The Wesleyan Methodist chapel, at the Cross, erected in 1885 was 425, and the total number since its establish,..

in 1878 at a total cost, including schools, of about £8,000, ment, 29,668.

isa building of stone in the Decoratoo style, and has a Tewkesbury Rural Hospit&, in Oldbury, was estab-

number of stained windows representing scenes from the lished in 1865, and contains 20 beds; the average numbe~

life of Christ; it affords 450 sittings. of in-patients is 210, and of out-patients, 590.

The Cemetery, a. little south of the town, was en- Queen Mary's charity, founded in 1554, have an endow-

larged in 1880, and now CQvers 16 acres of ground, ment of about £31 IS. 4d. a year: there are 12 almsmen.

which are tastefully laid out; the older portion wa.s con- each of whom receives I3S. per quarter.

secrated February, 18S7, and is under the contrQl of the The Feoffees charity, dating from 1558, produces about

Corporation, acting as Burial Board. £200 annually, derived from pr<lperty in the borough~

The Town Hall, in High street, was erected in 1788, by and distributed to the poor at Christmas in blankets,

Sir William Codrington bart. at a cost exceeding £1,200, coals, groceries &c.

and the interior has since been re-modelled at a cost of Barnes, Richardson and Russell's Almshouses are now

about £1,000; the large hall is hung with portraits, in- amalgamated, and have an aggregate income of about

cluding that of the donor of the building; the borough £260 a year; at the present time there are 5 married

petty sessions and those of the CDunty magistrates for the couples and 28 single people in these houses, the forme!'

Tewkesbury division are both held here. receiving 3S. 6d. and the latter 2S. 6d. a week and a ton

The Corporation insignia. include two maces, a mayor's of coal each a. year. Preference is given to people who

chain and badge and a corporate seal. The larger mace, have been in better circumstances, but no applicant must

2 feet 8 inches in length, has a. plain shaft, with three have received parish relief, and all must have been resi-

knops, the one next to the head and the foot knop each dents in Tewkesbury. .

having three scrolled brackets; the surface of the The Grove Memorial Almshouses, Station road, were

head is divided by female figures terminally foliaged into erected in 1890 by the late Rev. C. W. Grove M.A. of The

four compartments containing the national emblems; Mythe, in memory of Frances, his wife, who died 22nd

a circlet 'Of seven crosses and seven fleurs-de-lis sur- March, 1886, and comprise four dwellings, each inmate

. mounts the head, and from this springs an Qpen arched having 3S. a week.

£rown with orb and cross; on the flat top are the royal In a meadow near the Abbey church was fought, May

arms of the Stuarts, and below the foot knop are the 4, 1471, the memorable battle between the rival houses oi

initials C. R. and the date 1646. The smaller mace, 2 York and Lancaster, in which the spirited Queen Mar-

feet 4i inches in length, is similar but plainer, and the garet of Anj ou was so signally defeated, and her son.

arahes Qf the crown are-4lepressed and soldered to the top Prince Edward, ruthlessly slain: a lew days after the battle
of the head; it is probably the lIame date as -th'e preced- the following n{)blemen and gentlemen of Queen Margaret'&

ing. The maces were repaired in 1733 at a cost of army, who had taken sanctuary in the abbey, we~

£19 10S. 6d. The mayor's ohain and badge were pre- dragged out and beheaded in the market place, and their

sented in 1878 by Capt. W. E. Price, then M.P. for the bodies now lie in the abbey church, viz. :-Edmund Beau-

borough. The chain of gold consists Qf 18 square links, fort (Duke of Somerset), John Longstother (the Lord

each containing a Tudor rOse, connected together by Prior of St. John of Jerusalem), Sir Humphrey .Audley"

triplets of circular and oval rings; tha pendant badge Sir Gervais Clifton, Sir William Carey, Sir Henry Rouse,

is an angular shield, charged with the borough arms, and Sir Thomas Tresham, Sir William; Newborough, Sir Henry

having below it a. ribbon with the name of the town. Courteney, Mr. John Delves, Mr. John Gower, Mr. Waiter

The existing seal, 2! inches in diameter, is c:ircular, and Courtney and eight other gentlemen of rank.

displa,ys a castle with portcullis gateway and flanking The remains of an ancient wall have been discovered 8IIl

turrets, and round the margin is a legend; there are ex- various points in the line of the rail near here, and at

tant impressions or representations of two earlier seals: other places in the vicinity. Some singularly perfect re-

the mayor's robe is of scarlet cl<lth trimmed with sable, mains of a. Roman road are also to be found at the Mythe"

and aldermen wear robes of blue silk trimmed with fur; and near the banks of the Severn, in the direction of

the councillors have gowns of plain blue silk. Ripple. There are Roman and other camps on Bredon and

The Corn Exchange, in High street, originally erected Kemerton hills, about 4 miles west from the town, and

by a. company, now belongs to the Corporation. fine earthworks at Twyning, 3 miles north from Tewkes-

The principal market for corn is held on Wednesdays. bury, called" Towbury camp."

Fairs are held fortnightly in Station road and the Old- Tewkesbury is rich in ancient houses, and containS"

bury on Wednesday in every month for cattle, and a. several fine examples of the half-timbered style prevalent

pleasure fair on the 10th of Ocrober; there are likewise in the 16th and 17th centuries, especially in the High

statute fairs for hiring servants, on the Wednesday before street. One of ·the most striking is the Wheatsheaf inn.

and the Wednesday after the loth of October. which has two tiers of windows extending completely

The Philharmonic Hall, in Barron street, formerly the across the front, and including a projecting bay rising
meeting house of the Society of Friends, is a. brick build- into a large dormer in the roof; iliere is a similar house,
ing capable of holding 500 persons, and is licensed for finished with two gables, each having a small projecting
theatrical performances. A burial ground still remains window, lmd another of the same type, without gable,
in the rear. •-
apparently cut <lff by a mQdern roof; Clarence house,

The Masonic Lodge (St. George, No. 900) meets on the also in this street, has an overhanging upper storey, the
third Thursday in every month at the Lodge Room in the fiat projecting roof being supported by a series of canti-

Swan hotel, High street. The Tewkesbury lodge of the levers or brackets, and down one side runs a good old
Gloucester Conservative Benefit Society holds its meetings lead spout, the basin of which is ornamented, and bears
every fourth Saturday at the Town Hall, High street
three shields, each charged with 6 roundels, 3, 2 and I,
The chief hotels are The Swan, Hop Pole Royal, and Bell. and at the top the date 1674; the" Old Bear" is another
At the Abbey end of Ohurch street and in the rear of half·timbered house, and there is one with very smaD
the Bell hotel is the noted oowling green (or Monk's windows in the upper rooms, and the date 1671; in
garden. This house and garden are mentioned in Mrs. Church street is Warwick house, also an ancient struc-
Craik's well-known work, "John Halifax, Gentleman," and ture, and the Hop Pole hotel, immortalized by Dickens in
very many people come yearly and visit the spot.
the "Pickwick Papers," and a. third antiquated dwelling,
The collar and front factory Qf the Tewkesbury Manu- and in Tolsey lane are two others.

facturing Co. stands by the river Avon and employs about Tewkesbury Park, formerly the property of the Earls

300 hands. of Gloucester, and now belonging to James Shapland 8ar-

Mineral waters, possessing the same qualities as some geaunt esq. J.P. is delightfully situated on an eminence

of the I!prings at Cheltenham, are found in the immediate about I mile from the town; from the lawn, Gloucester

neiR'hbourhood of Tewkesbury. cathedral, Christ Church, Cheltenham, llnd Great Mal-

The Post office is in Church street; at the cross is an vern can be distinctly seen; on the estat~ is a field called
illuminated clock, presented in 1882 by .AId. M. C. Smart. "The :Bloody Meadow," in which, after the disaster at

Tolsey Hall, in Tolsey lane, is now used for evangelistic Tewkesbury, some of the fugitive Lancastrians were over-

.services and for the meetings of the .Young Men's and taken and cut to pieces.

Women's Christian Associations and' the Temperance Tute house, The Mythe, is the residence of Mrs. Ruddle.

Society. Arthur Thompson esq. of Belfield, St. Leonards, Exeter,

The Town Club, in Church street, is managed by 8 is lord of the manor, and the principal landowners are J.

committee. • S. Sargeaunt esq. of Tewkesbury Park, Mrs. Robeson,

The Tewkesbury Troop, forming part of B squadron of Brist<ll, Rev. William Surman ManseU, vicar of Radstone,

the Gloucestershire (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars) Yeo- Northants, the Marquise de Lys, William Grafton Healing-

manry Cavalry is stationed here: and the D Company esq. and the Rev. Edmond Richard Dowdeswell 'M.A. of

2nd Volunteer :Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, was Bushley. The Abbey House estate is now vested in trus-

raised here June 9, 1885. tees for the benefit of the living.

•

DIRECTORY. ] GLOUCESTERSHIRE, TEWKESBCRY. 325

The parish and borough are co-extensive. The area. liThe MYTHE. I mile north-west. and SOUTHWICK,

is. 2,226 acres; rateable value, £20,553; the population miles south. are hamlets of the parish.
in 1891 was 5,269, including 16 in the Rural Hospital and Abbey Sacristan and Verger, William George Bannister,

5.officers and 94 inmates in the Workhouse. 5 Gloucester row.
Abbey Sexton, William Haines, Cemetery lodge.

OFFICI.1L ESTABLISHMENTS, LOCAL INSTITUTIONS &c.

Post, M. O. & T. 0., T. M. 0., S. B., Express Delivery, Petty sessions are held at the Town hall every alternate

Parcel Post & Annuity & Insurance Office. Mrs. Eliza- thursday at II a.m. The following places are included

beth George, postmistress, Church street in the petty sessional division :-Aston-upon-Carrant,

Office Open. Sale of stamps, post cards, stamped wrap- Fiddington, Northway, Paming-ton, Forthampton, Kem-

pers & envelopes, & delivery of letters to private box- arton, Oxenton, Teddington (Worcs), Tredington, Twy-

holders &; from the Post Restante, 7 a.m. to 8,30 p.m. ; ning, WaIton, Cardiff, Elmstone Hardwicke, Deerhurst,

sundays, Christmas day & Good friday, 7 to 10 a.m. Deerhurst Walton, Haw &; Tirley, Leigh, Apperley &

Money order &; savings bank, annuity & insurance & Tewkesbury

issue of inland revenue licences, 7 a.m. to 8.30 p.m. BOROUGH MAGISTRATES.
(daily, monday to saturday inclusive). Postal orders

issued, 7 a.m. to 8.30 p.m.; postal orders paid, 7 a.m. Brown Laurence Morton LL.M. (recorder), I 1'emple gar-
dens, London E C
to 8.30 p.m. Parcel post, 7 a.m. to 8.30 p.m. Tele-
grams, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; sunday, Christmas day &; Allard Joseph Higginson, Church street
Baker Alfred
Good friday. 7 to 10 a.m. On bank holidays the office Boughton John Henry, Church street
is closed at noon, except for the sale of stamps & postal Coleman J ames George, High street
Collins Thomas, Church street
orders & for telegraph & parcel post business Currie Col. Torquay

The day mails are not dispatched on sunday, Christmas
day, Good friday, nor on bank holidays

Outgoing Mails. Destination. Dowdeswell Art-hur Christopher, Ripple hall, Tewkesbury
Ellicott (His Bonor Judge) Arth~Becher,TheCulls,Stroud

Rirmingham, Worcester & London, 8.35 a.m. (extra id. Flack Richard, High street

stamp 8'40 a.m.); London, Gloucester, Cheltenham & Harris Charles. High street-

Eristol, 11.15 a.m. (extra !d. stamp 11.20 a.m.); Bir- Healing William GraftoR, Oldfield house

mingham & 'Worcester, 12.20 p.m. (extra id. stamp Healing Francis Kinggbury, Oldfield house

12.25 p.m.); Gloucester & Cheltenham, 3.10 p.m. (extra Holder James, Cheltenham

id. stamp 3.15 p.m.); London & all parts, 7.55 p.m. Houe George, Church street

(extra id. stamp 8.10 p.m.); Bristol, Gloucester, Chel- Jacksou Waltet, Avonbank, Church street

tenham, London, &; the south-west, 10 p.m. On sun· Jones Lemuel, 133 High street

day the night mail is dispatched at 5.55 p.m. but letters Moore Thomas Weaver, Church street

for the last dispatch may be posted as Dn other nights Sargeaunt James Primatt M.A. The Park, Tewkesbury

Incoming Mails. Sargeaunt James Shapland, The Park, Tewkesbury

Smart Michael Cray, Barton road

Where from. Hour of arrvl. When delvd. Turner Arthur Fowell L.R.e.p. Church street
London & all parts...... ...... ... 4 50 a.m. ... 7 0 a.m Clerk. Harry Alexander Badham, High street ~

Birmingbam & Worcester•.. Borough Petty Sessions are held at the Town hall every

Bristol, Gloucester & Chel- 12 30 p.m. ... 12 50 p.m friday at II a.m.

tenham . CORPORATION.

Birmingham, Worcester &

London.... 4 30 p. m. ••• 4 50 p.m 1896-97.

Gloucester & Cheltenham . High Steward, The Bight Hon. Lord Sudeley, Toddington,

London,Worcester, Birmingham, near WinchCtlmb

Malvern & Upton-an-Severn 7 10 p.m. ... 7 30 p.m Mayor, Thomas Weaver Moore

Sundays: There is but one delivery by the letter carriers Recorder, Lawrence Morton Brown LL.M. I Temple gal'·
in Tewkesbury on sundays, beginning at 7 a.m. Par- dens, London E C

cels excluded IAldermen.
Wall &i Pillar Boxes.-There are four clearances, viz.: tJames George Coleman 11 Alfred Baker

at 8.10 &; 10.20 a.m. & 2.30 & 7.30 p.m. Corresponding tPenstone Aaron Pike 11 Wilham Evans Hayward

town deliveries, at 12.50 & 4.50 p.m. & 7 a.m Councillors.
The Rural Post. Letters for the rural districts may be
*George Banaster tLemuel Jones
posted up to 5 a.m. All letters from the rural districts
for the town are delivered the same day. There is a *Walter Thomas Boughton teecH Charles Moore
day mail to Bredon, Kemerton, Overbury, Beckford,
The Mythe, Twyning & Ripple, for which letters may *James Holder tGeorge P. HoweIl
be posted at head office up to 1 p.m
*Thomas Weaver Moore lWalter Jackson
Parcel Post.
tThomas CoIlins tThomas B. l\lilner
Dispatches: at 8·35 & 11.15 a.m. & 12.15, 3 & 7.45 p.m.; tGeorge M. Rice
mail to Cheltenham (parcels only), 4.30 p.m tWiIliam J. Gardner

Deliveries: same as letters Marked thus * retire in November, 1897.
Tewkesbury is an express delivery office Marked thus t retire in November, 18g8.

Marked thus::: retire in November, 1899.

Marked thus 11 retire in November, 1901.

Mayor's Auditor, George Banaster
OOUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR TEWKESBURY PETTY Elective Auditors, George Clifford, Church street & Waiter
SESSIONAL DIVISION.
Pearce, High street

Yorke John Reginald :r.LA., D.L. Forthampton court, Officers of the Corporation.
Tewkesbury. chairman

C!,rter Captain Vernon, Weston-under-Penyard, Ross Town Clerk &; Clerk to the Borou~h School Attendance

Conant Henry John esq. Willoughby hall, Grantham Committee, Harry Alexander Badham, High street

Dowdeswell Arthur Christopher esq. D.L. Ripple hall. Clerk of the Peace, Frederick James Brown, Church st

Tewkesbury Treasurer, George \Vatson

Gibbons John Skipworth esq. Boddington manor, near Coroner, ; deputy

Cheltenham coroner, Frederick Moore, 70 High street

Rarter George Lloyd Foster esq. M.A. Puckrup hall, ~Iedical Officer of Health, JDseph Hi~ginson AllarJ
Twyning, Tewkesbury
M.R.C.S.Eng., L.R.C.P.Edin. Church street

Healing William Grafton eSQ. Oldfield house, Tewkesbury Surveyor, Sanitary Inspector &; Collector of Water Rate,

Milne Nathnl. Percy esq. D.L. Ashchurch ho. Tewkesbury William Harrison Gray, 64 High street

~argeaunt James Primatt esq. M.A. Tewkesbury park, Collector of District Rates, Alfred Roberts, Church st

Tewkesbury Borou~h School Attendance Officer, Wm. Davis, Barton st

Sargeaunt Jas. Shapland esg. Tewkesbury pk. Tewkesbury Inspector of Common Lodging Houses, William Harrison
Webb Col. Henry Gillum, WaIton house, Tewkesbury
Gray, 64 High street

Yorke Vincent "Todehouse esq. Forthampton oourt, Veterinary Inspector, Wm.Jn.Malvern M.R.C.V.S.High st

Tewkesbury Accountant, George ""atson, High street

The Chairman of the Tewkesbury Urban District Council Town Crier, Nelson Thomas Townley, 44 Church srteet
for the time being is an ex-officio magistrate
Hall Keeper, Frank NWlle, Town Hall, High street

Clerk to the Magistrates, Frederick Moore Sergeants-~t-Mace, Christr. Strawford & Chas. llol'oughll

326 'IE1VKESEl'RY. GLOVe ESTERSHIRE. [ KELLY'~

TEWKESDURY RURA.L DISTRICT COU~CIL. Registrars of Births, Deaths &i Marriages for Tewkesbury

Board day, wed. monthly, at the Workhouse at II a.m. CnioIl, Archibald Rix, 8 Glouce!ter row, Tewkesbury p
deputy, William Edward Hawley, 93 Church street
Olerk, Harry Alexander Badham, High street The Workhouse is a building of brick, and will hold 350
Treasurer, E.G.Bromley Martin, Lechmere's Bank,High st inmates; Rev. Harry .Alsager Sheringham M.A. chap-
Medical Officer of Health, Arthur Fowell Turner L.R.C.P. lain; Joseph Higginson Allard L.R.C.P.Edin. medical
officer; WIlliam Ropkins, master; Mrs. Elizabeth Hop-
& S.Edin. Church street kins, matron
Inspeetor of Nuisances, Frederic Richd. Turner, Church st
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE COM~HTTEE.
BURIAL BOARD.
Meetings second tuesday in every alternate month, com-

mencing at II a.m. Meets wednesday, monthly, at the Workhouse, 11 a.m

Clerk. Fred Moore, High street Clerk, Harry Alexander Badham, High st. Tewkesbury

Superintendent, W. H. lrray, High street Attendance Officer, Fredk. R.Turner, Church st.Tewkllbry

Caretaker &, Sexton, W. Haines, Cemetery lodge PUBLIC OFFICERS.

