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[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"DIDMARTON, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Grumbald's Ash, in the county of Gloucester, 52 1 miles S.W. of Tetbury, and 9 N.E. of Yate station. It is situated near the river Avon, and consists of a few farmhouses. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, annexed to the rectory of Oldbury-on-the-Hill. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is an ancient stone edifice in the early English style of architecture. The charities amount to £11 per annum. There is a school for the children of this parish and that of Oldbury-on-the-Hill. Roman coins are frequently found. The Duke of Beaufort is lord of the manor. A fair was once held here on St. Lawrence's Day, which is now transferred to Lansdown, near Bath."

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

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Archives & Libraries

  • Original source material relating to Didmarton, and other parishes in Diocese of Gloucester may be found at the Gloucestershire Archives.

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Historical Geography

  • "Rectory, united with Oldbury-on-the-Hill, 1735). United with civil parish of Oldbury-on-the-Hill, 1883."
    (Ref: Guide to the Parish Records of the City of Bristol and the County of Gloucester; I. Gray & E. Ralph, 1963)

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