CAM, Gloucestershire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"CAM, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Berkeley, in the county of Gloucester, 1 mile to the N. of Dursley, its post town. It is situated on the small river Cam, a feeder of the Severn, and is a station on the Dursley branch of the Bristol and Birmingham railway. This district, which lies low and is liable to inundations, contains much rich pasture land, and is noted for its cheese. The woollen manufactories give employment to some of the inhabitants. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value with the perpetual curacy of Lower Cam, £150, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. George. Here are free schools for boys and girls, founded by Frances Hopton in 1730, the income of which is about £160 per annum, and a National school. The other charitable endowments are worth about £60 a year."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]