PUBLIO EST.A.BLISH:MENTS. .Assistant Overseer & Collector {If POOl'S Rates, Ralph
County Court; office, Church street, His Honor Arthur
Chandler, Warwick house, Church street
Beecher Ellicott B.A. judge; Frederick J ames Brown,
Certifying Factory Surgeon, Arthur Fowell Turner
registrar; Frederick Moore, high bailiff; William John
Vere, sub-bailiff. A court is held at the Town hall every L.R.C.P.Edin. Church street
six. weeks at II a.m. the district of which consists of
the following parishes: Ashchurch, Boddington, Bredon, Clerk to Bishop Cleeve Highway Board, Harry Alexander
Bushley, Chaceley, Deerhurst, Eldersfield, Elmstone
Hardwicke, Forthampton, Hasfield, Kemerton, Leigh, Badham, High street
Longdon, Overbury, Oxenton, Pendock, Ripple, Stoke
Orchard, Tewkesbury, Tirley, Tredington, Tw:rning, Clerk to Charity Trustees, John Morgan, The Cross
Walton Cardiff & Woolstone
For Bankruptcy purposes this court is include.d in that of Clerk to the Commissioners of Taxes for the Division of
Cheltenham; Charles Scott, County chambers. Station
road, Gloucester, official receiver . Tewkesbury, 1:"rederick Moore, High street
Certified Bailiffs nnder the" Law of Distress Amendment
Act," Frederick James Brown, Church street; George Clerk to Longlon & Eldersfield Drainage Board, Frederick
Hone, High street; Thomas Weaver Moore, Church
street; Harry Alexander Badham, High street; Sebas- Maore, Church street
tian Hosgood, High street; Cecil Charles Moore,High st
Clerk to Tewkesbury Commons, Fredk. Moore, High st
County Police Station, Miles John Lane, sergeant. & 5
Treasurer to Tewkesbury Commons, Alfred Baker, 19
constables
Dispensary, J. H . .A.llard M.R.C.S.Eng-., L.R.C.P.Edin. & High street

William Charles Devereux M.A., M.R, RC. medical Collector of Government Taxes, John l\forgan, The Cross
officers; attend at their surgeries; W. North, hon. sec.
&; treasurer Inland Revenue Officer, George J. Chinneck, Mt. Pleasant.
Fire Engine Station, Sun street, W. H. Gray, captain
Rural Hospital, Oldbury; R. M. Simon M.A., M.D. con· Barton road .
sulting- physician; H. Gilbert Da.rling M.B., B.S.,
F.R.C.S.Eng. T. S. ElIis M.R.C.S.Eng. & J. P. Wilton PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of services.
M.R. C. S. Eng. con1lulting surgeons; ,V. C. Devereux
.M.A., M.B., RC. surgeon; W. L. Liston M.D. & A. F. Abbey Church, Rev. Harry AIsager Sheringham M.A.
Turner L.R.C.P.Edin. bono medical <lfficers; Rev. H. vicar; Rev. Vernon Holt M.A. &; Rev. Edgar Neal&
A. Sheringham ~I.A. cbaplain; Ralph Chandler, sec.
& treasurer; Miss Margaret Gibbons, matron RA. curates; holy communion, 7 a.m. 1St & 3rd sun-
Masonic Lodge, Daniel Chandler, sec. Church street
days; holy communion, 8 a.m.; matins, II a.m.;
Philharmonic Hall, Barton st. Gray & Watson, proprietrs
Public Weighbridge, Higb st. Wm. J·ohn Brick, lessee holy communion, 12 a.m. 2nd, 4th & 5th sundays; chil-
dren's service, 3 p.m.; evensong, 6,30 p.m. Daily,.
Stamp Office, 139 High st. William North, distributor holy communion, 8 a.m.; matins, 10.30 a.m.; even-
Town Hall, High street, Frank Neale, hall keeper
song, 7.30 p.m
YEOMANRY CAVALRY. Holy Trinity Church, Rev. Edward Hyde Frowd Cosens
Gloucestershire (Royal Gloucestershire Hussal's) (Tewkes-
M.A. vicar; ReV'. Dertram Preston Burst M.A. curate;
bury Troop, B Squadron), Hon. Major C. H. Palairet, 11 a.m. &, 6.30 p.m.; 3.30 p.m. 1St sunday in th&

commanding troop & squadron; H. Villar. troop quar- month; wed. 7.30 p.m.; holy communion 1st sun. at

11 o'clock & on alternate 3rd sun. in the evening; also

on the great festivals

Catholic, Mytbe, Rev. Thomas 'WiIliam Fenn, priest;

mass, 10.30 a.m. & benediction 3.30 winter & 6 sum-
mer; holy days, mass, 8,3° a.m.; daily, 8 a.m
Baptist, Barton. street, Rev. John Edward Brett; IO.3<>

a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; mono 8 p.m

Congregational, Barton street, Rev. William Davies; Il

a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; mon. 8 p.m.; tues. 7.15 p.m
Wesleyan, The G'ross; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; tues. "-

fri. 7 p.m
Holy Trinity Mission Hall, Barton street; 2.30 p.m. sun

termaster; Squadron Sergeant-Major, 'Edwin Allitt, SCHOOLS.

drill instructor The Grammar School, Church street, founded in 1576 by
VOLUNTEERS. W. Ferrers, has now an endowment of about £46, de-
rived from the rents of land: twelve boys of the toQWD
2nd Volunteer Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment (D of Tewkesbury, from the ages of 8 to 15, and four from
Co.); armoury, Gloucester row, Georg-e Banaster, cap- As'hchurch parish, are privileged to be sent free: the
tain & regimental instructor of musketry; Sergeant governors, seven in number, are chosen aimually from
Matthew Moss, drill instructor

TEWKESBURY UNION. the town council, the mayor for the time being acting

Board day, every alternate wednesday in the month, at as an ex-officio governor: pursuant to the Queen's war-

the Workhouse, Windmill hill, 11.30 a.m. rant of 8th July, 1868, granting certain personal pro-

The union comprises the following places in this county : - pprty which devolved to the Crown on the death of John

Ashchurch, Boddington, Deerhurst, Elmstone Hard- Terrett without next of kin, eig-ht boys are for the

wicke, Forthampton, Hasfield, Kemerton, Leigh, Oxen- future t-o be admitted on the foundation of the said

ton, Stoke Orchard, Tewkesbury, Tirlpy,· Tredington, school at the rate of £5 a year, for the education of

Twyning, Walton Cardiff, 1Yoolstone; & in Worcester- each boy, to be paid to the head master, who is also

shire: Bredon, Chaceley, Conderton, Korton-by-Bre- allowed to t.ake private pupils; ;Tn. Morgan L.C.P. mast

don, Overbury, Pendock & Teddington. The popula- Church of England Hig-h School (for girls), Church st.

tion of the union in 1891 was 12,896; area, 4°,917 Patrons the Lord Bishops of Gloucester & Bristol &;

acres; rateable value in 1897, '£9°,494 Worcester; chairman, Archdeacon Robeson, of Bristol;

Clerk to the Guardians &, Assessment Committee, Harry =j\Iiss l\fargaret Hunt, head mistress

Alexander Badham, High street, Tewkesbury Tewkesbury Science & Art Class Rooms, The Oldbury,

'Treasurer, E. G. Bromley Martin, High street,Tewkesbury Chas. R. Creese, chairman; WaIter Darbyshire, hon. sec

Relieving Officer for the Union & C-ollector to the Guar- .Abbey National, Chnrch street, built in 1813; it will hold

dians & Vaccination Officer, Archibald Rix, 8 Gloucester 180 boys, 180 girls & 160 infants: averajle attendance,.

row, Tewkesbury 104 boys, 103 girls & Q4 infants; Charles Cri"hton, mas-

Medical Officer & Public Vaccinators, Deerhurst district, ter; Mrs. E. K. Crichton, mistress; Miss S. Rushton,.

Artbur Fowell Turner L.R.C.P. & S.Edin. Church st. infants' mistress

TewkesbmiY; Forthampton &, Tewkesbury district, Trinity National, Oldbury (mixed). huilt in 1813. &, en-

Joseph Higginson .Allard M.R.C.S.Eng., L.R.C.P.Edin. larg-ed in 1839-r842, & again in 1896-7, & a new infants"

Church street, Tewk<lsburv; Overbury district, Alfred play ground added, at a total cost of about 1750; there

De Winton L.R.C.P.Edin. Kemerton is a residence for master, for 330 boys & ~irls & 200 in-

Superintendent Rpgistrar, Harry Alexander Badbam. H;gh fants; average attendanCf>. 210 bovs & girls & 140 in-
street, Tewkesbury; deputy, George Rodgerson, Mount fants; Georj!e Dy~on, master; Miss Alice Bnrns, in-
Pleasant, T e w k e s b u r•v
fants' mistress
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JDIRECTORY. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. TEWKESBURY, 327

British/ Barton street (mixed), founded in 1812, for 200 CA.RRIERS, with places they go to &; the inns they start
boys & girls; average attendance, 215 boys & girls; from:-
George Sedgwick Railton, master
A.pperley.---Clifford & .!.wford, 'King's Head,' wed
British (infants'), Barton road, built in 1889, at a cost of Birtsmorton. George Shaw, I Plough,' wed
about £800, for 185 children; average attendance, 115 ;
Miss Thirza Haffner, mistress Bredon & 1Yestmancote.-Smittt,,-'Plough,' wed. & sat

NEWSP.APERS &:. PERIODIO.ALS. Bredon's Norton.-W. Miles, 'George,' wed
Cheltenham. Green, Oldbury, thurs
Tewkesbury Weekly Record, 7 Barton street, William Jas. Eldersfield. Shaw,' Plough,' wed .
Gardner; published fri
Gloucester. Green, Oldbury, wed & sat
Tewkesbury Register, High street, William North, printer
& publisher; published sat Gotherington. Pratt,' Plough,' wed. &; sat

Tewkesbury Parochial Magazine, High street, 1Yilliam Kemerton & Overbury. H. Booth, 'Plough,' wed
North, printer & publisher; published monthly Langdon.-H. Clark, 'Anchor,' wed
Pendock. G. Shaw, 'Plough,' wed
Holy Trinity Parochial "Home Words," High street, Tirle)". Clent, 'Plough'; .Awford, 'King's Head,' wed
Browett &; Co.; published monthly Toddington. L<mg, , King's Head,' wed
Twyning.-Pearte, Plough inn, wed. & sat
Railway Station, Charles Henry Simmons, station master
Omnibus from the' Swan' meets every train Sutton & Co. W. J. Gardner, agent, Record office, BaT-

ton street

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Fluck Richard, 40 High street MQore, ~ss, 61 High street

.Alder George, Rope walk Frost ::Mrs. 27 High street ~loore Mrs. C. W . .Avonside

.AlIaI'd Joseph Higginson, Church st Gardner '\Villiam James, Barton street ~loore NevillerG.Sherford ho.Church st

.Allard Mrs. 120 High street dtur~e ::\Iiss, Church street ~Joore Oswald Erewer, 49 Barton st

Allen John, The- Crescent Godfrey Franeis Wm. 14 Church street ~[oore Thomas lreaV€T, Southend ho.

Badham Harry .Ale'Xander, The l\Iythe Graham .Arthur, Cotteswold house Church stree·t

Baker Alfred, 19 High street Gr<ly I..\-lb;. 74 High street M,)rgan John L.O.P. (master of

BanasteT George, Mythe villa Gray lrm. Harrison, 64 High street Grammar school), The Cross

Bath Samuel, Tudor house, High street '{an'Ue,v Sum, 23 Church 8tre2t Xea:eRev.Edgal"B..A.(curate),.Abbey ho

Bathurst .Arthur Chas. 20 High street Harris ·Wm. Chas. Rosemead,Bart::m I'd Osborne William,Watlege ho.Barton I'd

Bayliss George Clarke, 67 High street Hatch Miss, Hanbury tel'. Barton road Owen Mrs. 21 Church street

Bolding ~Rsses, 2 The Crescent, Hayward Charles, I Ferndale villas l'apps El'l1est O~borne, 7 High street

Church street Ha.yward George, 2 Fe'rndale villas Papps Henry Horace~ 2 Barton villas

BoughtOl1 Char:es Edwa.rd Hammond, Hay\vard William Evans, High street Papps John Humphreys, I Barton te1'

39 High street Healing .A1fred Ernest, High street Pea1'ce ","alter, 70 High street

Boughton John Henry, 81 Church 8t Healing Francis Kingsbury,Oldfield ho Pearton George, 10 Gloucester row

Bowers Mrs. 1 Gloucester row Healing Miss, 61 Church stre.et Potte-r Mrs. 63 Barton street

Bowers Thomas Solloway, 1 Glou- Healing Wm. Grafton J.P. Oldfield ho Price Jesse J. Church street

ceste'I' row Heath WaIter, 9 Gloucester row Priestley Joseph Edward, .A'bIbey house

Boyce, A.rth. Wm. Brewery ho. High st Herring Henry, 2 'Yestgrove vi:Ias, Proctor Miss, 7 rGlouce-ster TOW

Brett Rov. John Edward (Baptist), 69 Bart,on road Railton George Sedgwick, 71 Cburch~1

Barton street Halt Rev. Vernon M.A. (curate), The Rammell Edward, 2 Barton terrace

Browett Misses, Barton road Vicarage Rand:e Miss, 59 High street

Brown Frederick James, .Albbey lawn Hone George 62 Church street Rice Ernest C. 36 High street

Chandler Daniel, 56 Church street Hosgood Sebastian GelIionen,Barton rd Rice George' Martin, Ohurch street

Chandler Frank, Rope walk Hulls Mrs. Hanbury tel'. Ba.rt-on xoad Rice Mrs. 76 Church str~t .

Chandler Ralph, Warwick ho.ChUI'ch st Hunt ~Iiss, .!.vonbrook, C'hUI'ch street Rickford Mrs. 54 Church street

Clay ~Irs. 48 Barton street Hurst Rev. Bertram Preston M ..!.. Rudgerson George, ::\fount Pleasant.

Coleman James, High street (elUate of Holy Trinity), Barton I'd Barton stre-et

CoJins Thomas, The Cross Jackson Walt.J.P.Avonbank,Church st Ruddle :31Is. Tute house, The Mythe

Cos ens Rev. Edwa.rd Hyde Frowd Jones Cecil W. 104 High street San~eaunt, James Primatt M..!.., J.P.

M.A.. (vicar of Holy Trinity), The .Tones Henry, 4 Glouceste'l' ro·w Te1>kesbury park

Vicarage, Barton skeet Jones Lemuel, High street Sarge~unt James Shapland J.P.

Cosens ~Iiss, 65 Church street Jones ::\lIiss, 64 Barton street Te1>kesbury park

Compt<)l1 Robert Emest, Oldbury ho .Tones :Mrs. Elmleigh, Barton road Saunders 1Yilliam, 37 High street

Compton \Yilliam, Oldbury house Lander Harry, Mount P:eusant, Bar- Scott Mrs. Mloffatt house, High stre'et

Creese Charles Robert, The Bank, ton road . Scott Miss, Trafalgar ho. High street

Church street Leeworthy Miss, II Gloucester row Shepherd George Alfred, Rope walk

Crichton Charles, C()tteswold terrace Liston WaIter Lawrence M.D.Elmleigh, Sheringham Rev. Harry .Alsager ~r.A.

Croome Evelyn Robt. Hayle, Church st Barton road (vicar), .!.bbey house

Darbyshire WaIter, Hanbury terrace, Lofts Miss, 4 Cotteswold buildings Smart Michael Cray, Barton house,

Barton road Loney Ralph Edward :M.B. North ho. Barton road

Davies Rev. WilIiam (Congregational), High street Stehpens B('n. Cotteswold cot. OIdbury

.Avondale, Barton road ~.llvern William John, High stl'eet Stephens Nathaniel Benj. 41 High st

Denley Thomas E. Barton street Mantle, Mrs. 47 Barton street Stephens Rc~'Uben, Church stre-et

Devereux ~Irs. Helen, Hereford house Martin Francis O. High street Sweet ~Lrs. Rope walk

Dever-eux Norman B.A.Hereford house "II'ar ~Ufred, Barton street ITaylor Swinbm, Rope walk
Devereux William Charles 1LA.. 1\orth MayaU Samuel Chas. 23 Barton street-f Thomas ~lir-s. 72 HigQ. street

house, High street :Merrell William He'lll'y, 51 High street I Tol:ey Thomas, Barton street

Dickson )frs. 2 Glouc.ester row ::\f'lner Thomas B. 4 High stre-et Turner Arthur FoweU, ChuTch S'tre,et

Dow&well Charre~. 122 High street :Yloody Charles William R. II Glou~ Turner James, Pembridge ho. High st

Durham Mrs. 3 The Crescent cester row Tysoe. Congreve J. 19 Church street

Evans Jabez, Cotteswold terrace )Ioody Frank Ed,ward Richards, 21 WaIlis William, Lillycroft. house

}<~elm Rev. 'I110mas William (Catholic), High street White M'rs. I Westgro. viIs. Barton I'd

~Iythe road MaDre Cecil Charles, Sherford house, Wilkinson Rev. Thos. (Bapt.), High st

Firkins Miss, 28 Church street Church stree-t Williams Frank Henry, 3 Barton ter

Fluck Miss, I Barton villas' :Moore Clement. .Avonside Williams Joseph, The Cross

Foll Haiti! Edward, Femegrove, The :Maore Ernest William, High street '''itts Miss, 29 Church street

~Iythe :Mame, Frederick, Riverside, Church st Young Edwin, sen. Barton road

COMMERCIAL. .Arnold Perrett &; Co. Limited, brewers, wine &; spirit

Acton Thomas Henry, baker, 82 High street merchants &. aerated water manufacturers, High street

Aider William Henry, grocer, 10 Church street Ashley Edwin John, furniture dealer, 153 High street, &i

AlIard lloseph Higginson M.R.C.S.Eng., L.R.C.P.Edin. builder, St. Mary's lane

• surgeon, medical officer of health for the borough, &; Askwith Edward Baughen, wakh maker, 82 Barton sf..

medical officer & public vaccinator, Forthampton &. Attwood' Charles, wheelwright, Chance street

Tewkesbury districts &; medical officer to Workhouse, Badham Harry .AIpxander (firm, Brookes &; Badham),

Church street solicitor &; commissioner to administer oaths, town

AlIen Brothers, grocers, 2 Church street clerk, clerk to borough magistrates, the .Ashchurch,
AlIen Hannah (Mrs.), laundress, Barbers garden Bishops Cleeve, Elmstone, and Hardwick, Bredon~

AlIitt Sergeant-Major Edwin, drill instructor Gloucester Boddington, Twynillg &; St<Jke Orchard school boards &;

Yeomanry Ca.valry, Fairfield villa, Chance street clerk to the guardians & 8.$sessment &; sc-hool attend..

Anderson Tom, coal merchant, East street ance committees & superintendent registrar of Tewkes.,

Andrews William, basket maker, Mythe bury union, High street

328 TEWKESBCRY. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Baker Alfred, manager of Lechmere &; CO.'s Bank, 19 Croome Evelyn Robert Hayle, land agent &; surveyor,

High street Church street

Baker William, coffee rooms, II9 High street Crouch Charles, grocer & baker, 35 High street

Ball Christophep, hay dealer, Upper Lode CUll Edwin, surgeon dentist,s High st.;. attends here wed

Bannister William George, sacristan & verger of Te"Wkes. Dauncey Mary (Mrs.), Anchor P.H. High street

bury abbey, 5 Gloucester row Davis Thomas Ward, tailor, 82 Church street

Barlow George Robttrt. chemist &; dentist, 137 High st Davis William, hosier, &; school attendance officer for

Barnes Thomas Elton, waterman, Station street Tewkesbury Borongh school attendance committee &;

Barsanti Palmiro, wholesale & retail confectnr.9 Church st Ashchurch &; Twyning School Boards, 70 Barton street

Bassett Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 61 Barton street Day George, builders' foreman, Rope walk, Chance street

Bath Samuel, organist of Tewkesbury abbey, Tudor Dee William Henry, beer retailer & shopkpr'7 Church st

house, High street Denley Thomas Ernest, builder, East street

Bathurst Charles, boat, canoe &; steam launch builder; Devereux Norman RA.Camb., M.R.C.S.Eng., L.R.C.P.

steam launches & pleasure boats for sale or hire, Avon Lond. surgeon, Hereford house

boat building works Devereux William Charles, M.A., M.B., RC., M.R.C.S.

Batty James, wardrobe dealer, 48 High street Eng. surgeon, North house, High street

Bayliss &; Merrell, wine mers.& brewers,Distillery,High st Dickinson James, shopkeeper, 78 High street

Bayliss J oseph, dairyman, Hnghes alley, Barton street Dispensary (J. H . .Allard M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Edin.

Beale Caroline (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 26 High street & W. C. Devereux M.A., M.R, B.C., M.R.C.S. Eng.
Bedford Henry, grocer, 85 High street
medical officers; attendance at their surgeries; w.

Bennett Frank, baker & confectioner, 17 Barton street North,hon. 'sec. & treasurer)

Berry W. J. fishmonger, The Cro&S Dobell John & Co. wine &; spirit merchants 12 &; 13, &;

Bircbley Samuel T. dentist, 136 High st. (wednesdays) retail department 30, High street

BirchIey William, hair dresser, 19 Barton street • Downing George & William E. maltsters, Station street

Bishop Charlotte & Mary Ann (Misses), hosiery makers, Driscoll Norah (Mrs.), grocer, 74 Barton street

7I High street Dudley James, farmer, Lincolns Green farm

Bishop & Son, bntchers, 16 High street Durrant Thomas, shoe maker, The Cross

Bishop George, shopkeeper, 83 High street Dyson William, farmer, Rudgeway

Bishop Henry, farmer, The Mythe Ea~tmans Limited, butchers, 3 Barton street

Bloxham William, butcher 18 Church street Edgwick Edwin WaIter Fairfield, coal &; salt merchant,

Boroughs Charles, waiter & apartments, 80 Church street Midland railway &; Albion coal wharf

Bosley Edward, farm bailiff to William Grafton Healing Edwards Goorge, beer retailer, Station street

esq. Southwick Edwards Stephen, general dealer, 2 Barton street

Bought0n Charles Edward H. solicitor, 39 High street Ellary Eliza (Mrs.), confectioner, 151 High street

Boughton Waiter Thomas, clothier, 84 Barton street Ernes Joseph, insurance agent, 84 High street

Bowles George Inkerman, grocer, 6 High street Enoch Abl'aham, chemist & druggist, 124 High street

Bradford William, beer retailer, 129 High street Finch David, Odessa inn, Southwick

Brick William John, lessee of public weighing machine Fiunigan Daniel Henry, grocer, 43 High street

. &; boot maker, High street Fire Brigade (W. H. Gray, capt.), Engine station, Sun !It.

Bridge William James, Farriers' Arms P.R. 87 Church .st Fluck Catherine (Mrs.), milliner &:; dress ma. 12 Barton st

Bridle Frederick William, Plough inn, Barton street Fluck Richard & Son, corn merchants, High ,street

Briginshaw &; Co. corn dealer, 28 High street Fouracre Robert William, Hop Pole Royal hotel,Church st

Broad John, plumber, 90 High street Fowler William Chandler, grocer; agent for W. & A.

