NYMPHSFIELD, Gloucestershire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"NYMPHSFIELD, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Berkeley, county Gloucester, 5 miles N.E. of Dursley, and 2½ E. of Frocester, of which it was formerly a chapelry. Stonehouse is its post town. The village, which is of small extent, is wholly agricultural. The soil is of a clayey nature. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £258, and the glebe comprises 27 acres. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £260. The church, dedicated to St. Margaret, is an ancient stone structure, with a tower containing one bell. There is a National school, also a Roman Catholic school. William Leigh, Esq., is lord of the manor and principal landowner."

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