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[Description(s) from The 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]

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Archives & Libraries

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

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Census

  • Transcription of the Census for Tirley in 1891; transcribed as part of a Boy Scouts of America service project. Courtesy Joseph Svedin.

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