Brookes & Badham, solicitors, High street Gilbey Lim. wine & spirit merchant-s, 135 High street

Brookes Edwin, boot & shoe maker, 60 Barton street Frost Mary (Miss), private school, 27 High street

Browett & Co. printers & booksellers, 8 High street Gannaway Samuel Turner, builder's foreman, 2 Cottes-

Brown :Frederick James, solicitor & registrar of county wold buildings

court, & clerk of the peace for the borough, Church st Gardner William J ames, printer &; stationer & proprietor

Capital &; Counties Bank Limited (branch) (Charles Robt. of "Tewkesbury 'Weekly Record," & agent for Sutton

Creese, manager), Church street; draw on head office, & Co. carriers, 7 Barton street

39 Threadneedle street, London E C George Elizh. (Mrs.), postmistress, Post office, Church st.

Cemetery (F. Moore, clerk to the burial board; W. H. Gillett Arthur, Nelson inn, Barton street

Gray, supt.), High street, (William Haines, sexton), Gloucester C<l-operative & Industrial Society Lim. (John

Cemetery lodge Mayna,rd, local manager), u4 High ,street

Chandler Ralph, accountant, assistant overseer, collector Gloucester Liberal Benefit Society (Tewkesbury Branch)

of poor's rates, secretary to the Gas Co. & the hospital, (Samuel J ames Osborne, sec.), 123 High street

Warwick house, Church street Gloucester (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars) Yeomanry

Chandler Sarah (Miss), .shopkeeper, 69 Church street Cavalry (Tewkesbury Troop B Squadron, Hon. Maj.

Cheshire James, shopkeeper, 29 Barton street C. H. Palairet, commanding troop & squadron; H.

Chinneck Geo. P. inland revenue officer, Mount Pleasant, :Kellar, troop quartermaster; Squadron Sergt.-Maj.

Barton road Edwin Allitt, drill instructor)

Church of England High School for Girls (Miss Godfrey Francis William, builder &; contractor, see

Margaret Hunt, head mistress), Avonbrook Colling & Godfrey

Clarke Edith Mary (Miss), restaurant, York house, 136 Gopsil, Brown & Sons Lim. sack contractors, Quay street

High street Goode Samuel, shopkeeper, 60 Church ·street

Clarke Flora (Miss), dress maker, 84 Church street Goodwin Annie ~I.(Miss), earthenware dealer,65 Barton sb
Cleal Richard, greengrocer, I Barton street
Grammar School (John M{)rgan L.C.P.master),Church lit

Clifford George, grocer, I Church street Gray William Harrison surveyor &; land agent, borough

Coleman James G. draper & outfitter, II & 140 High street surveyor, inspector of nuisances & inspector of common

Collins & Godfrey, builders & contractors, The Cross; lodging houses, &; collector of the water rate,64 High sf;

& at Grosvenor street, Cheltenham Green Herbert, shopheeper & carrier, Oldbury

Collins Thos. builder &; contractor, see Collins & Godfrey Green Richard, jun. shopkeeper, 88 High street

Compton Jesse, shopkeeper, Oldbury Green Thomas, farmer, Cowpen farm

Compton Theophilus, cabinet maker, 77 Barton street Grubb Diana (Miss), Albion inn, Oldbury

Cook Benjamin, florist, Church street Gyngell William, mechanical engineer & cycle agent, 62

Cosier Reuben, shopkeeper, Oldbury Barton street

County Court (Frederick James Brown, registrar; Fredk. Haines William, abbey sexton, Cemetery lodge

Moore, high bailiff); office, Church street Hall .Tohn, beer retailer, 45 High street

County Police Station (Miles John Lane, serl.{eant) Handley Sam, ironmonger, see King &; Handley

Court William H. H. manager, W. H. Smith & Son, Harper Edward, butcher,s Church street

booksellers &c. Railway station Harris Charles & Son, plumbers &c. IS High street

Coutts &; Howell, plumbers & painters, Barton street Hawker John, boat prDprietor, Quay street

Coutts Frank, plumber & painter, 24 Barton -street Hawkins Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Nelson street

Coutts FrederiC'k, plumber, see Coutts &; HoweII Hawley &; Son, gTocers, 93 Church street

Cox Caroline (Miss), dress maker, 67 Barton street Hawley William Edward, deputy registrar of births, deaths

Creese Charles Robert, manager of the Capital &; Counties & marriages for Tewkesbury union, 93 Church street

Bank Limited, Church street Hayward & Sons, ironmongers, 12.~ High street

Creese John William, farmer, Gubshill Hayward Thomas &; Son, boot & shoe makers,IIS High sb

Crisp Catherine (Mrs.), Barrel P.H. Hig-h street Hayward William Evans, china, glass & earthenware

CroC'kett William, farrier, u6 High street, & beer retailer, warehouse. 126 Hig-h street

Happy Return, 91 High street Healey Sarah Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 21 Barton street

Croft Harriet (Mrs.), dress maker, Oldbury Healing Saml. & Sons, steam millers, Borough fl(}ur mills

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Heath Arthur, haulier, Ea~t street Moores & Romney, solicitors, 69 High street

Heath Elizabeth (Mrs.), baker, 130 High street Moore Ernest William, solicitor, High street

Heath Samuel, shopkeeper, 80 Barton street Moore Frederick (firm, Moores & Romney), ,solicitor &;

Hewitt & Son, bill posters, Barton street commissioner to adminster oaths, high bailiff of county

Hewitt Harry, picture frame maker, 62 Barton street court & clerk to Longden &; Eldersfield drainage board,

Hewlett William, Shopkeeper, Chance street to the burial board, to 1:he trustees of Terret's charity,

Hodges Charles, shopkeeper, .go Ohurch street to the trustees of Tewkesbury commons & clerk to the

Holder James' &; Co. corn merchants, Quay &I manufac- commissioner of taxes for the Tewkesbury .Borough &;

turers <Jf agricultural manures, St. Mary's works TewkeSlbury Lower divisions, &; deputy coroner for the

Holder Joseph Samuel, tailor, 107 High street Tewkesbury district of Gloucestershire & Worcester.

Holland Richard, boot ~ shoe maker, 47 High ·street shire, 69 High street

Holman Harriet (Miss), dreu maker, 16 Church .street Moore Neville G. solicitor, High street

Holy Trinity Parochial "Home Words" (Browett &I Co. Moore Wm. Samuel, insurance agent, 42 Church street

publishers); published monthly, High street M'orgaIll John L.C.P. grammar school, & collector of

Homer Agnes (Mrs.), Ye Olde Blacke Beare P.H. High st government taxes & clerk to Charity trustees, The Cross

Hone George, auctioneer, valuer, house &; estate agent, Morris Oharles, commercial tra,veller, 3 Cotteswold bldgs

21 High street; &; at Cheltenham Morris George Edward, White Lion P.H. Barton street

Hop Pole Royal hotel (RDbert William Fouracre, propr.); Morris James, greengrocer, 34 Barton street

head quarters Tewkesbury Angling Association &; C.T.C. Moss Daniel, bicycle maker, Barton street

Church street Moss Matthew, sergeant drill-instructor Volunteer Bat.

Hopkins Frederick, boot &; shoe maker, 10 Barton street talion (D Co.), 6 Gloucester row

Hopkins Henry, boot &; shoe repairer, $6 Barton street Neale Frank, tobacconist &; hair dresser, 1$4 High 'street

Hopkins ,Tames, seedsman, fruiterer & greengrocer, 96 New Charles, hay & coal merchant, Oldbury

Church street Newman Henry, shopkeeper, 49 High street

Horton James, general outfitter, 1,2 &; 1$2 High street North William, bookseller, stationer & printer, publisher

Hosgood Sebastian, solicitor, see Brookes & Badham of the "Tewkesbury Register." &; stamp distributor,

Howell George Potter, plumber, see Coutts & Howell 139 High street

Howell John William, builder, East ,street Nutting William, shoe maker, 63 Church street

Howell Thomas, nurseryman, Oldbury O'Brien Michael, black'smith, Oldbury

Hyde Elizabeth (Mrs.), wardrobe dealer, Newland place, Osborne Elizabeth (Miss), dress maker, 68 Church street

Barton road Osborne Samuel James, cycle agent, 123 High street

Insall Edwin, boot &; shoe maker, 79 Church street Palmer Arthur, watch maker, The Cross

.Tackson J{)hn, grocer, 30 Barlon 'street Papps .Tohn Humphreys, draper, High ,street

James Harriet (Mrs.), fancy repository, 106 Church st Pardoe Thomas, shopkeeper, Oldbury

James John, boot maker, 60 High street Parker Charles, White Bear P.H. Bredon road

James Ralph, Duke of York P.H. Barlon 'street Parker William M. hair dresser &; umbrella maker, II7

Jellyman Elizabeth (Miss), tobacconist &; rope &; twine &; II8 Hig-h street

manufacturer, 14 High street Parker William W. painter, 20 Church street

Jennings James, engineer, Barton road Parsons He.nry, builder's foreman, Cotteswold buildings

Jeynes Wm. brick maker, Oldbury; work'!!, Upper Lode Paxman Francis Frederick, watch maker, 141 High street

.Johnson Annie (Mrs.), boot & shoe maker, 83 Barton st Payne William, basket maker, Cork's hill

Jones Ellen (Mrs.), greengrocer, 89 High street Peacey Raynor, tailor, 72 Church street

Jones Henry Austin, baker &; confectioner, 40 Church st Pearce Waiter, Conseuative registration agent, 70 High sb

Jones Lemuel, linen & fancy draper,133,134 & 128 High st Pearman Thomas (Mrs.), plut.lber, 113 High street

Jordan Thomas, shopkeeper, Oldbury Pendry Waiter, insurance agent

Joyner Charles Henry, beer retailer, 39 Church -street Philharmonic Hall (Gray & Watson, proprs.), Barton st

Keen Roger, farmer, Park farm Pike Pen-stone Am'on, Swan hotel, High street

Kendall Bernard B. insurance agent, High street Pitts Artless, coal dealer, St. Mary's lane

Key Charles, butcher, 37 Church ,street Pope John W. Wheatsheaf P.H, High street

Key Sarah Ann (~[rs.). pork butcher, 38 High ,street Potter WiUiam, George, general dealer, II Barton street

Key Lewington, pork butcher, III High street Preston James George, tailor, 54 High street

King &; Handley, ironmongers, 9, 148 &; 149 High street Priestley Joseph Edward B.A.gentlemen's boarding school,

Kininmonth Kate & Theresa (Misse.s), fancy rep.s High sb Abbey house

Knight Charles, saddler & harness maker, 48 Church st Pullin Frederick John, King's Head: P.H. Barlon street

Lawler Agnes (Miss), stationer, 148. High street Pullin Edwin, butcher, 16 Barton street

Lawrence Wm.&; Son,earthenware dlrs.91 &; 92 Church sb Raynsford Thomas, greengrocer, 29 High street

Lechmere, Isaac, Martin & Co. bankers (established! 1792) Reynolds Sam!' John, saddler & harness ma. $0 High st

(Alfred Baker, manager), 19 High street; draw on Rice Flizabeth (Miss), ladies' school, 53 High street

Rooar!!!, Lllbbock &; Co. London EO Rice William & Co. corn merchants, Quay

Ledger Sarah Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 35 Barton street Richardsons Stores Lim. (Fredk. Fry, manager), grocery

Lewis John Edmund, shopkeeper, 24 &; 25 Church street & provisions, Barton street

Lewis John Michael RDbinson, 'beer retailer, 109 High st Rix Archibald, registrar of births, deaths & marriages

Lewis ",Villiam, shopkeeper, 88a, Church street for Tewkesbury union, & relieving officer for the union

Liston WaIter Lawrence M.D., M.R.C.S.Eng. see Turner & collector to the guardians, 8 Gloucester row

&; Liston Roberts Alfred, milliner, 22 Church street

London (The) Tea Co. tea. dealers &; grocers, The Cross Roberts Wm. Hy. &; Albert Edward, bakel's, 112 High st

Loney Ralph Edward M.B., C.M. surgeon, North house, Roberts John Goddard, dairyman, Oldbury

High street Rogers John, ironmonger, 66 Barton street

McCartney Hugh M.R.C.V.S. vet. surgeon, Church st Rowley George, baker, 6 Church street

Macdonald Arthur. fishmonger, 72 Barton street Rural Hospital (William Charles Devereux M.A., M.B.,

McKey Florence (Miss), fruiterer &c. 127 High street B.C. surgeon; Rev. H. A. Sheringham M.A. chaplain;

Malvern William John M.R.C.V.S. veterinary surgeon, Ralph Chandler, sec. & treas.; Miss Margaret Gibbons,

High street matron), Oldbury

Manning Eleanor (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 66 Church street Ryland George, blarksmith, 76 Barton street

Mantle William Cartwright, insurance agent, 47 Barton st Rymer Hannah (Mrs.), farmer, Gubs'hill farm

Martin Francis Charles, corn, cake, seed, meal, manure, Sallis Charles, Tracey Arm~ P.H. Barton street

hay & straw.IIlerchant, High street Saunders ",Villiam, grocer, 104 &; 10$ High street

Masonic Lodge" St.. George" No. 900 (Daniel Chandler, Seales & Sons, boot & shoe makers, 2$ High street

sec.), Church street Sellors Blanchard Fredk. chemist & druggist, 147 High sb

Mayall Bros. carpenters, East street Shepherd George A. fishmonger, Market ,street

Mellor Charles, earthenware & furniture dealer, 25 &; 26 Sheward James, carriage manufacturer, 101 High street

Barton street Simkins Samuel, insurance agent, Oldbury

Mellows Charles, saddler &; harness maker, 17 High street Simmons Charles Henry, station master, Midland rail-

MerreU Wm. Hy. wine merchant, ,see Bayliss &; Merrell 'Way, Station street

Milner Thomas B. & Co. ironmongers, cutlers, gunsmiths, Singer The Manufacturing Co. Limited (William Hughes,

gas range & water fitters, makers of the prize medal local agent), 76 High street

XL.A.LL, hay elevat<Jr, sheep troughs &; racks, cattle Skinner George, shopkeeper, 56 High street

Icribs &c.; agents for cycles; all kinds of machinery, Smith W. H. & Son, booksellers &c. (Wm. H. H. Court,
3 &; 4 High street; works, Tolsey lane manager), Railway station

Moody &; Son, plumbers, 64 Church street Smith Charles E. George P.H. High street

Moore &; Sons, auctioneers, appraisers, estate agents &; I Smith Edward Thomas, farmer, Mythe

agts. to the Royal Life &; Fire Insurance Co. High st 1.. Smith William, boot maker, 86 Church street

330 TEWKESBURY. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Smith William, dairyman, 87 High street ances to rural sanitary authority & school attendance

Stephens Nathaniel Benjamin, corn dealer, 41 High street officer, Church street

Stroud Louis Lecomte A.P.S. dispensing chemist, 131 Turner George, beer retailer, 50 Church street

High street Tysoe Congreve John, grocer, .'i Barton street

Surl Mary (Mrs.), tinp~ate worker, 23 High street Crhan District Council 1Veighing Machine (William John

Sutton & OJ. carriers (W. J. Gardner, agent), Record Brick, lessee), High street

office, Barton street . Vere William J ahn, sub-bailiff to County Court; res.

Sweet B. & Son, carpenters, Oldbury Barton road

Sweet Fanny (Mrs.), registry office for servants,58 High st YGlunteer Battalion (2nd) Gloucestershire Regiment (D

'l'aylor Edwin Thomas, monumental mason, 9 Barton st Co. George Bannister, captain & regimental instructor

Tewkesbury Angling Association (Ra-bt. Wm. ~Fouracre, of musketry; Sergt. Matthew Moss, drill instructor),

hon. sec. & treas. Hop 1'ole Royal hotel, Ohurch street Armoury, Gloucester row

Tewkesbury Coffee House Co. Limited (Walt-er Thomas Wakefield George, shopkeeper, Oldbury

Boughton. sec.), The Cros;; Walker John, coal merchant, Oldbury

Tewkesbury & District Permanent Benefit Building Society Walker Joseph, coal & hay dealer, Back of Avon

(W. T. Boughton, sec.), 841 Barton street Walker Thomas, coal & hay dealer, Back of Avon

Tewkesbury Engineering Co. (Cecil lV. Jones, manager), Walker Thomas, engineer, Oldbury works
1-Vater Works (Joseph Hall a.E. (Cheltenham), engineer;
10+ High street

Tewkesbury Gas Co. Lim. (Henry Freeman, manager;. Josiah Wathen, caretaker), My the road

Ralph Chandler, sec.), works, Oldbury street Watkins Mana (:Mrs.), shopkeeper, East street

Tewkesbmy Lodge of the Gloucester Conservative Benefit Watts William Henry, builders' foreman, Mount Pleasant,

Society (J. H. Allard l\I.R.G.S. Eng. surgeon; Walter Barton road

Darbyshire, sec.), High street '''atson George, borough accountant, High street

Tewkesbury Manufacturing CQ. (\Valter Jackson, propr.), Watson George, linen &, woollen draper, silk mercer,

linen, collar & front makers, Church street 'haberda,sher, hosier, glover, laceman & dress & mant!e

',l'ewkesbury Parochial Magazine (William North, printer maker, 142 & 143 High street

& publisher; published monthly), High street Watson George, shopkeeper, 75 Barton street

Tewkesbury (The) Philharmonic Society (W. H. Hayward, Watt on Edward, Bell hotel, Church street

sec.; Geo. Watson, hon. cOll-ductor), The Philharmonic \Vebb Thomas, beer retailer, 57 High street

Hall, Barton street Whale Alfred Irvine. engineer & insurance agent, 75

Tewkesbury Register (William North, printer &; pub- Church street

lisher; published saturday), High street ""hite Mary (Miss), dress maker, 18 Barton street

Tewkesbury (The) Science & Art Oass Rooms (Chas, R. Whitehead Emma (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 53 Church street

Creese, chairman; WaIter Darbyshire, hon. sec.), The Willi:es Charles James, hosier, 108, High street

Oldbury Wilkes James, greengrocer, 8I Barton street

Tewkesbury (The) United Temperance Society (Henry Wilkins William Henry, baker & grocer

Hulbert, sec.), Tolsey hall Wilkinson Samuel, shopkeeper, Oldbury

ITewkesbury Weekly Record (William James Gardner. pro- Williams Joseph, linen & woollen draper, silk mercer,
prietor, published friday); 7 Barion street undertaker, hosier, glover, shirt maker tailor & hatter.

Thornbury Elizabeth (Mrs.), Royal Oak P.H. Quay street 100 & 101 'fhe Cross

Thorne Ernest Charles, coal dealer, Oldbury road Willis & SOh, confectioners. Prince Edward house, 102

Tow James, hair dresser, 8 Church street Church street

Town Club (Rev. Arthur James .Maclean, pres.; Fredk.,1 Willis Elizabeth Ann (MrSJ.), butcher. 78 Barton street

Moore, vice pres. ; Richard Willis, hon. sec.), Church st Wimsett John, tobacconist, 24 High street

Town Hall (Frank Keale, hall keeper), High ..street Working :Men's Oub- (Wm. Mantle, hon. sec.), High st

Townley Nelson 'fhomas, town crier, 44 Church .street Yarnall Elizabeth (Mrs.), private ·school, Nelson street

Turner & Liston, surgeons, Ohurch street Yarnall George Henry, furniture dealer, 6 Barton street

Turner Arthur Fowell L.R.C.P. & S.Edin. (firm, Turner Young Men s Christian Association (J. T. Brotheridge.

& Liston), surgeon, & medical officer & public vaccina- hon. sec.), Tolsey hall, Tolsey lane

tor Deerhurst district; & medical officer of health to Young'Vomen's Christian Association (Miss !\ew, hon.

