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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a square embattled tower rising from the north porch; the west window is large, and beautifully enriched with flowing … a porch in which is some rude sculpture. Christchurch, at West Fordington, was consecrated in 1846. In the parish are … about 1500 acres of land, and is situated four miles south-west from the village of Hunmanby. The chapel is a small …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… not unlike its modern bounds, 3 except that to the north-west and west it bordered the river Wye for much of the river's course … in the nine later parishes bordering the river. On the west the more rugged lands bordering the Wye were much less …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… was the schoolchapel of 1812, a simple building with a west bellcot. 63 The chapel became a north aisle in 1815 when a new nave was added to double its size and a west gallery was erected. A west tower, designed by the Revd. Henry Poole, was added a …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… dated from 1850 and the other, at Blakeney Woodside on the west side of Blakeney Hill, from 1851. Both occupied new … in 1973 91 the C. of E. school moved into the buildings west of the Parkend road 92 and in 1992, as Bream C. of E. … and in 1856 built a schoolhouse some way to the south-west. 25 There was a separate infants' school at Berry Hill …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Littledean, and the others were in the Bradley hill area west of Soudley brook and at Kidnalls above Lydney. 71 There … The dissidents were from the parishes in the north and west of the Forest and some gentry and clergy were accused of … Everard. Rep. Dean Forest Cttee. (1958), 18-20, 26-34; cf. Country Life, 31 Mar. 1960, 688-9. Glos. R.O., D 6993/1/1, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Ore was extracted from the limestone outcrops to the west and east of the coalfield by surface workings, often … Monmouthshire markets between the mines of the east and west sides of the Forest respectively and in 1741 it gave … 1959, TS. in Glos. Colln.), 2; K. S. Woods, Development of Country Towns in SW. Midlands during the 1960s (Oxf., 1968), …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Introduction THE FOREST OF DEAN The Forest of Dean lies in west Gloucestershire in the angle formed by the rivers Severn … into the civil townships (later parishes) of East Dean and West Dean and into ecclesiastical districts. After mid … 4 Jan. 1980. F. B. A. Welch and F. M. Trotter, Geol. of Country around Mon. and Chepstow (Memoirs of Geol. Surv. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… being included in the Westbury-on-Severn union and that of West Dean in the Monmouth union. 8 At Cinderford, where new … 13 Lydbrook, which grew up on land in both East and West Dean as well as the ancient parishes of English Bicknor, … parishes of Cinderford, Drybrook, and Ruspidge. 16 In 1895 West Dean had become part of West Dean rural district and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… a handful of people built a chapel at Knights Hill, to the west. The chapel, called Zion, became part of the Methodist … in Pillowell to evangelize the mining communities of west Gloucestershire. Cottage services were held in several … each at Joyford and in the Lane End district in the north-west, at Viney Hill and Oldcroft in the south-east, and at …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and most priests active in the Forest had parishes to the west. J. B. Chard, priest at Gloucester from 1894, was an … other places in the north of the parish. 12 The presbytery west of the church was built after 1959. 13 In 1939 the …