TIRLEY, Gloucestershire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"TIRLEY, a parish partly in the lower division of the hundred of Westminster and partly in that of Deerhurst, county Gloucester, 4 miles S.W. of Tewkesbury, its post town, and 8 N.E. of Gloucester. The village is situated on the river Severn, which is crossed at Haw by a bridge connecting this parish with that of Deerhurst. The bridge, which is constructed of iron and stone, was completed in 1825, at an outlay of upwards of £24,000. The land is chiefly in pasture and meadow. The soil is a rich loam. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £407, in the patronage of the lord chancellor. The church, dedicated to St. Matthew, is old, and the interior contains several monuments. The parochial charities produce about £80 per annum. There is a National school for both sexes. The Wesleyans have a chapel. The Earl of Coventry is lord of the manor, and principal landowner."

"HAW, a hamlet in the parish of Tirley, lower division of the hundred of Deerhurst, county Gloucester, 4 miles S.W. of Tewkesbury."

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