Ithe Rural District Council & certifying factory surgeon, sec.), Barton .street
Church street Young Edwin, builder, 9 East street

Turner Frederick R. photographer & inspector of nuis- Young Sarah Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Station street

THORNBURY is a parish. market and union town, 800 sittings. The register, including early entries re·
and formerly a municipal boroug-h, and is the terminus of lating to Falfield and Oldbury-on-Severn, dates from the
a branch from Yate of the Midland railway, 24 miles ye3r I550' The living is a vicarage, net yearly value
south-south-west from Gloucester, II north from Bristol, £33I, with 3 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of
18 north-west from Bath, 29 &Outh-west from Cheltenham Christ Church, Oxford, and held since 1897 by the Rev.
and 1I8 from London; it is the head of a county court Alexander Nairne Scott M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford.
district and petty sessional division, giving name to the There is a Baptist chapel in St. John street, erected in
hundred, in the lower division of which it is situated, 1828 and seating 200 persons; a Congregational chapel,
and in the Southern division of the county, rural deanery in Chapel street, built in 1826, with 400 sittings; a Wes-
of Dursley, and archdeaconry and diocese i)f Gloucester. leyan chapel, in High street, built in 1878, with sittings
The corporation, consisting of a mayor and twelve alder- for 300, and a Baptist chapel in Lower Moreton, built in
men, but with no municipal authority, has become ex- I834, and seating 200 persons. In 1808 Kingsmill Grove,
tinct under the provisions of the Municipal -Corporations of the borough {)f Thornbury, gentleman. gave to certain
.Act, 1883 (46 and 47 Vict. c. 18), and its income is de- trustees the sum of £500 upon trust to pay the annual
voted to charitable uses and the maintenance of certain dividends to a clergyman of the Church of England, as
property hereafter specified. The town is lighted with lecturer for reading prayers and. preaching a sermon once
gas by a company from works in Ba.ck Church lane, and every Sunday in the year in the parish church: the income
is partially supplied with water from a reservoir at Groves- consists of the dividend on £661 Consols. The present
end, the property of the Midland Railway Company, and managing trustees of this charity are W. O. Maclaine
from local wells; the town is under the control of the esq. O. E. ThuTston esq. and H. H. Lloyd esq. In 1888,

Rural District Council. The church of St. l\Iary is a Handel Cossham esq. M.P. (d. 1890), presented to the
building of stone, wholly in the 'Early Perpendicular st) le, town the building called Cossham Hall, which is used for

and consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave of six bays, concerts and lectures, and will accommodate about 500
aisles, chapels, south porch and a lofty western tower, persons; it was originally built in 1789, as a Wesleyan
with elegant pierced and embattled parapet and canopied chapel, and enlarged in 1835. A market for the sale of

pinnacles, and containing a clack and 8 bells: the chancel cattle, sheep, pigs and cheese is held here the second Wed-

l'etains a piscina and sedilia, and there is a piscina and a nesday in each month, and the Thornbury and District

recessed tomb in the south chapel: in the chancel is a Horticultural Society holds a show annually In August.

memorial window, erected in 1846, to Edward, 9th Duke The almshouses, in Back street, founded in the 16th cen-

of Norfolk, d. 20 Sept. 1777, and there are other memorial tury by Sir John Stafford, are for six aged women. The
windows to Henry Howard, of Greystoke Castle, Cum- income is derived from the dividends QU £IOB 4s. 4d.
berland, and Thornbnry Castle, d. 7 Jan. I875; Lieut. Consols, an annuity of £10 on land at the Hackett, and

Hector, son of W. O. Maclaine esq. of Kynet-on, killed at the rent of a small garden at Thornbury. There was for-

Candahar in 1880; 1Villiam Vawdrey, of Moretc}ll Grange; merlv a "Free School" here with an inC()me of about
and to Joseph Young Sturge, for 26 years churchwarden £100" yearly, derived partly from property left bv Mr.

here: the east window and several others are also filled Atwell, consisting of an estate at Itchington, near Thorn-
with stained glass: -over the porch is a sun dial: the bury, and a small one at L1anvihan~el, Monmouthshire,
t-ower was restored in 1889, at a cost of £988: there are and' from the interest on £200 at about £5 per cent. This

DIRECTORY.] GLOUCESTERSHIRE. TBORXHCRY. S31

charity, by a scheme of the Charity C-ommissioners, dated his lordship of Thornbury; but who afterwards, through
the enmity of Wolsey. was attainted and executed on
in 1879, is now amalgama ted with several others, and the Tower Hill, r7th May. 1521, for high treason: the late
whole annual income, amounting to about '£174, is applied Henry Howard esg. father of the present proprietor, into
to the maintenance of the Grammar School, under the whose possession the castle and> manor came in 1824, re-
management of a board of governors. The charities for- stored the buildings and considerably improved the pm-
merly vested in and under the management of the corpora- perty: on the front of the Gate house is the following in-
tion, are now vested in trustees, under a scheme of the scription :-" This gate was begon in the yere of Owre
Charity Oommissioners, and include the following: A Lorde Gode I5II, the 2 yere 'Of the Reyne of Kynge Henri
Jliece of ground called "Daggs." eight dwelling houses the VIII. by me Edw. Duc of Bukkyngham, Erie of
and an orchard, given to the poor of the borough of Thorn- Herfode. Stafforde and Northampto." Thornbury Parks
bury in 1508 by John Slimbridge. .An annuity of 17s. 4d. is the seat of the Hon. Robert William Henry Rodney
given to the poor of Thornbury in 1590 by John White
out of house pl'opert.y therein; an annuity of 3s. 4d. given J.P. and the property 'Of Mrs. F. M. Newman, of Chel-

in 1594 by Catheril1e Rippe; an annuity of .£"2 I2S. given tenham; the estate and other lands were granted by King
in 1620 by John Hilpe, and an annuity of Ss. yearly, for Charles H. to Sir Richard Newman, ancestor of the pre-
the poor of Thornbury, given in 1673 by John Jones: sent owner, for bravery at the battle of Worcester. Edwd.
Cllri8tiana Morse and Ciceley Harwood also gave £20 Stafford Howard esg. who is lord of the manor, Sir George
each to the poor: these gifts appear to have been expended Banks Jenkinson bart. of Eastwood Park. Falfield, Mrs.
in 1735 in improving John Slimbridge's gift. The income F. M. Newman, of Cheltenham, and William Osborne
of the late corporation of Thornbury, amounting to about ~Iaclaine esq. of Kyneton, are the principal landowners.
£100 yearly, is either spent in gifts of clothes to poor The area is 4,482 acres of land; rateable value, £14,340;
people on Christmas Day in each year. or in the main- the population in 189'1 was 4,152 in the parish. including
tenance of the trust property; there are in addition two 11 officers and 85 inmates in the workhouse, and 3,918 in
almshouses in the Back street. Other charities are de- the town, of which 2,671 are attached to the parish church.
rived from bequests of £20 yearly left by William Stephens
in 1723 and distributed in cash: six guineas yearly left KI~GTON is a tithing, adjoining the town to the west,
by Colonel Olney in 1839 and given in coals and blankets;
and £5 lOS. yearly left by Miss Slade. Thornbury Castle, and MORETOX tithing adjoins on the east.
a magnificent but incomplete structure in the Late Per-
pendicular style. is the seat of Edward Stafford Howard OLDBURY-l'PON-SEVER~and FALFIELD are now
esq. RA., DoL., J.P.; it was erected in 1511 by Edward
(Stafford) 3rd Duke of Buckingham, who received license civil parish~s.
from Henry VIII. in 1510-I!, to imparl!: 1,000 acres within
RANGEWORTHY CHAPELRY is distinct from Thorn-
bury and will be found under a separate heading.

Parish Clerk, Henry Josiah Thurston. Castle street.

OFFICIA.L ESTABLISHMENTS, LOCAL INSTITUTIONS &c.

Post, M. O. & T. 0., T. M. 0., S. R, Express Delivery', mSTRICT IDGHWA.Y BOARD.
Parcel Post & Insurance & Annuity Office (Railway Sub-
Office. Letters should have R.S.O. Gloucestershire Meets at the Swan hotel, Thornbury, monthly, friday at
added).-Henry Robbins, postmaster. Letters arrive 2.30 p.m.

at 7 a.m. & 3.15 p.m.; dispatched at 10 a.m. & 4.3°, 6 Clerk, Henry Hume Uoyd, The Plain
Tre:llmrer, Edward Harwood, The Bank, Thornbury
& 7 p.m Surveyor, Thomas Young, St. John street
Wall Ll'tter Boxes. Castle street, cleared 9.30 a.m. &, 5.40
PUBLIO ESTABLISHME~TS.
p.m.; Kington, cleared 8.30 a.m. & 5.20 p.m.; Groves-
end, cleared 8.30 a.m. &, 4 p.m.; Lower Moreton, cleared County Court, His Honor Arthur Beecher Ellicott RA.
80 30 a.m. & 5.30 p.m.; &, Crossways, cleared 8.30 a.m. judge; Henry Hume Lloyd, registrar &> high bailiff;
& 5.15 p.m George Henry Exell, bailiff. The Court is held a~ the
Petty Sessional Court house (days fixed by the judge;
COUNTY MA.GISTRATES FOR'THORNBURY PETTY six courts during the year). The following is a li8t of
SESSIONAL DIVISION. the places within the juriSdiction of the county court: .
Almondsbury, .Alveston, Amt, Awkley, Badden Hill.
The Chairman is appointed at each sitting. Buckover, Cr,ossways, Compton, Cowhill, Cribbs Cause..
way, Eastwood, Earthcott, Elberton, Falfield, Fernhill.
Jenkinson Bir George Banks bart. Easfwood park, Fal- Gillingstool. Greditch, Grovesend, Gaunts Earthoott,
Hackett, Haw lane, Hazle, Hempton Hortham, Inst,
field R.S.O Itchington, Kington, Littleton, Marsh Comm<ln. Mil-
bury Heath, Moreton, Mumbleys, Newton, Northwick,
Rodney Hon. Robt.Wm. Hy. The Parks, Thornbury R S.O Old Down, Oldbury, Oldbury Naite. Olveston, Over,
Patchway, Pilning, Rangeworthy, Redham; Redwick,
Brown Wi!liam Henry esq. Grosvenor ho. .Alvest{)n RS.O Rockhampton, Rudgway, Shepherdine,Stroud Common.
Sundays Hill, Stidcott, Thornbury, Tockington, Tyther-
Cullimore William esq. Moreton house, Thornbury R.S.O ington, Whitfield, Woodhouse Down & Woodlands

Fust Herbert Jenner esq. LL.D. Hill court, Falfield R.SoO For Bankruptcy purposes this Court is included in that.

Fust Herbt.Jenner, jun.esq. ~I.A.Hill court,Falfield R S. 0 of Bristol; E. G. Clarke, Inland Revenue office, Bald-

Hardwicke Hardwicke Lloyd esq. The Grange, Tythering- win street, Bristol, official receiver
Certified Bailiff under the" Law of Distress Amendment
ton, Falfield R. S. 0 ,
Act," George Henry Exell, Thornbury
Harford William Alfred esg. Oldown, Olveston• .Almonds- County Police Station, built 1860. High street, Roben

bury R.SoO . Clark, sergeant, &, 2 constables
Inland Revenue Office, Swan hotel, WaIter Emery. officer
Harford Wm.Hy.esq.Oldown,Olveston,.Almondsbury RS.O Stafford Almshouses, St. Mary's street
Stamp Office, Post Office, High street
Rarwood Edward esq. Woodhouse, Tockington. Almonds-
THOR~BURY UNION.
bury R.S.O
The Union comprises the following parishes :-Alkington..
Roward Edward Stafford esq. B.A., D.L. The Castle, .Almondshury, _.Alveston, Aust, Berkeley, Breadstone,
Charfield, Cromhall A.bbotts. Elberton, Falfield, Ham &>
Thornbury R S. 0 Stone, Hamfallow, Hill. Hinton, Littleton-upon·Se.vern,
Northwick "With Redwick, Oldbury-on-Severn, Olveston.
Maclaine Wm.Osborne esq.M.A..,D.LoKyneton, Thornbury Rangeworthy. Rockhampton, Thornbury, 'f{)rtworth &
Tytheringoon. The population of the union in 18g1 was
Master Thomas 'Villiam Chester esq. Knole park, 16,765; area, 56,300 acres; rateable value in 1897,

Almondsbury RoS.O £145,499-
Board day every alternate friday, at the Union Workhouse.
St. John Vice·Admiral Henry Craven, Stokefield, Thorn-
Kington, at II a.m.
bury R.S.O
Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, Henry
Salmon Col. Henry Thomas DoL. Tockington Manor, Privett Thurston, High street, Thornbury

Tockington, .Almondsbury R.S.O Treasurer, Edward Harwood, The Bank, Thornbury
Relieving &, Vaccination Officers, No. I distri<:¥~ William
Salmon Henry Roope Pomeroy esq. Tockington Manor,
Young Sainsbury, The Ooombe, Thornbury i-$"o. 2 dis·
Tockington, .Almondsbury R. S. 0 . trict, Henry Codrington, Berkeley

Clerk to the Magistrates, Henry Hume Lloyd, The Plain

Petty Sessions are held daily at the Petty Sessional

Court house, at 10 aom

The following places are included in the petty sessional

division: Almondsbury, Alvest·on, Aust-in-Henbury,

Elberton, Falfield, Hill, Iron Acton, Littletoll-upon-

Severn, Oldbnry-upon-Severn, Olveston, Rangeworthy,

Redwick & Northwick-in-Henbury, Rockhampton,

Thornbury & Tytherington

THORNBURY RURAL DISTRICT COUNOIL.
Meets every friday fortnightly, at the Th<lrnbury Guar-

dians Board Room. Workhouse, at la. IS a.m.
Clerk, Henry Privett Thurston, Hig-h street
Treasurer, Edward Harwood, The Bank
Medical Officer of Health, Francis Thomas Bond B.A.,

MoD., F.C.S. 3 Beaufort buildings. Spa, Gloucester

Sanitary Inspect'Or, Francis J. Williams, Chapel street

332 THORNBt'RY. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Collectors to the Gua.rdians, Williamr Young Sainsbury, Steward of the Manors of Thornbury &i Abingdon, John

The Coombe, Thornbury; Henry Codringt-on, Berkeley Crowther Gwynn, The Plain

Medical Officers &i Public Vaccinators, .Almondsbury dis- PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of services.

trict, Stewart Irwin, Olveston; Berkeley district,Walt-er

R. Awdrey, Berkeley; Charfield district, Benj amin Sim- St. Mary's Church, Rev. Alexander Nairne Scott M.A. ~
Inons, 'Wotton-under-Edge; Thornbury district, Edward Rev. Molineux Wade Smith, curate; 8 &; IX a.m. &;

Mills Grace L.R.C.P.Edin. Parkhouse. Thornbury 6 p.m.; ISt sunday in the month, 3 p.m.; daily at

Superintend.ent Registrar, Thos. Harney, High st. Thorn- 7 p.m

bury; deputy. Wm. Harris P-onting, High st. Thornbury St. Paul's Mission Church, Buckover; 3 p.m

Registrars of Births &i Deaths, Almondsbury sub-district, Baptist, St. John street, Rev. George Rees; 10.30 a.m. &;

Daniel Addis, OlvestoD; deputy, In. Williams, Almonds- 6 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m

bury; Berkeley sub-district, Henry Codrington, Berke- Congregational, Chapel street, Rev. Arthur Oliver Moore;

ley; deputy, Arthur J. Rodway, Berkeley; Thornbury IX a.m. &i 6 p.m.; wed. 8 p.m

sub-district, Edward Mills Grace L.R.C.P.Edin. Thorn- Wesleyan. High street, Rev. John Irwin; II a.m. &; 6

bury; deputy, John Evomy Phelps, High st. Thornbury p.m.; thurs. 7 p.m

Registrars of Marriages, Francis James Williams. Chapel

street, Thornbury; deputy, Francis Williams, High st. SCHOOLS.

Thornbury; Hy. Codrington, Berkeley; deputy, Arthur Grammar, founded in 1606, for the free education of six
J. Rodway, Berkeley boys belonging to the parish; the income being £175
Workhouse, Gloucester road: A building of stone, built nett, arises from rents -of property in the town, which
in 1840. to hold 300 inmates; Edward Mills Grace is vested in twelve trustees; there was f-ormerly also a
L.R.C.P.Edin. medical officer; John Ford, master;
Mrs. A. Ford, matron Free school, but by a scheme framed by the Charity
Commissioners this has been amalgamated with the

SCHOOL ATTENDANCE COMMITTEE. Grammar school; &; there are now nine scholarships,

Meets every friday fortnightly, at the Board Room, Union three value £8, three of £6 &i three of £4; averllge
Workhouse, at IX a.m. attendance, 24; George Nixon LL.B. master
A School Board of 5 members was formed 25th May, 1897;
Clerk, Henry Privett Thurston, High street, Thornbury Mr. G. Whitfield acts as clerk to the board; G.
Attendance Officers, No. I district, Wm. Y-oung Sains-
Riddiford. attendance officer
bury, The C-oombe, Thornbury; No. 2 district, Henry National (mixed), built in 1862, for 250 children; aver-
Codrington, Berkeley
Enquiry Officers, William Young Sainsbury, The Coombe, age attendance, 132; Thomas Golding Fill, master
Thornbury; Henry Codrington, Berkeley British (mixed), built in 1862, for 300 children; average

attendance, 179; Henry James Abbott, master

PUBLIO OFFIOERS. National (infants), Buckover, built in 1876, 'for 50 child-

Assistant Overseer, Frands Williams, High street ren; average attendance, 44; Miss Ellen F-orse, mistress

Clerks to the Commissioners of Sewers for the Lower Level British (infants'), built in 1794, for 110 children; average
Gloucest-ershire &i the Laddenbrook Drainage Commis- attendance, 75; Mrs. Elizabeth Tucker, mistress

sioner, Crossman, Lloyd, Gwynn &; Canning, The Plain CARRIERS TO BRISTOL.
Collector of Market Tolls, Mrs. A. Prewett, High street

Collector of Income Tax, John Hodges Williams, High st Henry Baylis &; William Underhill, daily

Coroner for Lower Division of Gloucestershire, Edward RAILWAY STATION.
Mills Grace L.R.C.P.Edin., M.R.C.S.Eng. Park house
Charles Cooper, station master
Inland Revenue Officer, Walter Emery, The Plain

PRIVA.TE RESIDENTS. ! THORNBURY. Rodney Hon. Hobert William Henry
Luce Edward, Grovesend
Canning William Davis, The Villa Mac1aine William Osborne M.A., D.L., J.P. Thornbury parks
Clark Mrs. High f'treet
J.P. Kyneton St. John Vice-Admiral Henry Craven

Commeline Misses. Castle street Michael James Merritt, High street J.P. Stokefield
Cornock Mrs. Priory
Cornock Miss E. Castle street Moore Rev. Arthur Oliver (Congrega- Saise Miss, High street
Cornock Misses, Castle street
tional), Pullins green Salmon William Grove, The Chantry

Mundy Mrs. Pierrepont,Thornbury ho Scott Rev. Alex. N., M.A. Vicarage

Cornock William, Gloucester road Nixon George LL.B.(master of Gram- Savery Mark, The Plain

Cox Mrs. High street mar school}, Gloucester road Smith Rev. Molineux Wade (curate),
Grace Edward Mills, Park house Oakes Mrs. Castle street Gloucester road
Harney Thomas, High street Paynter Miss, High street
Spring William A. Castle street

Hearsey Mrs. Thornbury grange Perry Arthur Wellington, St. Arilds, Tay:or Thomas Henry, Prospect house

Hodges Mrs. John, Castle street Kington Thurston Henry Privett, High street

Howard Edward Stafford RA., D.L., Phelps John Evomy, High street Thurston Mrs. Kington house

J.P. &i Lady Raehel, Thornbury cstl Porter Charles Augustus, The Bank Thurston Obed Edward, High street

James John Clarke, Cast:e street Ruvizwttii Mrs. The Plain Vaughan Charles de Courey, Marl-

lones Mrs. Castle street • Rees Rev. George ('Baptis·~),St.John st wood grange

Laver Miss, Castle street Robinson Miss. The Gose, High street \ Williams Lionel Henry, Castle street

Lloyd Henry Hume. Castle street

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COMMERCIAL • Castle Temperance Hotel & Coffee Tavern, High street
Chambers Lucy (Mrs.), preparatory school, Rose mount
.!.llen Robert, farmer, Kington Clutterbuck James, shopkeeper, St. 1\'lary street
Cooper James, station master
Alway Richard, farmer, Kington Cornock William George, farmer, Stock farm
Cossham Hall (F. Williams, sec.), High street
An8te~ Thomas, wine, spirit, ale &; porter merchant, &; Councell & Sons, grocers & provision dealers, High street
County Court (registrar & high bailiff, Hy. Hume Lloyd;
agent for W. &i A. Gilbey Limited, High street
George Henry Exell, bailiff), Petty Sessi<mal Court ho
Ball Daniel, insurance agent, Sibland Crossman, Uoyd, Gwynn &i Canning, solicitors, clerks to

Ball Eliza (Mrs.), shopkeeper, The Plain the commissioners of sewers to the lower level of Glou-
cester~hire, the Laddenbrooke drainage c-ommissioners
Ball Percy. watch maker. The Plain & the Thornbury district highway board, The Plain; &;
7 St. John street, Brist-ol
Barber James Rodnev, farmer, Groves end Cullimore Edmund, english timber merchant, Saw mills
• Cullimore Esther (Mrs.), beer retailer, Pullin's green
Cullimore Luke, farmer, Sibland
Bartlett John, butcher, The Plain Cullimore William, beer retailer, The Plain
Denman Henry George. baker & confectioner, High street
Bartlett Nathaniel, shopkeeper, Castle street EJclington Charles, phot-ographic agent, Castle street
Eddington Edward, steam printer & stationer, High st
Baylis Henry, haulier &; carrier, Upper Bath road Edclington Elizabeth (Mrs.), builder, Castle street
Embley William, saddler, High street
Beszant Charles Reginald, dairyman, Crossways English Thoma!>, baker, St. John street

Bevan Ann (Mrs.). corset maker, Castle street Exell George Hy. bailiff to county court. Horse Shoe la
Exell Thomas, corn dealer, High street
Bevan James, boot &; shoe maker, The Plain

Birt Susan (Miss), confectioner, High street

Bouchier Lucy (Miss), shopkeeper, Silver street

Brown J ane (Mrs.), printer & stationer, High street

Brown Thomas, beer retailer, Silver street

Bruton Emma (Miss), milliner, High street

Burchell Frederick, carpenter, St. Mary street .

