Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HASFIELD

HASFIELD, a village and a parish, in Tewkesbury district, Gloucester. The village stands near the river Severn and the boundary with Worcester, 6 miles N of Gloucester r. station; and has a post office pillar box under Gloucester. The parish comprises 1, 460 acres. Real property, £3, 607. Pop., 299. Houses, 70. The manor belonged, in the Conqueror's time, to the Pauncefoot family; and, with Hasfield Court, belongs now to Thomas Fulljames, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £378. Patron, the Rev. J. Sevier. The church is ancient, but good; consists of nave, chancel, and N aisle, with porch and tower; and contains a very ancient monument of the Pauncefoots, an ancient oak chest, and memorials of the Atwoods and the Fulljameses. There are a national school, and charities £21.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Hasfield AP/Ch/CP       Tewkesbury RegD/PLU       Gloucestershire AncC
Place: Hasfield

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