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[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"TIDENHAM, a parish in the hundred of Westbury, county Gloucester, 2 miles N.E. of Chepstow, and 14 S.W. of Newnham. The village is situated at the extremity of the Forest of Dean, on the point between the rivers Wye and Severn, where Offa's Dyke ends. The parish includes the hamlets of Sedbury, Bishton, Church End, Lancant, Straat, Wibdon, and Beachley. The Severn is here crossed by the Old Passage ferry, which forms the principal communication with South Wales.

The living is a vicarage with the curacy of St. Luke's annexed, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £441. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, or St. Mary, is an ancient structure, with a tower and six bells. There is also the district church of Beachley, the living of which is a perpetual curacy, value £16. The parochial charities produce about £22 per annum. There are three Church of England schools for both sexes. The Wesleyans have a chapel, and the Independents a reading-room.

The old Roman road, Akeman Street, crossed Sedbury in its course from Oldbury to Caerwent, and on the line of Offa's Dyke are several Roman and Danish camps, and the ruins of St. Tecla's chapel on a small rocky island, near the confluence of the rivers Wye and Severn. The Duke of Beaufort is lord of the manor."

BEACHLEY, Gloucestershire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"BEACHLEY, a chapelry in the parish of Tidenham, hundred of Westbury, in the county of Gloucester, 2 miles to the S.E. of Chepstow. It is situated on the confluence of the Wye and Severn, at the south extremity of Offa's Dyke. From this place was the old ferry to Aust, the passage between Bristol and Wales. It had some military importance, and there are still remains of ancient earthworks. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £16, in the gift of the Vicar of Tidenham. The church is dedicated to St. John. The principal residence is Beachley Lodge, pleasantly situated, and commanding fine views of the Severn and the surrounding country."

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

"LANCANT, a chapelry in the parish of Tidenham, county Gloucester, 2 miles N.E. of Chepstow, its post town. It is situated on a bend of the river Wye, opposite the grounds of Piercefield. There is no village, only a few detached houses. From various points a view is obtained of the windings of the river between Tintern Abbey and Chepstow. The living is a curacy annexed to the rectory of Wollastone, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. The chapel-of-ease is dedicated to St. James. The tithes were commuted in 1810. [NB: LANCANT in Gazetteer -RL 2003]"

"BISHTON, a hamlet in the parish of Tidenham, hundred of Westbury, in the county of Gloucester, not far from Chepstow."

"CHURCH END, a hamlet in the parish of Tidenham, in the county of Gloucester, 2 miles N.E. of Chepstow."

"SEDBURY, a hamlet in the parish of Tidenham, hundred of Westbury, county Gloucester, 1 mile E. of Chepstow, between the rivers Severn and Wye."

"STOAT, a hamlet in the parish of Tidenham, county Gloucester, 4 miles N.E. of Chepstow."

"WEBDEN, a hamlet in the parish of Tidenham, county Gloucester, 2 miles N.E. of Chepstow."

[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 Tidenham, and other parishes in Diocese of Gloucester may be found at the Gloucestershire Archives.

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Church History

  • The Church of St John the Evangelist at Beachley was closed in the late 1990s, with its future (in 2003) yet to be decided.
    [Information kindly provided by a lady who was baptised and married there]

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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

  • For Lancaut "Rectory, united with Highnam since 1922, and with Rudford since 1955. In civil parish of Highnam since 1935."
    (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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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST555959 (Lat/Lon: 51.660285, -2.6447), Tidenham which are provided by: