Didbrook

"DIDBROOK, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of Kiftsgate, in the county of Gloucester, 3 miles N.E. of Winchcombe. It is situated to the E. of the rivulet called the Isborne, and includes the township of Pinnock with Hyde, Coscomb, and Wormington-Grange. The soil is rich, but the greater part of the land is pasture. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value with the rectory of Pinnock and curacy of Hailer, £257, in the patronage of C. H. Tracy, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. George, was built by William of Whitchurch, last abbot of Hailes, in the year 1475, and is a stone building, with square tower, crowned with pinnacles, and contains four bells. There is a school supported by voluntary subscriptions, also a day and Sunday school at Hailes. Lord Sudeley is lord of the manor."

"COSCOMB, a hamlet in the parish of Didbrook, in the county of Gloucester, 2 miles N.E. of Winchcombe."

"HYDE, a township in the parish of Didbrook, lower division of the hundred of Kiftsgate, county Gloucester, 4 miles E. of Winchcombe."

"PINNOCK-WITH-HYDE, a township and hamlet in the parish of Didbrook, lower division of Kiftsgate hundred, county Gloucester, 4 miles E. of Winchcombe. It was formerly a distinct parish, but has now only three or four farmhouses. The living is a rectory annexed to the vicarage of Didbrook, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. There is no church."

"WORMINGTON GRANGE, a hamlet in the parish of Didbrook, county Gloucester, 1 mile S.E. of Wormington, and 4 miles N. of Winchcombe."

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