A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
TIDENHAM, a parish, with a village and six hamlets, in the district of Chepstow and county of Gloucester; on the peninsula between the Severn and the Wye, 2 miles NNE of Chepstow r. station. It has a post-office under Chepstow. Acres, 9,527; of which 3,310 are water. Real property, £9,345; of which £29 are in quarries, and £52 in fisheries. Pop., 1,661. Houses, 335. The property is subdivided. T. House, Sedbury Park, and Tutshill House are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £441.* Patron, D. H. Burr, Esq. The church is early and decorated English. The p. curacy of Beachley is a separate benefice. A new chapel of ease, called St. Luke's, is at Tutshill; and there are a room used as a chapel of ease, a Wesleyan chapel, three national schools, a police station, and charities £22.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village and six hamlets" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Tidenham CP/AP Gloucestershire AncC |
| Place: | Tidenham |
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