Canning William Davis, solicitor (firm, Orossman, Lloyd,

Gwynn & Canning), The Plain

Castle Cricket Club (E. J. Underhill, hon. sec)

Chambers John Taylor, teacher of music &i organist to

the Parish church, Rose mount

DmECTOBY.] GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 833THOR~BURY.

Fry Charles, saddler &; harness maker, High street Prewett A. (Mrs:), collector of market tolls, High street

Fry Ellen (Mrs.), dress maker & fancy repository, Pullin James, shopkeeper, St. John street

High street Purnell Edward, beer retailer, St. Mary street

Fudge Samuel, architect &; surveyor, land steward to Quin Richard, Swan family &; commercial hotel &:; posting

Thornbury Castle estate &; sec. to Gas Co. Castle street house, High street

Gale Stephen, shopkeeper, CasHe street Riddiford William, farmer, Duckhole

Gayner l<~rancis, linen draper, High street Riddiford William, jun. farmer, Crossways

Godwin George, seedsman, High street Roach James Alfred, farmer, Kington

Grace Edward Mills L.B.C.P.Edin., M.R.C.S.Eng. sur- Robbins Henry, ironmonger &. postmaster, High street

geon, coroner for the lower division of Gloucestershire, Rugman William Matthews, farmer, Marlwood

medical officer to the workhouse &; Thornbury district Sainsbury Albert Edward, saddler, The Plain

of Thornbury union &; registrar of births &; deaths for Sainsbury Joseph, earthenware dealer, High street

Thornbury sub-district, Park house Sainsbury Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper, High street

Grammar School (George Nixon LL.B. master) Sainsbury William Young, relieving, vaccination &; school

Gwynn John Crowther (firm, Crossman, Lloyd, Gwynn &; attendance &; inquiry officer, &; collector to the guar-

Canning), solicitor, commissioner &; perpetual commis- dians, The Coombe

sioner, steward of the manors of Thornbury &; Abingdon Salmon Edward, house decorator, Castle street

&; clerk to Thornbury grammar school, The Plain Savery &:; Son, ironmongers &:; machinists, The Plain

Hadley Ellis Charles Henry, baker &; confectioner, High st Singer Manufacturing Co. (Wilfred White,agent),Castle st

Hall George Henry, plumber &; glazier, Wellfield Smith Henry, bill poster, Back street

Hall Josiah, White Lkm P.H. High street Smith Richard Hobbs, The Exchange P.H. &; wine &; spirit

Harney Thomas, superintendent registrar, High street merchant, High street

Riggins Oliver, ironmonger, St. John street Smith Thomas Cox, tailor &; breeches maker, riding habits.

Hodges George, wheelwright &; builder, Gloucester road gowns &;c. Porch house

Honeyborne Austin John, grocer, High street Smith William, farmer, Lower Marlwood

Horticultural Society Thornbury &. District (E. Stafford Staley Joseph, farmer, Kington

Howard esq. pres.; E. J. Underhill, sec.), High street Staley Robert, farmer, Park mill, Kington

Rowell Frank Kelson, tomb &; monumental mason &; en- Syme s Charles, cooper &:; seedsman, High street

graver, Gloucester road Symes Frank, agent tc) Sick &:; Burial Association, High st

Howes John, beer retailer, Chapel street Symes George Bernard, tailor, High street

Howes Mark, beer retailer, Gillingstool Symes Gilbert, ironmonger &:; general smith, St. Mary sf,

Hughes George, traps &;c. for hire, John street Ta:ylor George (Mrs.), farmer, Kington

nes Alfred, farmer, Mumbley Taylor John, butcher, High street

James Edward, tailor, High street Taylor Thos. Hy. M.R.C.S.Eng. surgeon, Prospect house

James In. Uarke F.R.C.V.S. veterinary surgn. Castle st Thornbury Coal Co. coal &:; coke merchants, High street.

Jenkins Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Hackett &; Railway station

Jolly Lewis, solicitor (firm, Thurstons &; Jolly), High st Thornbury Cricket Club (E. M. Grace esq. capt. &; sec)

King Charles, ironmonger, High street Thornbury Gas Light &; Coke Co. Limited (Saml. Fudge.

King Isaac, baker, Sibland sec.), Castle street

:King Selina Ann (Miss), preparatory school, High street Thomas Brothers, shoe makers, High street

Knapp Robert, farmer, Kington Thurstons &:; Jolly, solicitors, High street

Lane George, plumber &. painter, High street Thurston Henry Josiah, carpntr. &:; parish clerk,Castle st

Liddiatt Edward, fishmonger, Pullin's green Thurston Henry Privett (firm, Thurstons &; Jolly), solici-

Liddiatt Henry, watch maker, High street tor, clerk to the guardians &; assessment &; school at-

Lloyd Henry Hume (firm, Crossman, IJoyd, Gwynn &; tendance committees of Thornbury union &; to. the Th<l1'n-

Canning), solicitor, commissioner, clerk to the magis- bury rural district council, High street

trates &; registrar &; high bailiff of the oounty court, &; Thurston Lawrence, solicitor (firm, Thurstons &; Jolly),

clerk to the highway board, The Plain High street

Luce, Young &; Luce, auctioneers, surveyors, house, land, Thurston Obed Edward (firm, Thurstons &; Jolly), solici-

estate &; insurance agents, High street tor &; commissioner, High street

Luce Edward, auctioneer &; farmer, Gravesend Trayhurn Elizabeth (Mrs.), butcher, The Plain

Mallett George Paradise M.R.C.V.S. veterinary surgeon, Tucker Brothers, builders &. contractors, St. John street

Gloucester road Underhill Edward James, correspondent to Bristol" Time&

Matthews William Edward, farmer, Sibland &; Mirror," High street

Morgan Hester (Mrs.), coffee rooms, High street Underhill Edwd. J. (Mrs.), infants' clothing depot,High st

Mundy Charles, shopkeeper &:; haulier for Midland Rail- Underhill Wm. beer retailer &; fly proprietor, High street

way Co. Mary street Underhill William Charles, beer retailer, St. Mary's st

Nelmes Charlotte (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Kington Wall William, grocer, St. John street

Nelmes George Batten, farmer, Milbury heath Weatherhead Ernest Percy, draper, High street

Nelmes Joseph, farmer, King-ton Webb Mark, farmer, Milbury heath

• Nichols William, farmer, Sibland White Wilfred, sewing machine agent, Castle street

Ogborne's, butohers, High street Wilkins Arthur Hewlett, draper, High street

Olds Charles, boot maker, High street Wilkins Francis Albert, insurance agent, St. John street

Palmer James Spencer, chemist &:; dentist, The Plain Williams Francis, seedsman, deputy registrar of mar-

Penduck WilIiam, cabinet maker, Castle street riages, assistant overseer &:; correspondent to the" West-

Phelps Jobn Evomy, surgeons' assistant &; deputy regis- ern Daily Press," High street
Williams Francis J. sanitary inspector &; registrar of mar-
trar of births &:; deaths, Hil!'h street

Pbelps Robert, hair dresser, High street riages, Chapel street

Pitcher Walt.Wm.coach buildr.&; wheelwrtGloncester rd Williams George Mansell, correspondent to the "Bristcl

Plaistead Thomas, farmer, Kington Mercury," St. John street

Ponting Edward John, plumber, High street Williams Henry William, grocer &; tea dealer, The Golden

Pontin{!' Wm. H. draper &:; deputy supt. registrar, High st Key, High street

Poole George, basket maker, Chapel stteet Williams John Hodges, silk mercer, linen draper, family

Porter Charles Augustus, manager Prescott, Dimsdale, mourning &; funerals furnished, &; collector of income-

Cave, Tugwell &:; Co. Limited, The Bank tax, Victoria h'Ouse &:; Eon Marche

Puulton Maurice, chimney sweeper, Silver street Williams Lionel Henry, M.R.C.S.Eng. Castle street

Powell Amelia &; Emma (Misses), shoe mas. St. Mary st Williams &:; Son, tailors &:; breeches makers, Gloucester hO'

Powell Thomas, marine store dealer. St. Mary street Wiltshire Charles, insurance agent, Upper Bath road

Prescott, Dimsdale, Cave, Tugwell &:; Co. Lim. bankers Witts George, baker, High street

(Charles AUl!'ustus Porter, mana!!er; open from 10 to Workman Thomas &; Son, butchers, Sibland

2; market days, 10 to 3), The Plain; draw on head Yarnold William, wat<:h &; clock maker, High street

office, 50 Cornhill, London E C Young Thos.survyr.to district highway board, St. John st

.Prewett Albert, stationer &;c. High street

MORETON.

Bridgewater Edward Blake RellJl'Y, farmer Fear Jared, farmer
CuJIimore William J.P. Moreton ho
G.ark Thomas, blacksmith Hinder William, greengrocer
Honeyborne Thomas Henry, beer retlr
PegS! Samuel, Maypole house Cook Alfred, farmer Howell Charles, farmer
HoweII George, farmer
Ra'fdry }'[rs. Moreton grange Cullimore William J.P. ry• eoman HaweII Thomas, stone mason
Driver Matthew, f arme
COMMERCIAL. .
Driver William, butcher & farmer
BJI: George, farmer '

334 THORNBURY. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. [ KELLY'S

Lanfear Nicholas, market gardener ~tagg Thomas, farmer Till James Barton, frmr. Park farm
Lashford Edwd. In. Hutchings, frmr Whitfie:d George, miller (water &; Workman Edward, saddler

Pearce Henry Charles, farmer steam), l\Ioreton mill

Sainsibury Leonard, farmer

THRUPP, formerly a portion of Stroud, was constituted House is the residence of William Clutterbuck Chambers

a civil parish by an Order of the C1lunty Council, dated esq. The soil is light alluvial; subsoil, clay. The chief
10 Aug. 1894, and confirmed by an Order of the Local crops are wheat and barley, but most of the land is in
Government Board, 21 Nov. 1894; it includes the area pasture. The area is about 700 acres; rateable value,

originally known as "The 'l'hrupp," and is J: mile south including Whi-teshill, is £5,795;' the population in 1891
from Stroud and 100 from London, with a station called was included with Stroud.

"Brinscombe," on the Swindon, Stroud and Gloucester Post Office. James Hyde, sub-postmaster. Letters ar-

branch ()f tbe Great 'Western railway, in the Mid division rive from Stroud; delivered at 7.30 , 9 Sri II B.m. & 3
of tbe county, Bisley hundred, Stroud petty sessional p.m.; sunday, 9 a.m.; dispatched ILlS a.m. &; 1.15, 6
division, union and county court district, and in the rural &:, 7.50 p.m.; sunday, 6 p.m. Postal orders are issued

deanery of Bisley and archdeaconry and diocese of Glou- bere, but not paid
cester, the parish being ecclesiastically a part of the pari~h Wall Letter Boxes.-Canal side, cleared at 10.55 a.m. &;

of Holy Trinity, Stroud. The church of All Saints, erec- 5.55 &; 8.30 p.m.; sunday, 5.50 p.m. Bourne, cleared

ted in 1889 at a cost of £1,000, is a structure of iron, at 10.55 a.m. &:, 5.55 &:, 8.25 p.m.; sunday, 9.30 a.m
roofed with heather: there is a good organ, and the church Railway Station. Richard Dancer \Voodyatt, statn. mast

will seat 250 persons. The Plymouth Brethren have a Board School (under Stroud School Board) (mixed), built

chapel here. In the parish are flock and shoddy mills, in 1875, and enlarged in 1887, for 275 children; average

woollen cloth mills, and a large brewery, with water car- attendance, 203; James William Ricketts, master

riage by means of the Severn and Thames canal. Thrupp Carriers. R. T. Smith &; CO

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Ritchie Clement J.P. Wood 'flhorpe Hyde James, corn dealer

(Marked thus * receive their letters *Smith Charles, Bourne house Hyde William, farmer
King Charles, plasterer
through Brimscombe.) COMMERCIAL. *Lodge David Mason, news agent &

Biscoe Mrs Alder Charles, shopkeeper shopkeeper

Chambers Wm.Clutterbuck,Thrupp ho Avens John, rope maker *Lugg- Ralph John, ironfounder

*Critchley Francis Edward,Bourne viI Baglin Alfred, Waggon &; Horses P.H *Maw Joseph Henry, coal merchant

*Evans Arthur, Brinscombe court Bishop Frederick, Malakof P.H Parsloe Joseph, farmer

Evans Edward E Bishop George, nurseryman *Pope Edward Joseph, boy's middle

*Evans Mrs. Brimscombe court *·Castledine George Thomas,hair drssr class school

*Fawkes Frederick H *Clissold Martha (Miss), dress maker Ridler Edmund, boot maker

*Ferrabee :Misses, Edgecombe house *Coffee Tavern (Sidney Lydiard, mgr) Ritchie A.lfred &i Co. woollen cloth

Grist Lawrence, The Beeches Cullimore George, beer retailer manufacturers

Grist Mrs. The Beeches *Daniels Albert Ridler, coal dealer .k. *Rowland John, builder

*Hook Arthur William, Victoria cott shopkeeper, Bourne *Shaylor George, builder

*Hook Urban *Daniels Carey, coal dealer , Smith R. T. &; Co. carriers

Hooper Herbert *Eddels Arthur, Victoria P .H. &i om- Smith &:, Sons, brewers, Brimscombe

Hooper Mrs. Brooklyn nibus owner brewery

*Huck:esby Rev. George (Plymouth Emblin Charles, shopkeeper Strange Joseph, farmer

Brethren), Rehoboth *Emmerson Charles, carpenter Stroud (The) Co-operative Society

Norgate Rev. Arthur Cyril (curate of Face Restal James, beer retailer Limited, grocers

Holy Trinity, Stroud), Ham house Gore Samuel, machinist *Thwaite John James, grocer &; drpr

Ormerod Rev. George Thomas Bailey Gwinnell Lacey, beer retai:er *TyIer Arth. Geo. cabinet ma. Bourna

~I.A. (retired), Thrupp cottage *Hook James, beer retailer WaIler G. &:, Co. engineers

Palmer Herbert Davis Hooper &:, Sons Limited,umbreta stick *Wilkins William, butcher

*Philpotts Edward manufacturers

TIBBERTON is a parish consisting of scattered Price, is a large building, in the Italian style, pleasantly

dwellings, I mile west of the Newent road, I west from situated on an eminence, from which a fine view of the

Barbers Bridge station, on the Ledbury and Gloucester country is obtained. The trustees of the late William

branch of the Great Western railway, 5 north-west from Philip Price esq. (d. 1891) are lords of the manor and

Gloucester, 3! south from Newent and 109 from Lonoon, chief landowners. The soil is of deep loamy clay, and

and is in the Forest of Dean division of the county, duchy produces abundant crops of grass, corn and fruits for

of Lancaster, Botlae hundred, Newent union, county court cider and perry; the subsoil is mar! and rock. The area

district, and petty sessional division, and in the rural is 1,400 acres, the greater part of which is under tillage;

deanery of North Forest and, archdeaconry and diocese of rateable value, £2,071; the population in 1891 was 314.

Gloucester. The church of the Holy Trinity is an edifice Parish Clerk, George Stephens.

of stone, in the Norman style, consisting of chancel, nave, Post Office.-Thomas Stephens, sub-postmaster. Let-

west porch and a western tower containing 3 bells: there ters arrive from Gloucester at 7.45 p.m.; dispatche:l

are sittings for 187 persons. The register dates from the 5.35 p.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid.

4'year I.S58. The living is a rectory, net yearly value /,200, The nearest money order &i telegraph offices are at New-
includin~ acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of ent 3~, &:, Huntley 3 miles distant '

nnd held since 1852 by the Rev. Honywood Dobyns Yate Wall Letter Box, Griffin farm, cleared at 5.40 p.m

&ott RA. of Trinity College, Cambridge. There is British School (mixed), built, with residence for the

8 Wesleyan chapel, built in 1839. The charities are of master, in 1849, for It5 children; average attendance,

about £14 yearly value, and there are 4 almshouses, 76; &; in part supported by Mrs. W. E. Price; William

erected in 1868. Meredith, the seat of Sir William Wed- Greenwood, master; Miss Bessie Gane, assistnt. mistrss

derburn bart. M.P., J.P. is a modern brick building, and Carrier.-1"luck, from Taynton to Gloucester, pass through

in a pleasant situation. Tibberron C<lurt, the seat Of Mrs. wed. &; sat. returning same days

Bullock Mrs. Chapel house Cave John, frmr. Tibberton Court frn Phelps Thomas Herbert, farmer,

Price Mrs. Tibberton court Coldrick Jane (Miss), dress maker manure agent for the Corporation of

Scott Rev. Honywood Dobyns Yate Gough Henry, blacksmith the City of Manchester, Lower farm

B.A. Rectory , Greenwood Wm.mstr.of British schoo' Pullin Thos. farmer, IHrd's End farm

Stephens George, Hill cottage HiI'd Theanna (Mrs.), dress maker Rossuthal Percy &; Harry Willi:lffi,far-

Teague William, Thornycroft Hodges Thomas, gardener to Sir W. mers, falmer's farm

Wedderburn Sir William bart. M.P., Wedderburn bart. M.P Stephens Thomas, shopkeeper &;

J.P. Meredith; &; Reform club, Hooper 1-Vm. frmr. Merriman's farm baker, Post office

London S W Loveridge Albert, farmer &; miller Teague Charles, builder

COMMERCIAL. (water), Morse's farm Wait Henry, shopkeeper

Ilaldwin Fdk. farmr. &; dl'a:r. Drivers Palmer Thomas, farmer, Griffin farm Wetson Richard Thomas, insurance

Brewer Thomas, farmer, Bovone farm Phelps Daniel, fal'llIler, Hanmans farm agent, Woodbine cottage

TIDENHAM is a parish and village, on a peninsula, county court district, petty sessional division of Lydney,
rural deanery of South Forest, archdeaconry of Glou-
"bounded on the east by the estuary of the Severn and cester and diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. The church
on the west by the Wye, with a station on the Wye Valley of St. Mary is an ancient building of stone, in the Early
English and Decorated styles, consisting of chan.cel, nave
branch of the Great Western railway, 2! miles east-by-
of four bays, north aisle, south porch and a western
north from Chepstow, in the Forest of Dean division of

the county, Westbury hundred, Chepstow union and

DIRECTORY. ] GLOUCESTERSHIRE. •

TlDENHAM. 335

tower, containing a clock and 6 bells, re-hung in 1896: barley and turnips. The area is 6,374 acres of land, 2 of

the Norman font, said to date from the IIth century, is water, 924 of tidal water, and 626 of foreshore; rateable

made of lead and curiously ornamented: the stained east value, £13,587; the population in 1891 was 1,736 civil,

window is a memorial to Right Rev. J. Annstrong D.D. and 1,617 ecclesiastical.

Bishop of Grahamsoown, 1853-6, and formerly vicar bere; Under the pr·ovisions of the "Divided Parishes Act,

there is another to Thomas Henry and Christiana Mor- 1882," Madgett and Sheepcott fanns have been trans-

gan; one in the north aisle to the Rev. Henry Charles ferred from Wollastone to Tidenham for civil purposes.

Morgan, vicar of Dilwyn from 1831, placed by his son, SEDBURY, about 2 miles south; Bishton and Church
the late T. H. Morgan esq. of Tidenham House; and End, I mile west; Stroat and Wibdon, 2 miles north,
one to .Alan Oowburn M.A.: there are sittings for 600 are hamlets.
persons. The register dates from the year 1708. The
living is a vicarage, net yearly value £63, including resi- Parish Clerk, Daniel Tyler, Woodcroft.

dence and II3 acres of glebe, chiefly woodland, in the gift Post &; M. O. 0., S. B. &; Annuity &; Insurance Office,

of Higford Higford esq. of .Aldermaston Court, Reading, Church End. James Field, sub-~stmaster. Letten

and held since 1896 by the Rev. Vincent Charles Reynell- arrive from Chepstow at 8 s.m. &; II.45 a.m.; dis-

Reynell M.A.,LL.D. of Trinity Rall, Cambridge. St. Luke's patched at 11.45 a.m. &; 6 p.m. Telegraph office at
chapel of ease, at Tntshill. It miles south-west from the Tutshill, 2 miles distant
parish church, is a building of stone, consisting of chancel, Post, M. O. &; T. 0., T. M. 0., S. :13., Express Delivery,

nave, north aisle, south porch, vestry and organ chamber Parcel Post &; Insurance &; Annuity Office, Tutshill.-

and a turret containing 3 bells; it was new roofed in 1896 Samuel Dickinson, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive

at a cost of £400, and affords 250 sittings. The chapel of from Ohepstow at 7 &; 11.15 a.m.; dispatched at 12.15

ease of St. Michael and All Angels, at Tidenham Chase, 2~ &; 7.10 p.m
miles north of the parish church, was erected in 1888 by Post &; M. O. 0., S. :13. &; Annuity &; Insurance Office,

the Rev. Fielding Palmer M.A. of Eastcliff, in this parish, Woodcroft.-Mrs. Car·oline Price, sub-postmistress.

at a cost of £1,200, and is a building ()f stone, consisting Letters arrive from Chepstow at 8 J;p II.30 s.m.; dis-

of ohancel, nave, south porch and a turret containing one patched II.30 a.m. &; 6.40 p.m.; sundays, arrive 8 a.m. ;

bell: there are IOO sittings: the east window is a memorial dispatched, 12 p.m. Tutshill is the nearest telegraph

to the late Miss P. Phillips, of Pen Moel House, Tutshill. office, I mile distant

There is a Wesleyan chapel at Tidenham. A charity of Wall Letter Boxes.-Ohase, cleared 5 p.m.; sundays, IO

£5 yearly, left by Mrs. Williams, is distributed to the a.m.; Wibdon, cleared 5 p.m.; sundays, 9.15 a.m_; &;

poor. The Iron room at Stroat, built by Miss Morgan, Sedbury, cleared at 6.40 p.m.; sundays, 10.30 a.m

of Oakwood, in 1888, has a library and reading-room, and POIlIOE STATION.

is also used for religious services and meetings of various

kinds. On the banks of the Wye, and not far distant, are Tutshill, William Shirley, constable. The guard-room of

Tintern Abbey, Raglan Castle, Piercefield Park, Chepstow this station has been appointed to be used as an occa-

Castle, Usk, Oaldecot, and the Roman station of Caerwent. sional Court House

Sedbury Park, the seat of Sir William Henry Ma-rling SCHOOLS.
bart. D.L., J.P. is about 2 miles from Chepstow; the man-
sion is in the Italian style, and stands in a finely timbered Tidenham (mixed), built in 1841, &; enlarged in 1880, for

estate, traversed by the famous Offa's Dyke. Tidenham II2 children; average attendance, 97; George Fredk.

