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[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"HUCCLECOTE, a hamlet in the parish of Churchdown, upper division of the hundred of Dudstone, county Gloucester, 2½ miles S.E. of the Gloucester railway station, its post town, and 6 S.W. of Cheltenham. The hamlet, which is of large extent, is situated on Ermine Street. There are some brickfields. The land is chiefly arable, and the soil clay. The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £30. The church, dedicated to SS. Philip and James, has a bell turret. There is a National school for both sexes, also a chapel for the Wesleyans."

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

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Historical Geography

  • "Ecclesiastical parish formed from Churchdown, 1851."
    (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 SO868177 (Lat/Lon: 51.857888, -2.19306), Hucclecote which are provided by: