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[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"NYMPHSFIELD, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Berkeley, county Gloucester, 5 miles N.E. of Dursley, and 2½ E. of Frocester, of which it was formerly a chapelry. Stonehouse is its post town. The village, which is of small extent, is wholly agricultural. The soil is of a clayey nature. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £258, and the glebe comprises 27 acres. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £260. The church, dedicated to St. Margaret, is an ancient stone structure, with a tower containing one bell. There is a National school, also a Roman Catholic school. William Leigh, Esq., is lord of the manor and principal landowner."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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- Original source material relating to Nympsfield, and other parishes in Diocese of Gloucester may be found at the Gloucestershire Archives.
- Monumental Inscriptions in St Bartholomew's Church and Churchyard, Nympsfield, Gloucestershire. Transcription by Ian and Zoe Crossland in August 1991. There is also a Graveyard Plan.
- The transcription of the section for Nymphsfield from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
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