House is the residehce of Henry Francis Morgan esq. J.P. Long-, master

Pen Moel House of :Mrs. Price. Sir W. H. Marling bart. St. Luke's rebuilt in 1893, for 160 children; average at-

who is lord of the manor, Henry Francis Morgan, Godfrey tendance, 100; Miss Eleanor Grace Ball, mistress

Seys esq, of Wirewood's Green, Ohepstow, and Richard Tidenham Chase, built about 1842, for 64 children; aver·

Palmer .Tenkins are the chief landowners. The soil is a~e attendance, SI

loamy; subsoil, limestone. The chief crops Bre wheat, Railway Station, Hugh B. Young, station master

•

TIDENH.AM. S'TROAT. Shaw Frank, Vine cottage

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Corner John OliveI', The Garston Shute Mrs. Mount Rose
Read Miss, Stroat house Smedley George, Gloucester villa

Baker-Gabb Mrs. Netherop Lewis James, Stroat inn, &; blacksmith Strong William

Brett Capt. Spencer Phipps R.N. Nicholas James, farmer COMMERCIAL.

Caerwood Pridham Henry, boot &; shoe maker Baker Ann &; Sarah (Misses),lndresses

Bryan Mrs. Ivy Rock cottage Rymer John P. farmer Chatfield Mark, gardener to L.

Churchyard Miss, Tidenham chase SEDBURY. Gueret esq

Cowburn Mrs. Dennel hill Bendall Daniel &; Son, builders &; con- Davies Louisa (Mrs.). furnished apart-
Cowburn Miss,. Oakbank tractors &; wheelwrights ments, Rose villa

George Alfd. Wm. Crosshill cottage Cullimore Henry, -farmer,Pennsylvania Davis 1'Yilliam. stone merchant
Griffith Mrs. Pretty edge Evans William, blacksmith Dickinson Samuel, grocer &; post off
Lindam Maj. Chas. James, Vale cot Loveys Albert, boys' boarding &; day Evans Mary (Mrs.), boarding ho. kpr
Morgan Miss, Oakwood Fryer Emily (Miss), teacher of music
Morgan Hy. Fras. J.P. Tidenham ho school, The Mead . James In. carpenter &; wheelwright
Prewett Thomas, farmer
Johnson J sph. apartments,\Vyecliffe ho
MPruicneroM.Arsl.frPede,n FMiroeglrhoovue se Ruhgammasn cJoaucrot b C.arey,. farmer, Bad- Jones Wm. stone mer.Wye View viI
Rug-man Robert, farmer King Henry, Cross Keys inn
Reynell-Reynell Rev. Vincent Charles Pitt Frederick, blacksmith
Prichard Jane (Mrs.), beer retailer
M.A., LL.D. Vicarage Vgargeae n Upton John, gardener to Sir Williaro
Seys Godfrey J .U"PT.I-lllW' a mir,ewEoaosdt's H enr.y Marh'ng bart Prior George, boarding house keeper,
Spilsbury R ev.
Penrose viLa
Thomas Rd.Beaumont J.P. Dennel's hI TUTSmLL.
• Tutshill Social Club &; Working Men's
Wood Mrs. Ashbury PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Yockney Sydney W.,C.E. Wye cottage Bridge Rev. Arth.(Baptist),Montpellier Institute (Godfrey Seys esq. J.P.
hon. sec)
Bryan Mrs. Victoria cottage
Wheeler Wm. cab propr. &; job mastr
COMMERCIAL. Curtis Charles, Claremont

Adams William, frmr. Sheepcott frm Dunn John, AIma cottage WIBDO- N.
Brown Maria (Mrs.), draper
:Baylis John, farmer, Powder house Edwards Richard, 2 Highfield villas Joyce Frederick, farmer, High Hall
Rymer Ann (Mrs.), farmer
:Brooks Philip, farmer, :Boughspring Evans Thomas, Tutshill lodge
WOOOQR.OFT •
Bryan John, farmer, Chase cottage Fryer Mrs. Severn lodge

Clutterbuck James, farmer, Sugar Gueret Louis, Castleford

Loaf farm Hill Misses, Gloucester cottage

George Alfred William, land agent to Hodgson The Misses, Bridge cottage Brice Miss, Oakcliffe

Sir William Marling bart Hodgson Mrs. Tutshill villa Lewis Herbert, The Laurels

Henry WaIter, farmer, Pi1J. house Jenkins Major-Gen. Charles Vernon, Blacksley Frank, butcher

Hunt In. &; Edgar, frmrs. Wallop frm Elm house Goulder J oseph, shopkeeper

Hunt -William, farmer, Madgett farm Kent Rev. Sidney Joseph M.A.(curate) Memorial Temperance Hall (Miss S.

Jones Thomas, b:acksmith, Chase Legh Piers Frederick, Tutshill house Morgan, manageress)

Joyce Alfred, farmer, Hanley farm Lucas Rev. Fras. E. S., M.A.(curate) Price Henry &; Son, builders

Price Hy. &; Son, builders, Woodcroft McMullen Charles Wm. Wyndcliffe viI Rowland William, beer agent

Revenhill George, haulier Mull~ns Alfred, The Old house Tidenham Co-operative &; Industrial

Rymer John (Mrs.), frmr.Bishton fnn Mullins Mrs. Bystone Society Lim. (George Phillips, sec)

RymerlWm.frn11'.Day ho.&;Philpot's ert Palmer Mrs. Eastcliffe Sanden Phil, beer retailer

Williams James, shopkeeper, Chase Phillips William, Big-stone vLlas Smith Henry, carpenter

Young Hugh Balfour, station roaster Ravre J ames, Green!ands TrIer Francis, mason

336 TffiLEY. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. [KELLY'S

'1'IRLEY, anciently known as "Trinley," is a parish, left about an acre of pasture land; Joseph MiIlard in 1727

on the west bank of the river Severn, and on the Wor- left £5 yearly to be laid out in clothing for five poor men
cestershire border, 5 miles south-west from Tewkesbury on St. Thomas' day; and the Rev. Henry Bateman in

station on the Malvern and Tewkesbury section of the 1735 gave £20 tD be laid out in land. The common lands
Midland railway, 9 north-east from Newent, and 9 north were enclosed by virtue of an Act of Parliament passed in

from Gloucester, in the Northern division of the county, 1795.
lower division of Deerhurst hundred, Tewkesbury petty The HAW hamlet is in this parish. Vessels are freighted
sessional division, union and county court district, rural and discharged here on the Severn banks. The river was
deanery of Winchcomb, and archdeaconry and diocese of formerly crossed at this point by a ferry boat, but there

Gloucester. The church of St. Michael is an ancient is now a handsome iron girder bridge of three arches
building of stone in the Decorated style, consisting of resting on stone piers, completed in September, 1825, at

chancel, nave, south porch, and a low embattled western a cost of £24,348, and connecting the parish with Deer-
tower with four pinnacles, and conwining 6 bells: -the hurst.

rood loft staircase was disoovered in 1893: in the chancel The Earl of Coventry P.C. is lord of ,the manor and
is a memorial to G. Hurdman, grandson of Edward Hurd- chief landowner. The soil is clay of a light ;nature and
man, first Mayor of Worcester, dated 1634; there are deep gravelly loam; subsoil, marl, gravel and clay. The
monuments to the Hopkins family dating from 1789; chief crops are wheat, oats, barley and beans, and there
tD Mrs. Mary Browne, of Cumberwood, 1717; and Anne is much pasturage ground of excellent quality, a consider-

Turton, 1642: the east window is stained, and there is a able portion of which is fertilised by the overflowing of
small memorial window tD Joseph Terry Hone and .Augusta the river Severn. The area is 1,84° acres; rateable value,
Hone, erected by their son, the Rev. Joseph Frederick £3,510; the population in 1891 was 393.
Hone l\1..A. vicar here from 1827: the church was new Parish Clerk, Joseph Brotheridge.
roofed and the bells rehung in 1894, at a oost of about Post Office.--Mrs. PrisciIla Louisa Niblett, sub-postmis-
£400: there are 300 sittings: in the churchyard are two tress. Letters arrive from Tewkesbury at 9 a.m.; dis-
very large and fine yew trees. The register dates from patched 4.20 p.m. Postal orders are issued here, but

the year 1653. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value not paid. Corse Lawn is the nearest money order office
£320, arising from 200 acres of glebe, with residence, in & Hasfield the nearest telegraph office, 2 miles distant

tlie gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since 1888 by National School (mixed), built, with residence for the
the Rev. Robert Stobbs Turner, of King's College, Lon- mistress, in 1842, for 70 children; average attendance.
don, and of the University of Aberdeen. Here is a Wes- 58; Miss Sarah Jane Hayward. mistress

leyan chapel. The charities are of £100 yearly value. In Carrier to Gloucester.-Awford, man. & sat. & to Tewkes-
1751 Mrs. Jane and Mrs. Mary Attwood, of Tewkesbury, hury. wed. returning same days

Brown Mi~s, Springfield Fowler John, farme;r, assistant over- Munn Frederick, shopkeeper & baker

Hooper Mrs seer & surveyor of parish highways, Page Frank, Haw Bridge inn

Strickland Claude Hugh, Torsend Town street Page Willmm, farmN,Great Sandpits

Turner Rev. Robert Stobbs, Vicarage FugarThomas, fisherman Pitcherr Elizh. (MTS.), farmer, The Hill

COMMERCIAL. Hambling Albert, fisherman Price Charles (Mrs.), hay 4"usser

Arkell Thomas, farmer, Gt. Cumberwd Hartland Chas. farmer & coal dealer Price Joshua, beer retailer

Awford \Villiam, carrier Hartland William (Mrs.), boat owner, Prosser Thomas, hay &; corn dealer,

Ball Chas. boat owne'l', hay & coal dlr hay & coal defcller, The 'Haw . The Haw

Ball William, hay &; coal dealer Hopkins Jeremiah,frmr.Wigwood farm Richings Benjamin, farmer & beer retlI'

Bradley Charles Henry, farmer Hopkins Sarah (Mrs.), farmer, Little SurmanMary (Mrs.),beerret.The H::tw

Carter Hubert John, carpenter &; Cumberwood Tarlingo Enos, farmer, Tump farm

wheelwright, The Haw 'Messenger David, farmer Wakefield Henry, blacksmith

Fowler Henry, farmer, Corse court Messenger Thos. shopkeepe·r, The Haw Whitmore Charles, builder & farmer

TODDING'l'ON is a village and parish on the 'high brook with Haila-s, and rector of Pinnock with Hyde.
road from Tewkesbury to Stow and on the river Isborne, Toddington House, formerly the seat of Lord Sudeley
4! miles east-by-'south from Beckford station on the P.C., lord of the manor and chief landowner, is a
Evesham and Ashchurch branch of the Midland railway,
4 .north from Winchcomb and 9 east from Tewkesbury, splendid mansion in the Domestic Gothic style, built in
in the Northern division of the county. Kiftsgate lower 1835, in the place of an old Elizabethan house, part of
bundred, petty sessional division, union and county court which is left as a ruin: it 'Stands in 1lI well-timbered park
district of Winchcomb, rural deanery of Campden, arch-
deaconry of Cirencester and diocese of Gloucester. The of 500 acres, and is at present (1897) unoccupied. The
(lId church, dedicated to St. Leonard, was a Perpendicular soil is stiff clay; subsoil, clay and gravel. The chief
structure, rebuilt by Thomas Charles, Lord Tracy, in crops are wheat, beans and pasture; a number of acres
1723: was taken down and replaced by a new church,
erected in 1873-9 at an. expense of £44,000, defrayed by of land has been planted by Lord Sudeley, with all kind'lt
the late Lord Sudeley: this is an edifice Qf stone in t'he of fruit trees, which yield an enormous quantity of fruit
Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave of three
bays, south aisle, <south porch and a tower on the south annually, supplying fruit to Messrs. T. W. Beach & Son's
side with pinnacles and a. lofty spire, and' containing 5 jam factory in the adjoining bamlet of Naunton. Thi9
bells; attached to the aisle is a mortuary chapel con- fruit orchard is the largesb in England, covering over 6oQ>
taining a monument, by J. G. Lough, to Charles, first
Baron Sudeley, who died Feburary 10th, 18S8, and acres, Tbe area is 1,768 acres; rateable value, £3,208;
Henrietta Susanna, his wife, only child and heiress of the the population in 1891 was 236.
last Viscount Tracy, she died June 5th, 1839: there are
150 sittings. The register, including Stanley-Pontlarge Parish Clerk. Edwin Wittle.
and Prescot, dates from the year 1666. The living is a
vicarage, with the chapelry of Stanley-Pontlarge annexed, Post OfficE'.-Miss Mary Leddial"i, sub-postmistress.
joint net yearly value £36, including 38 acres of glebe, L~tters received from Winchcomb R.S.O. Letters
with residence, in the gift of Lord Sudeley, and held arrive at 8 a.m.; dispatched at 5 p.m. Postal orden
since 1871 by the Rev. William Darke Stanton M.A. of
Exeter College, Oxford, and J.P. and also vicar of Did- are issued here, but not paid. Winchcomb is tbe nearest
money order &; Stanway the nearest telegraph office,
2 miles distant. There :is a priva.te t-elephone from

Winchcomb for transmission of telegrams
Church School (mixed), with residence for mistress, &;

supported in part by Lord Sudeley, for 50 children;
average attendance, 35; Mrs. Elizabeth Gasken, mistress
Carrier.-Thomas Locke, to Evesham, mon.; Tewke~
bury, wed.; Cheltenham, thurs

Stacey Capt. Gyril M.F.H. The Grange Roberts Geo. farmer,Rea Meadow frm Stanley Richard, 'blacksmith

Stanton Rev. Wm. Darke M.A., J.P. Smith Thomas, farmer Wise Charles D. agent to the Todding-

Vicarage • Toddington Orchard Co. Limited (C. ton estate

Hunt William, clerk of works,New Twn D. Wise, manager) Woolvine Wm. shoe ma. New Town.

TODENHAM is a. village and parish on the Warwick- chapel, north aisle, south porch and a western tower,.
with pinnacles and spire, containing a. clock and 6 bells:
shire border, 4 miles north-east from Moreton-in-Marsh
the chancel retains some st0'Il6 sedilia with canopies, ana
station on the Oxford and Worcester section of the Great a piscina: portions of the stairs to the former rood loft
also remain: the chantry chapel OIll the north side of the
Western railway, 4 south from Shipston-on-Stour, and chancel is now used as the family pew of the Pole family:

31 north-east from Gloucester, in the Eastern division of the chapel on the south 8ide Qf the na.ve clfntains a
canopied piscina and credence and 1Il monument to Lady
the county, upper division of the hundred of Westminster,
Louisa Pole, who died August 6th, 1852: the Decorated
petty sessional division of Moreton-in-Marsh, union and east window was filled with stained glass in 1879 as a
memorial to the Rev. Gilbert Malcolm, rector of the
county court district of Shipston-on-Stour, rural deanery parish from 18i2;. in the chancel is an inscribed brass to

(If Campden and archdeaconry of CirencesteI' and diocese
Gloucester. The church of
d St. Thomas a Becket is a

building in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel.

with chantry chapel, nave of three. bays, with south

DIRECTORY. ] GLOUCESTERSHIRE. TORTWORTH. 337

William Moulton ob. 1614: the church was restored in Countess of Salisbury, his wife: the Cardinal, who was
also archbishop of Canterbury, died 17 Nov. 1558, on
1879 at a cost of £600, and affords sittings for 150 per- which day Queen Mary also eXRired. Todenbam House,
.sons. The register dateS' from the year 1721 and includes a. pleasant mansion near the vlllage, is the seat of Sir
a list of former rectors from a very early period, amongst Cecil Pery Van Notten-Pole bart. J.P. the lo-rd of the
whcm was Thomas Merkes, abbot of Westminster, and manor and principal landowner. The ,soil is clay and
gravel; subsoil, clay and oolite. The area is 2,477 acres.
afterwards bishop of Oarlisle (1397-14°3), degraded by rateable value, £2,784; the population in 1891 was 349.
Henry IV. for some declaration in favour of Richard 1I.
The living is a rectory, gross yearly value £463, including Parish Clerk, DavidJ Neville.

188 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop Post, Telegraph &; Express Delivery Office.-Mrs. Harriet
Neville, sub-postmistress. Letters through Moreton-in-
of Gloucester and held since 1882 by the Rev. Augustin Marsh arrive at 8.40 a.m.; dispatched at 5.45 p.m.
Williams, of St. David's College, Lampeter, who is also Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. Moreton-
vicar of Lower Lemington, and surrogate, but is in-Marsh is the nearest money order office
non-resident. There is a charity of £4 be-
National School (mixed), built in 1874 for 100 children;
queathed by Dr. William Juxon, archbishop of Canterbury, average attendance, 23 boys &; 27 girls &:i infants; John
Lougher, master
1660-3 and one of £12 left in 1841 by Abraham Pole esq.
distributed yearly in coals to the poor. The manor of Carriers to
Todenham ()riginally belonged to the Petre family, but ShipstOll-on-Stour Daniel Davis and Rabert Mullis on
afterwards passed into that of Pole, of Derbyshire, of
saturday
which the present possessors are a branch, and are colla-

teraIly descended from the celebra.ted Reginald Cardinal

Pole, son of Sir Rd. Pole K.G. and M'argaret Plantagent,

Van Notten-Pole Sir Cecil Pery bart. Driver Harry Ambrose, farmer Jarrett John, farmer

J.P. Todenham house Edden Thomas, farmer, Woodhill Mace FJ.'Iederick, farmer

Van Notten-Pole Chandos, Upper Lem- Findon Joseph, farmer Mander Isaao G. farmer

ington Flanakin John, farmer Mullis Roben, farmer ,&; carrier

Vl1n Notten-Pole Gerald, Up.Lemingtn Gilson Harry, blacksmith Murphy Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Van Notten-Pole M'rs. Upper Lemingtn Guppy Frank, farmer Neville David, carpenter

Hookham Henry, decorator Poole Edward, farmer

COMMERCIAL. Jarrett J . .&; Son, wheelwrights &; car- Poole Price, farmer

Eetteridge Lawis, Farriers' Arms penters Shepard Edward, farmer, Mount Sorrel

Caswell Richard, farmer .Tarrett Ha1'1'y, assistant overseer &; Shepard Mary (Mirs.) , farmer

Cirencaster Working M~n's Conserva- clerk to the parish council Stanton William Lawrence, agent to

tive Association Benefit iSociety Jarrett William, registrar of births, Sir C. P. Van Notten-Pole bart

(Harry Jarrett, sec) deaths &; marriages for 8u'b-district Todenham Brick & Tile Works (Wm.

