Hide

Beverstone

hide
Hide
hide
Hide
hide
Hide
Hide
hide
Hide
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"BEVERSTONE, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Berkeley, in the county of Gloucester, 2 miles to the W. of Tetbury. Stroud is its post town. It is an ancient place, and was called by the Saxons Byferestan. A castle existed here before the Norman Conquest. It was a square structure, with towers at the angles, and was defended by a moat. In the reign of Edward III. it belonged to the Berkeley family, by one of whom, Thomas, Lord Berkeley, it was enlarged and strengthened. It stood several sieges during the civil war of the 17th century, and was at last taken and destroyed by the parliamentary army.

The remains, now covered with ivy, consist of a tower, part of the walls, and the chapel; the latter still entire, and converted into a residence. The parish contains some quarries of roofing-stone. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value, with the curacy* of Kingscote, which is annexed to it, £590, in the patronage of the crown. The church, which has a stone pulpit, is dedicated to St. Mary."

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

Hide
topup

Archives & Libraries

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

topup

Churches

Anglican
St Mary, Beverstone, Church of England
topup

Description & Travel

You can see pictures of Beverstone which are provided by:

topup

Gazetteers

topup

Historical Geography

  • At its meeting on 7th April 2003, the Beverston(e) Parish Council decided, as permitted under Section 65 of the Local Councils Act, to change the official spelling of the parish from "Beverstone" to "Beverston". For the purposes of this web site the spelling of Beverstone we adopted originally in 1996 will be retained, as this variant will be found in many old records. However, users should be aware that the presently adopted spelling may also be found in other sources - as for instance on the OS (1:63,360) New Popular Edition map (1945-8) images used for Kain & Oliver's study illustrating pre-1850 boundaries of the Historic Parishes of England & Wales. So literally 'there is nothing new under the son'!

    And yes, I know - we as family historians are quite used to dealing with place names with extra, or missing letters - an 'e', 'l' or 't' is neither here nor there, but I thought such an official change was worth documenting.

topup

Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST856936 (Lat/Lon: 51.640576, -2.209668), Beverstone which are provided by: