Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FRAMPTON-UPON-SEVERN

FRAMPTON-UPON-SEVERN, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Wheatenhurst district, Gloucester. The village stands near the Berkeley ship canal, 2¾ miles NW by W of Frocester r. station, and 6½ NNW of Dursley; and has a post office‡ under Stonehouse. The parish comprises 2, 360 acres of land, and 360 of water. Real property, £6, 738; of which £869 are in the canal. Pop., 983. Houses, 223. The manor came into the possession of the Cliffords before the end of the 11th century; still remains theirs; and has a handsome mansion. Much of the land lies lower than high tides in the Severn, and is protected from inundation by a bulwark, called the Hock-Crib, constructed by the Earl of Berkeley. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £330.* Patron, the Rev. E. Silver. The church was designed to be restored and enlarged in 1869. There are an Independent chapel, two public schools, and a literary institute.—The sub-district contains six parishes. Acres, 11, 314. Pop., 4, 499. Houses, 1, 014.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a parish, and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Frampton on Severn AP/CP       Wheatenhurst RegD/PLU       Gloucestershire AncC
Place: Frampton on Severn

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