Davis Daniel, carrier of Shipston-on-Stour, relieving & L. Stanton, manager)

Davis Thomas, miller to Sir C. P. vaccination officer, colleclor to the Van Notten-Pole Gerald, farmer

Van Notten-Pole bart guardians ofShipston-on-Stour union Webb Owell, shopkeeper

TORMAB:TON is a parish and village, on the old coach the year 1679, and includes the regig.ter of West Littleton

road from Bath to Gloucester, and bounded on the east' up to 1813. The living is a rectory, with the chapeiry of
by Wiltshire, 5~ miles -south-east from Yate 'station on West Littleton annexed, yearly value from tithe rent-
the Birmingham Md Bristol section of the Midland rail- charge £600, including 97 acres of glebe, with residence,
way, 10 north from Bath and 4 south-east from Chipping in the gift of the Duke of Beaufort K.G., P.C. and held

Sodbury, in the Southern division of the' county, lower since 18B3 by the Rev. Richard Brent Neville M.A. of
division of Grumbalds Ash hundred, Chipping Sodbury Trinity College, Dublin. The only charity is the interest

union and county court district, Sodbury petty sessional of £300 CO'Ilsols, left in 1842 by Mrs. Manning, given in

division, rural deanery of Bitton and archdeaconry and bread on the 22nd Feb. In the parish is a valuable stone
diocese of Bristol. The church of St. Mary is an ancient quarry. The Duke of Beaufort K.G., P.C. ielord of the

building of stone, in the Norman and Early English manor and chief landowner. The soil is light loamy; the
styles, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, south subsoil is oolite. The- chief crops are wheat, oats and

aisle, south and west porches and an embattled western roots. The area. is 2,602 acres; rateable value £2,041;

tDwer containing one bell: the two lower stories of the the population in 18g1 was 347.
tower, the chancel and font are Early Norman: the nave Sexton, Ernest TIes.
and south aisle are Early English, seven of the windows Post Office.-Arthur Frederick Reed, sub-postmaster.

are stained, and on the south side is> a hagioseope: in the Letters through Ohippenham arrive at 7.25 a.m. &; dis-
aisle is' a braS's with effigy and marginal inscription, in patched at 7 p.m. &; dispatched on sunday at 9.10 a.m.

excellent preservation, to John Ceysyll, "famulus" to Postal orders are iSliJUed' here, but not paid. Aoton

Sir John Sendlow, ob. 1493, and in the chancel a tomb Turville is the nearest money order &; Marshfield the
of black marble, from which the brasses have been re- neaTest telegraph office, 4 miles distant

moved, to Sir John de la Rivere, c. 1350, the founder of Carrier to Bath. Pitt passe& through from Luckington

the church; there is also a very fine mural monument on wed. & Mt. returning same day

with arms to Edward Topp of Witton esq. ob. 1699; a.nd National School (mixed), built, with residence fo1'" mis.

a curious epitaph to Gabriel Russe1l esq. 'Ob. 1663: there tress, in 1859, for 100 children; average attendance,

are sittings for 230 persons. The register dates from 66; Miss- Louisa Files, mistres$

Amold Thomas, WeJ!hay Gale Geo. carpenter.& wheelwright Meremth Richard Wickham, grocer &c.

:Box Mass Gent George, farmer, 'Grange farm & assistant overseelf

Callow William Risdon Hole Rabt. Griflfu, farmer, Manor farm iMorgan Wm. carpenter & wheelwright

Neville Rev. Rd. Bren.t M.A.. Rectory Huff Edwin, shoe maker Pullen Jas. farmer, Lap Down farm

Smart William Huff Edwin, jun. Compasses P.R Reed Arthur Fredk. farmer, Post office

Stopford Rev. Joseph Thomas Sare1i.eld Huff Thomas, shoe maker Reed George, Beaufort Arms P.B:

RA. (curate) TIes Ernest, farmer Russell William Henry, shopkeeper

Boonett Wm. farmer, Newhouse farm TIes John Henry, blacksmith .

2,TORTWORTH is a parish, on the Little Avon river, built, with the exception of the tower, in the year 1875,
miles west from Cbarfield stllition on the Bristol and ' by the Earl of Ducie, with stone obtained from a. quarry

Birmingham section of the Midland railway, 16 north-br- on his estate, a small vestry being added, the burial

east from Bristol, 4 west from Wot,ton-under-Edge, and ground enlarged by a piece of land given by the Earl of

5 south-west from Dursley, in the Mid divi,sion of the I Ducie, and the church and, grounds enclosed by a stone

county, npper division of the hundred of Grumbalds Ash, waIl, at a total cost of about £5,000: there are 230 sittings.

union of Thornbury, Dursley county court district, petty The register dates from the year 1592. The living is a.

sessional division: of Wotton-under-Edge, rural deanery of I rectory, net yearly value £300, including 58 acres of

Hawkesbury, archdeaconry of Bristol and diocese of Glou- _glebe, with residence, in the gift {)f the Earl of Dude,

cester. The church of St. Leonard' is a building of stone, ' and held since 1882 by the Rev. Pellew Arthur M.A. of
in the Late Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, Trinity College, Cambridge. There is a charity estate of
nave of four bays, aisles, north porch and a fine embattled. the yearly value of £22 7S. IId. used to meet church
westem tower with lofty pinnacles, containing 6 bells: expenses; there is also an orphanage for six poor children,

at the east end of the south aisle are several modern founded by the late Oountess of Dude. In this parish

monuments, in the Cinque-Cento style, belonging to the stands the "Tortworth Chestnut,:' the orginal girth of
Throckmorton family, fonner lords of the manor; "there I which was 60 feet; it now measures about 57 feet, being

is a fine font of early date: the church was entirely re- I much decayed on the west side.-Vide Strutt's "Sylva

GLOU~ . 22

338 TORTWORTH. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. [ KELLY'S

Britannica," page 82: it is mentioned by Sir Robert ments of pottery and articles of bronze are frequently

Atkyns, and in Evelyn's "SyIVlll" as a. famous tree, in found in this parish; the Temains of a. vineyard, of un-l

the reign of King Stephen. Tortworth Court, the seat of certain date, are to be seen on the south side of the hill

the Earl of Ducie P.C., F.RS., F.R.G.S. is a noble build- below the camp. The BOil is light loam; &ubsoii, sand-
ing in the Tudor style, erected between the years. 1848 stone. The principal portion of the land is in pasture,
and 1853, from the designs of S. S. TelL.on esg. of London; and devO'ted to dairy purposes; wheat, barley and beans
the building, constructed of micacious sandstone, pro- are grown. The area is 1,551 acres; rateable value.
cured from quarries on his lordship's estate, with guions £2,676; the population in 1891 was 216.
of limestone and dressings 'of freeJstone, forms a parallelo- Sexton, Mark Draisey.

gram, and has a .square lantern tower and, two small Post Office.-Mrs. Hester Porter, sub-postmistres,s.
turrets, with an entrance porch and archway: a conser· Letters received through Falfield Railway Sub-Office;

vatory adjoins the mansion, and the park, which contains delivered, 8 a.m.; dispatched a.t 5.30 p.m. Postal orders

a beautiful lake in a valley between the beech woods, ha.s are issued here, but not paid. The nearest money

an area. of over 400 acres: the offices and residences on order & telegraph office is at Falfield, 2 miles distant
the estate are alS'O built of oStone. The parish is the sole School (mixed), for 250 children; average attendance, 65
property of the Earl of Ducie, who is lord of the manor. boys, 55 girls & 30 infants; & supported in part by
In the park, on a hill (lverlooking the lake, is a Roman the Earl of Ducie; there is a. house for the master;
camp, known as the" Illoody Acre": Roman coins, frag- George Illauchard, master; Ml'ls. Illanchard, mistress

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. COMMERCIAL. Poole Edwd. blacksmith to the Earl

Barton Chas. dairy farmer,Court farm Orphanage (The) (Mrs. M1ary Ilarrett~

Ducie Earl of P.C., F.RS., F.R.G.S. Ilerry Wm. clerk of works to the Earl matron)

(lord-lieutenant of the county, lord- Eley J. Shield, dairy farmer Rice Henry, farmBl1'

warden of the stannaries ([)uchy of Fowles Maurice, tiler & plasterer Shingles Thomas, head gardener, The

Cornwall) &, chief rangerr of the Rarle John J., F.S.I., M.RA.C. agent Gardens

Forest of Dartmoor), Tortworth to the Earl of Whitfield Smith Daniel, farmer, Crockleys farm

court; & 16 l'ortman sguare & Jenner Nathaniel, dairy farmer, Eilll Tortworth Co-operative \Society Loo.

Travellers' club W & Athenreum & Tree farm . (Mrs. Sa-rah Ann Ilerry, manageress)

Brooks' clubs SW London Kingscote Henry. clerk to John J. Vigar William T. farm bailiff to the

Arthur Rev. Pellew M.A. Rectory Rarle esg Earl, Example farm, Whitfield

Rarle John J., F.S.I., M.R.A.C. Whit- Lainchbury Gabriel, head gamekeeper

field house to the. Earl

TREDINGTON: is a parish and village, bounded on vation. The register of baptisms dates from the year

the west by the river Swilgate, 2i miles south-south-east 1551; marriages, 1641; burials, 1541. The living is a

froID' Tewkesbury Istation on the Midland railway, and 6i vicarage, net yearly value £65, including 61 acres of glebe,
north-west from Cheltenham, in the Northern division with residence, in the gift (If the Ilishop of Gloucester~

of the county, lower division of the hundred, union, petty and held since 1883 by the Rev. George Edward Webs-

sessional division snd county court district of Tewkesbury, ter, of St. Bees. There is a charity of the yearly value of

rural deanery of Winchcomb, and archdeaoonry and dio- £10, derived from invested money, for the repairs of the

cese ()f Gloucester. The church of St. John the Ilaptist church. Tredington Court, an ancient mansion, and for

is a building of stone, in the Norman and Decorated styles, upwards of four 'Centuries the seat of the Surman family,

consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a wooden is now occupied by the Rev. William Surman Mansell~

tower on the western gable containing 5 bells; the tower vicar of Radstone, Northamptonshire, and the chief land-

was rebuilt and the bells put in (lrder in 1883 at the sole owner. The soil is stiff clay; 8ubSQil, blue lias. The

cost of the late John Surman esq.: the chancel is remark- chief crops are wheat and beans. The area is 1,0Il

able for its great length: there are the remains of two acres; rateable value, £1,585; the population in 18g1

Norman windows, and in the chancel a peculiar $tone was 104.

sedile: on the north side of the communion table is .a re- Sextoness, Mrs. Cook.

cess: in 1896 a memorial window was erected ,to the late '.
John Surman esg. and Elizabeth, his wife: in 1893 the nave Lettel'ls thr{lUgh Tewkesbury, arrive about 7.30 a.m.; no-
was refloored at a cost of about £97, by the parishioners sunday delivery. Pillar Letter Box cleared at 5.20 p.m.
and landowners, and in 1890 a. clock, the gift of Com- week days only. Tewkesbury, 21 mUes distant, is th&

mander A. Il. Mansell RN. was presented in memory of nearest money & telegraph office

his uncle, John Surman esq. (If Tredington Court: the This place is included in Stoke Orchard: United School

cost (If ;restorations carried out during the period of Board District, formed in 1877; the school, on the bor-

188:;-90, amounted to £551: there are sittings for 150 per- del'ls of the parish, is intended to serve both for this

aons. In the churchyard, on the south side, rBtands a parish & the hamlet of Stoke Orchard, &; the children of

cross with a very tall shaft, and in a good state ,of preser- this place attend there

Mansel1 Rev. William Surman, tt'roo- Chandler Henry, miller (water) Harris Stephen, farmer

ington court Ornmp John, farmer, TrOOingoon ho Spiers Frederick, farmer

We-bster Rev. Geo. Edward, Vicarage Hams Frederick, farmer Taylor William, farm bailiff to Rev.

IBartlett William, blacksmith
Harris Huhel1't, farmer, The Home frm W. S. Mansell

TUFFLEY, or Tuffieigh, is a civil parish within the OTder, 16,525, dated 25 March, 1885, under the provisions

ecclesiastical districts of Whaddon and St. Paul's, Gl(lu- of the (( Divided Parishes Act, 1882." By the same Order,

cester, the former including the southern and the latter detached parts of Tuflley, known as Laurel Bank, Orell

the northern portion of the parish: it is adjacent to the Lodge and Osric Villa were transferred to Matson, and

city of Gloucester on the south, in the Northern division Hazeldine House and a detached part of Hempstead added

of the county, Middle division of the hundred of ;Dud. to Tuflley. •

s,!<>n~ and King's Barli<?n, Gl():n?e~ter union, county court Wall Letter Box, New Inn; cleared at 6.15 ,p.m. week days
dlstrlc~ and pe~ty sesslOnal .dIVlSIO~. The Great We~m only. Wall Ilox, Sheephouse Oorner, cleared at 6.45 &
and Mldl!IDd ral1way ;uns .slde by sld.e through the I!ansh. 9. 1 5 p.m.; sundays, 9. 15 p.m. Letters through Glou.
The Robms Wood Hill. Ilrlck and .Tile :Work~, caITl~d on cester arrive at 9 a.m. Gloucester is the nearest money
by Mr. George ~. Whitfi~d, are m this pansh. Lieut.- order &; telegraph office. Many of the residents come
001. John Frederlck. Cnrtls-H.aY'!'ard J.P. of Man<lr Fa~ within the direct Gloucester Town delivery of letters
House, Quedgeley, IS the prmClpal landowner. The soil .
is clay; subsoil, blue lias. The chief crops are wheat, A SchO?I Board of 7 members was formed ID 188~; Henry
barley and fruit. The area is 1,017 acres; rateable value, Tuthill, Gloucester, clerk to the board; Frank Jones,

£8,984; the population in 1881 was 256, and in .1891 was Gloucester, attendance officer

872, in consequence of the county portion of South Ham- Board School (mixed), built in 1882, for 90 children;

let having been annexed, bt Local Government Board average attendance, 60; Miss Amy Augusta. Packer,mist

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Cooksey Charles Fredk. The Lawn Gazzard William, farmer, Ro'bins Wood

(Other names in this parish are given Outler Philip Robert, Olovelly Hill farm

with Gloucester, including those- in Davis John, Tuflley lawn King Alfred,jun. farmer,Lower Tuflley

Tnflley avenue.) Higgins Renry Thos. Taylor, Westover Maslen Ann (Mrs.), New inn

Aldridge Goorg~, Sunnycroft Meadows Henry, S'utgrove MOrtimM' Caroline (Mrs.), baker

Barnard Edward, The Gables Rop€!l" Samuel, Hillfield Morris James, cowkeel?er, Bridge farm

Barnett John William, Highmead Russell Mrs. Grove villa Neate Guy, farmer

Blakoeway Geo. Sheffield, StanifoTth Saunders Mrs. The Warren Simpsou George, farm bailiff to Geo.

Brown Alfred J.P. Oak bank T. Whitfield esq

Brown Richa.rd Gopsill, Elmhnrst COMMERCIAL. Smith Jane (Mrs.), farmer, Whit-
Cole Edwin H:i!1, Yew Tree villa
Barnard Wm.dairymn. Sutgrove farm combe farm

DIRECTORY.] GLOUCESTERSHIRE. TWYNING. 339

Smart Thomas, eowkee.per Townsend KJwin, milk seller &le.Reser- Whitfield Gecl'ge T. brick.&; tile manu-

Tuflley Coffee. House & Reading Room voir house facturer, Robins Wood Hill brick &

(George Oliver, caretaker) tile works

TURKD EAN is a parish and village, on the Roman presented by Anne Coxwell in 1754 and alms plate, dated
Fosseway and on the Cotswold Hills, 3t miles south from 1735: the church was restored in 1857 and reseated with
Notgrove station on the West Midland branch of the open benches affording 200 sittings. The register dates
Great Western railway, about 5 north-east from Withing- from the year 1572. The living is a vicarage, net yearly
ton station on the Midland and South Western Junction value from Igo acres of glebe £80, with residence, in the
railway, 3 north from Northleach, and 12 north-by-east gift of the Dean and Canons of Christ 'Church, Oxford,
from Oirencester. in the Eastern division ()f the county, and held since 1881 by the Rev. John Lechmere Tudor
Bradley hundred, Northleach petty sessional division,union M.A. of Exeter College. Oxford. .A charity of £33 IOS. 8d.
and county court district, rural deanery of Northleach. yearly value, left in 18w by Harry Edmund Waller esq. is
archdeaconry of Oirencester and diocese of Gloucester. applied in providing clothing for the poor. Ohrist Church.
The church of .All Saints is a small but ancient building Oxford, Edmund WaIler esq. of Farmington Lodge, who
of stone, in the Norman, Early English and Perpendicular is lord of the manor and Thomas Tayler esq. are the prin-
styles, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, south cipal landowners. The soil is stone brash; subsoil, rock
aisle, north porch and embattled western tower, contain- and day. The chief crops are wheat. barley, oats and
ing 3 bells. recast in 1641, and a sanctus bell, recast in roots. The area is 2,178 acres j rateable value, £790 j
1663: the tower and ohancel arch are Early Norman, the the population in 18g1 was 205.
chancel is Early English, and the rest of the building Per- Post Office. Lower Dean.-Mrs. Ann Mari'a Draper, sub-
pendicular: the stained east window was erected by sub- postmistress. Letters are received through North-
scription: there is also a memorial window in the chancel leach R. S. O. at 8.30 a.m. j dispatched at 4.25 p.m.
with inscribed brass plate to the Rev. Frederick Biscoe week days only. Postal orders are issued here, but not
M.A. vicar here, 1837-80: the nave contains memorials to paid. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at
Elizabeth, wife of the Hon. Sir Montague Nelthorp, d. N orthleach, 3 miles distant

1718. and Sir William Bannister kt. a baron of the Ex- Wall Letter Box, Upper Dean, cleared at 4.20 p.m
chequer in Queen Anne's reign, who died in 1730: the National School (mixed), built in 1873, for 60 children;
communion plate includes 'a. chalice, dated 1717, a paten average attendance, 25; Miss M. M. Buller, mistress

Tayler Thomas, Manor house Drape'l" Ann Maria (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Tayler John Bradish,frmr.Leygore frm

Tudor Re.v. John Lechmere M.A. Post office Tayler WaIt.Harry, frmr.Blanch's frm

Vicarage Lawrence Eli, stone mason Walker Mary Jane (Mh-s.), farmer, Up.

Mustoe George, mason Dean farm

COMMERCIAL. Smith Lawrence, farmer, Rectory farm Wheeler George, blacksmith

Coleman Thos. farmer, Parsonage farm Swatoon Thomas, boot & shoe maker

TWIGWORTH was formed into a parish in 1844 from (Badgworth) charity. The principal landowners are Capt.

the parishes of St. Mary-de-Lode and St. Catherine, Glou- Thomas de Winton J.P. of Wallsworth Hall, Sandhurst,
cester, and includes, f()r ecclesiastical purposes, the parish who is lord of the manor, and Brasenose Oollege, Oxford.

of Longford; it is intersected by the high road leading The soil is a black mould; subsoil. gravel; applied to
from Gloucester to Tewkesbury, and is 2 miles north pasture and arable in equal proportion. The chief crops
from Gloucester, in the Northern division of the county, are wheat, beans, barley and roots. The area is 493
hundred of Dudstone and King's Barton, Gloucester union, acres; rateable value, kl.370; the population in 18g1

county court district and petty sessional division and in was civil parish. 209 j ecclesiastical, 525.

the rural deanery, 'archdeaconry and diocese of Glouces- Under the provisions of ,the "Divided Parishes Act,

ter. The church of St. Matthew is a modern building 1852," a detached part of Twigworth has been transferred
of stone in the Norman style, consisting of chancel, nave to Down Hatherley, and detached parts of Quedgeley and
of four bays, north aisle, porch and a western tower with Ohurchdown parishes added to Twigworth, and by the

lofty spire containing one bell: the east window of the Local Government Board Order, 16,525, March 25, 1885,

north aisle is a memorial to various members of the Gor- a detached part of St. Catherine parish opposite Twigworth
don-Canning family: the east window in the c1Jlancel is a Church to Twigworth.

memorial to Col. W. J. Holt and family, 1iIld there are Parish Clerk, George Hams.

others t() Charles and Mary Ann Priday, Mrs. E. A. Post Office. George Harris, sub-postmaster. Letters

Symes, and to the Sheepway family. The church is greatly through Gloucester. Box cleared at 6.10 p.m. on week
indebted to the liberality of the late Benjamin Saunders days only j arrive a.t 7.30 a.m. Postal orders are issued
Claxson D.D. first vicar of Twigworth, whose armorial here, but not paid. Gloucester is the nearest money
bearings appear in the north window: the church wa.s order &; telegraph office, 2 miles distant

restored in 1891 at 3. cost of 1,1,000, when the chancel National School (mixed), built in 1854, for 98 children;
was rebuilt, the aisle enlarged, and a beautifully carved average attendance, 74; & supported in part by a small
chancel screen erected: there are about 300 sittings. The endowment given by the founders, Mrs. Clarence Saun-

register dates from the year 1844. The living is a vicar- ders &; the late Rev. Benjamin Sannders Clnson D.D.;
age, net yearly value £310, with :residence, in the gift of Frederick J. Billingham, master

the Bishop of Gloucester, and held since 1889 by the Rev. Oarriers to Gloucester (passing through).-Phillips, from

Marcus Samuel Cam Rickards M.A. of Memn College, Tewkesbury, wed. & sat. & Clifford. from Apperley, on
Oxford. This parish shares to a small extent in Cox'. sat. returning same days

Alcock Maj. In. Herbart,Twigworth Idg Durrett John. market gardener piff Frank, market gardener

Dicker Rabert, The Elms Dyer Henry, oommercial traveiler Ridler Thomas-, market gardener

Rickards Rev. Marcus Saml. Cam M.A. Gosling Francis. market gardener Roberts Daniel (Mrs.), farmer

, Vicarage Hobbs Susan (Miss), blacksmith Roberts JOS€ph. farmer, Old Manor ho

Thompson Miss, Twigworth lawn Perks Charles, market gardener Tarr George, ca.rpenter & assistant

COMMERCIAL. Pocock. James White, farme'r, Twig- overseer for Down Hatherley

Barnes Charles, farmer worth Court farm

TWYNING is a parish and scattered village, between an organ. chancel seats and screen were presented by the

the rivers Severn and the Warwickshire Avon, near their late Mrs. Townend: the font is Notman: the stained east

confluence, 2 miles north from Tewkesbury station on the window is a memorial to Oapt. Walter Broad Stacker

Ashchurch and Malvern section of the Midland railway, R.N. d. 1870, and there are other memorial windows to

in the Northern division of the county, lower division of John Innes Pocock, d. 1865, and his wife, Isabella Jane,
Kiftsgate hundred, union, petty sessional division and d. 1875, besides ~number of inscribed tablets: the church

county court district of Tewkesbury. rural deanery of was restored in 1868 at a cost of £2,3°0, under the diree·
Winchc{)mb, and archdeaconry and di<>eese of Gloucester. tion of Mr. Middleton, architect, of Cheltenham: there are
The Severn divides the county from Worcestershire on 350 sittings: in the churchyard is the bue of a. stone
the west j the parish is also bounded on the north by Wor- cross. The register ()f baptisms dates from the year 1648 ;

cestershire. The chureh of St. Mary Magdalen is an marriages, 16g8; burials. 1656. The living is a vicarage.
edifice of stone in the Norman and later styles, consisting gross yearly value £174, with residence, in the gift of the

of chancel, nave, north p(}rch, and 'an embattled western Dean and Chapter of Christ Ohurch, Oxford, and held
tower containing a clock and 6 bells: in the chancel ~s a since 1844 by the Rev. Henry Goodwin M.A. of Christ
fine old alabaster tomb, with brass effigy, erected in 1577 Church, who is non-resident; the Rev. Waiter Garnett
to Sybill Clare, who died on the 15th of January, 1576: Lyon B.A. of Downing College, Cambridge, has been curate

in the vestry is an inscribed monumental slab to the Han- in charge since 1895. The charities, derived from ren~

cock family, with the dates 1674, 16761lIld 1717: in 1886, of land left by Richard Edgock, are now of £38 yearly

GLOU. 2~·

340 TWYNING. GI~OUCESTERSHIRE. • [KELLY'S

value, half of which is applied. to church purposes and the p.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. The
nearest money order & telegraph office is at Bredon, 2
remainder distributed to the poor. In 1881 the late Mrs. miles distant

Townsend bequeathed to the parish a. cottage, the rent of Post Office, Shuthonger. Mrs. Elizabeth Price, sub-post-
mistress. Letters arrive by foot pGst from Tewkesbury
which is applied to the repairs of the Sunday school, a at 6,45 a.m.; dispatched at 5.45 p.m. week d'ays; On
sundays at 12.25 p.m. Postal orders are issued here,
substantial edifice of brick, erected by Mrs. T-ownsend in but not paid. The nearest money order Js, telegraph
office is at Tewkesbury, 2 miles distant
that year. At Towbury Hill, in this parish, is a camp,
Wall Letter Box, .Ohurch End, cleared 5.40 p.m. week
supposed to be British or Roman. Puckrup Hall is the days; sundays, 11.40 p.w

seat of George Loyd Foster Harter esq• .M.A., J.P. Twyn- A School Board of 5 members was formed ;Nov. 8, 1875;

ing Park is the residence of Capt. Henry Selwyn Goodlake. Harry Alexander Badham, High street, Tewkesbury,
clerk to the board; William Davis, 70 Barton street,
Mrs. Maxwell Gumbleton, of Glanatore, Tallow, co. Water- Tewkesbury, attendance officer
ford, possesses the manorial rights. The trustee,s of J. Board School (mixed), built;. in 1841, for 160 children;
H. Martin, G. L. F. Harter esq. Arthur James Taylor average attendance, 109; there is a house for the
esq. of Strensham Court, Tewkesbury, Henry Wilson esq.
master & mistress; William Henry Chestney, master;
James Wilkes Wilson esq. Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Shirley
Mrs. Isabella Chestney, mistress
are the principal landowners. The soil is light loam; sub-
Oarriers to Tewkesbury. Mrs. Hannah Teale & James
soil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, turnips, barley and Henry Pearte, daily if necessary

seeds. The area. is 3,159 acres; rateable value, £6,5II ;

the population in 1891 was 889.
Parish Clerk, William Henry Berwick.

Post Office, Twyning Green. Charles Pates, sUb-post-

master. Letters arrive by foot post from Tewkesbury

at 7.45 a.m.; dispatched at 5.20 p.m.; sunday, 12.20

G.J..'.L.l. Dark! William, market gardener Price Philip, boot maker, Brockridge

PRIVA.TE RESIDENTS. Davis Samuel, carpenter'& wheelwght Scrivens Joseph, farmer, The GTeen

Allard Miss, Brockridge Dae James,assistant overseer,TheGreen Taylor Frank, shopkeeper

Bennett Mrs. Green banln Green Frank, farmer, Freeman's coun1i Taylor Wm. Chas. buildr.& blacksmith
Cox George Edward, The Green Gr~n Jas. Turner, farmer, Chureh end T'eale H~ah (MTS.), market gardener

Craddock John Thomas Halhng Wm. farmer & swne merchant & camel'

Goodlake Capt. Hy.Slelwyll,Twyning pk Harvard SSJ?uel, carpenter , Thomas Owen, colleewr of Government
Harter George Loyd FosteT M.A. J.P. Hatton Lew1s q-eo. farmr. Abhot s crt t~es & market garden.er, Rose cot
Pu k hall ' Hawkes Freder1ck, market gardener Tustm Ernest, beer retailer
Hill .;!r rup Th Ra k
s:Jf 1LHLJoeoamnd€elR'rIel' I1e~J~-:'e0?r.,hsW,nn,PrayJo.tMx'ahsGirlsnl~efody,eoeut~steBm.cA,hVel'nCdarage Hewlett Charle8, farmer, Ohurch end Tustin Wm. Edwin, farmer, The Green

Higwell Wm. (Mrs.), farmer, Stratford Walton Charlotte (Mrs.), beer retailer
Rudman Willia~ shopkeeper & shopkeeper
J eynes Ne1.ghbour, beer ret ailer
Le,wis Hubert John, farm bailiff to Warner Thoroas, farmel"
Weaver Wm.James,farmer, Brockridge
G. L. Foster Harter esq Williams Fras. G. farmr. Twyning frm
.1: ey .l: r s . Mayall Henry, carpenter, Paxhill ho

Trigg. Mrs: Park VIew Mayall Robert, carpenter, Paxhill ho SHUTHiONGER.

W~hi1l MISS, ?hurch end Niblett James, dairyman Hastings J\t'Irs. Shuthonger manor

Wilson Jas. Wilkes, Showborough ho Osborne In. market gardener, Paxhill Snowden John Charles

COMME~CIA.L. Page John, bricklayer &c Dutton William, poultry dlr.Dobs Leys

Berwick Henry, blacksmith Pates Charles, market gardener, Post Sallis Elizabeth (Mrs.), !beer retailer

Dale !saac, F1eet inn, Twyning ferry office, The Green Sutton William, farmer

Dark Fras. market gardnr. Brockridge Pearte James Henry,shopkpr. & carrier Warner George Frederick, Crown inn

Dark In. market gardnr. Downfield cot Price Henry, market gardener

TYTHERINGTON is a. parish and village, I mile Bingley M.A. of Brasenose Oollege, Oxford. Here is a

south of the Gloucester and Bristol road, with a. station Bapti~ chapel. Large quarries of limestone and mill-

an the Thornbury branch of the Bristol and Birmingham stone grit are worked here, and here are remains of a

seotion of the Midland railway, I2 miles north-north-east Roman encampment called "The Castle." Hardwicke

from Bristol, 3 south-east from Thornbury and 115 from :Woyd Hardwicke esq. J.P. is lord of the mamor and chief

London, in the Southern division of the county, Thorn- landowner, and resides at the Grange, a fine mansion of

bury hundred, union, petty sessional division and county stone. The soil is principally loamy; subsoil, principally

court district, rural deanery of HawkeS'bury, archdeaconry limestone. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and

of Bristol and diocese of Gloucester. It consists of two I pasturage. The area i$ 2,223 acres; rateable value,

tithings, Tytherington, which is in Barton Regis hundred, £4,544; the population in 1891 was 464.

and Itchington, whi~h is i? ~enbury hu~dred. The Post Office.-Mrs. Bizabeth Tratman, sub-postmistress.

chur?h of St. James .19 a bUlldmg of s~0J.le m the Early Letters through Falfield R.S.O. arrive at 8.30 a.m. ; dis-

EnglIsh and Perpen~cular ,styles, eons1stmg of chancel, patched at 4.45 p.m. week daY'S only. Postal orders
nave of four bays, ll;1s~es, south porch and an em~att~ed are issued here, but not paid. Thornbury is the near.
western tower, cantaunng 5 bells, t~e tenor bell we1ghmg est money order & telegraph office, 3 miles dista.nt.
14 cwt.: the chmc~ was restored ID 188.2-4 at a. cost of Itchington letters through Alveston R.S.O
£1,800, the restoration of the chancel bemg defrayed by A SChool Board of 5 members was formed August 31,
tghreealtaetrepRoert~IO. nG?efo~rhgee rTeamsa~meldleMr b.Ay.P.thLe.n!plaatrrdow~I,Cka~ndesqth.
e 18 75; William John Phillimore, clerk to the board;
: Geor e Champion Itchington attendance officer
there are 250 sIttmgs: the churchyard IS well laJd out. g .' " '
The register dates from the year 1662. The living is a Bo~rd School .(m1xed), built m 1876 at a cost of £ 1 , 5 00 ,

vioa.rage, net yearly value £190, including 64 acres of fOl" 120 children; average attendance, 89; George

glebe, with residence, in the gift of W. A. Lochee esq. of Manuell, master

Canterbury, and held s-ince 1895 by the Rev. John George Railway Station, George Harding, station master

NGTON. Cornock William Pullin, farmer Tyler Mary Ann (Mrs.), farmer
Daniels Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer Williams David, grocer

Bingley Rev. John Geo. M.A. Vicarage Daniels Thomas, farmer ITOHlNGTON.

Oullimore Mrs Drew Misses, farmers

Hardwicke Hardwicke Lloyd J.P. Hmnphries Fredk. Churchill, plumber Smith John & Wm. Elmington villa

Tytherington grange & glazier COMMERCIAL.

J;>ullen Misses Kingscott Charles, farmer Champion Geo.school attendance officr

COMMERCIAL Meredith Edward, farmer Champion Henry, farmer

-. Phillimore William John, Swan P.H. Clements Arthur, farmer

Bishop Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer &; assist. overseer&clerk to school brd Keedwell Henry, farmer

Boyt George, farmer & butcher Smith John, farmer, Hill farm Moxham John, haulier

Boyt George, jun. farmer ,& butc~ Staley Leigh, farmer Nichols Daniel, farmer, Woodleaze

Beyt Jephunneh, farmer Thornbury Coal 00. coal & coke mers Pea-ree Herbert Charles, farmer

Brookman Albert Oliver, butcher, Tytherington Stone Company (road Pullin Samuel Cox (Mirs.), farmer,

baker, grocer, draper & genl. outfittr metal), quarry owners & stone mers. The Laurels

Creed Alfred John &; Co. builders (Alfred In. Crer-d, mgr.) See advt Sherbonle James, farmer

ULEY is a parish and picturesque village, on the road Gloucester and 108 from London, in the Mid division of
from Stroud to Dursley, 4 miles south from Frocester the county, Berkeley hundred, Dur~lcy county court
station on the Bristol and Birmingham section of the
district, union and petty sessional diviSIOn, and in the
:\1idland railway, 2i east from Dursley, IS eouth from rural deanery of Dursley ood archdeaconry and dioce~e

DffiEGrORY.] GLOUCESTERSHIRE. UPTON ST. LEONARD. 341

of Gloucester. This place is shut in by hills on all sides, campment. Angeston Grange is the residence of In.Hamlyn

except the west; many springs take their rise in these Borrer esq. J.P. There are two manors in this parish,

hills and form the little stream called the Ewelme, which, ()f which Lord Fitzhardinge and Mr~. Stoughton, Cl'f Owl-

flowing on to Dursley, is augmented by the water8 of pen, are respectively lord and lady, and Granville E.

the Broadwell, and afterwards becomes the Cam. The Lloyd Baker esq. of Hardwicke Court, and Col. Sir Robert

church Qf St. Matthew, so named on the rebuilding of Nigel Fitzhardinge Kingscote K.C.B. are chief land-

the church in 1858, but anciently dedicated to St. Giles, owners. The soil i8 loamy; subs()il, gravel. The land is

is an edifice of ,stone in the Early English style, consisting chiefly in pasture. The area is 1,512 acres; rateable

of chancel, nave, aisles, south poroh and an embattled value, £3,696; the population in 1891 was 929 civil, and

tower on the north side, with a. single pinnacle, and con- 1,032 ecclesiastical.

taining a clock and one bell: there are five stained win- Under the provisions of the "Divided Parishes Act,

dows and a reredos of stone and marble, erected in 1878: 1882," White Leaze has been transferred from Owlpen

the church contains seats for 400 persons. The register and another detached part added by Local Government

da.tes from the year 1668. The living is a rectory, with Board Order 14,746, March 25, 1883.

the chapelry of Owlpen annexed, lIlet yearly value (mey) Sexton, Lewis Lusty.
£ 165,
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Rev. William Bradshaw Benis()n M.A. of Trinity College, sub-postmaster. Letters from Dursley arrive at 7.35
Dublin. There are Baptist and Congregational chapels. d' d &;
Various small charities left by different donors and a.m. & 4.40 p.m. ; lspatche lilt 7. 25 & 11 a.m. 5· 15
amountm· g to 1Iibout £ 12 are dI'St rI'bU ted . Aeafg;t '19 h eId p.m.; sunday, arrive at 8.30 a.m.; dispatched at

yearly, beginning with the first Sunday in September, 11 a.m
Wall Letter Box, 11.5 a.m. & 5. 25 p.m.; .'Sund.ays n·5
September 1St being St. Giles' day. A fl()wer show a.nd
a.m
athletic sports are held on the M()nday following. A National School (mixed), built in 1828, for 150 children;

Roman tumulus or sepulchre has been discovered at average attendance, 50 boys, 53 girls & 38 infants;
John Collier, master
Westhill, in this parish, and Roman coins have frequently

been found here. Uley Bury Hill was formerly a Roman en-

P:RIVATE RESIDENTS. Rolt MisS', Rockstowes Lusty Charles, Lower Crown inn

Bames Arthur, Uley house Stephenson Mrs Lusty George JamBS, wood turner

Barnett George, Woodstock terrace Tilley Mrs. The Yews Lusty Rowland, mason

Banison Rev. William Bradshaw M.A. Whitehead Tom, Marsh house Marsh Robert, tailor

Rectory COMMERCIAL. Norris Benjamin William, butcher &

Borrel' In.HamlynJ.P. .A.ngeston grnge Baile,' Alfred, farmr. Newbrook farm beer retailer

Browne Miss, Gables Ball Charles E. shopkeeper Oakhill Emanuel, farm 'bailiff' to J.

Oampbell Arthur James RA., M.D. Bloodworth Edwin, rbaker, Crawley H. Borrer esq. J.P. Marsh farm

Rase villa Bloodworth JGseph, farmer, Uley field Park Daniel, bla.cksmith

Cave IMrs. Bury-Bower cottage Bloodworth Wil1ia.m, baker Parker Joseph Powell, farmr. Lye farm

Douglas John, Cotswold villa Burnett David Annandale, farmer, Powell Edwin, shive &; spile maker

Fitzgerald Robert W. P.,B.A.The Yews Mutterall farm Powell George, farmer, Coldharbour

Forbes Col. George H. A. IkJckstowes Campbell Arthur James B.A.., M.D., Powell James, Old Crown P.H

HM'rison Rev. Frands George (Bap~ B..Ch. physician &i surgeon & medical Rex George.carpeiIlJter & wheelwright

tist), Whitecourt officer &; pulblic vaocinator No. 3 dis- IkJbbins William, farmer, The Grove

Holmann Miss Von, Went house trict, Dursley union, Hose villa Savag-e Saw. fM'mer, Beech House frm

Lacon Miss, Went house Clarke .A.dolphus,farmer, Ellcom'be fu'm Smetham .ALbert, frmr.Hodgcombe fm

Lorimer Will'iam Thomas, The Elms Dautllcey Timothy, farmer, Hyde hill Smith Charles, baker, Crawley

Massy Capt. Godfrey Lennox Eyre, Fisher GeQrge, beer retailer Smith Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Ulev lodge Ford Frederick Wm. house decorator Smith Elias, carpenter &; wheelwright

Neville Rev. Nigel M.A. Coombe house Higham Mlary (Mrs.), King's Head P.H Smith Ellen (Miss), shopkeeper

Norris Mrs. Charles, Belle ;Vue house Hill James, plasterer TilleJy George Henry. tiler & plasterer

Noms The Misses, Beulah view Hill Hobart William Henry, carriage Tilley Sarah (Mrs.) & Sons, plasteJ'leTs

Parslow Samuel, Woodstock terrace proprietor & eoal merchant Vick Harry Wm. shive & spile maker,

Phillips Elwin George Wilson, Rich- Hill. iSamuel, farmer, Windsor Marsh mills

mond cot.tage Hurcombe Sidney,shopkeeper & farmer Woorlcock .John, builder

Powell Edwin, Beech house Leach Benjamin William, private Workman Edward, shoe maker

Price Francis Woodbury, The Larches school, registrar of births & deaths Workman Thomas, shopkeeper

RedfernRev.John Lemon M.A.(curate), for VIey sub-district .& assistant

Pynes overseer, Dursley union

UPLEADON, anciently Ledene, is a. small parish and of Gloucester and held since 1887 by the Rev. Charles
straggling village, on the ancient road leading from Reeves Grooves. A mission church was built in 1888 and
Newent to Tewkes'bury, and bounded on the east and north
by the river Leadon, which here divides the county from has 100 sittings. There is also a Wesleyan chapel, erected
in 1886, seating 80 persons. Here is a. f1:our mill. John
Worcestershire; the village is about 21 miles east from Dearman Birchall esq. of Bowden Hall, Gloucester, is
chief landowner; W. Goulding, Henry Thompson and
Newent station on the Gloucestershire and Ledbury
section of the Great Western railway, 11 south-west from Edwin Ford esq. are also landowners. The soil is a red
Tewkesbury and 8 west-north-west from Gloucester, in loam, about a third of which is in pasture and meadow,
the Forest of Dean division of the county, hundred 01 situated on the banks of the Leadon, by which this parish
Botloe, Newent petty sessional division, union and county
court district, and in the rural deanery of N ort·h Forest is bounded on the east. Some of the ara.ble portion is
and archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester. The church
of St. Mary is a small edifice of stone, in the Norman planted with fruit trees, but at a sufficient distance from
style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a lofty each other n()t to obstruct the growth of the crops; sub-
half-timbered western tower, containing 2 bells: on the soil, clay and gravel. The area is 1,509 a~res; rateable
north side is an elegant NQrman doorway: the church value, £1.692; the population in 1891 was 206.
was restored in 1879 under the direction CYf the late Mr.
Ewan Christian, architect, at a. cost of upwards. of £588 ; Parish Clerk, George Niblett.
and a vestry was added in 1884: there are Bittings for Letter Box, cleared at 6.20 p.m. week days only. Letters
137 persons. The regi.ster dates from the year 1538.
The living is a. vicarage, net yearly value £198, including from Gloucester via Newent arrive at 7 a.m. :Kewent,
43 acres ()f glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop 2~ miles distant, is the nearest money order & tele-
graph office

National School (mixed), built, with residence for mis-
tress, in 1851, & rebuilt in 1897, for 77 rhlidren;

average attendance, 54; Miss Amy Emly, mistress

Greaves Rev. Chas. Re-eves, Vicarage Bradley - , farm bailiff to H-enry Hart Ansell. carpenter 1& wheelwright

Webb Mrs. Drews house Thompson esq. Drews house Hart Sitas. farmer, Hay farm

Cloke ChristQpher John, farmer, Up- Merrett Albt. carpntr. 1& wheelwright

COMMERCIAL. leadon rourt Pullen Samuel. blacksmith

Bird Charles,farm 'bailiff to W. Gould- CQmpton Wm. farmer. Bayton's farm Shepherd Arth.frmr.Middletown farm

in'! esCl. I..ower farm Deverall Thomas Edwin, farmer, Low Smith Chal'les, butcher

Boulton William, farmer & fruit dealer House farm Wood William, basket maker

UPTON ST. LEONARD is a large parish and scat- hundred, Gloucester union, county court district and
tered district, on the road between Gloucester and Pains- petty sessional division, and in the rural~anery. arch-

wick, 3 miles south-east from Gloucester, in the Northern deaconry and diocese of Gloucester. The river Twyver

division of the county, Dudstone and King's Barton rises here. The parish extends from ,he Sou.th Western