DURSLEY is a market town and parish, the principal of the union to which it gives the name, containing, by the census of 1861, 2477, and in 1871, 2413 inhabitants, and 708 acres; in the deanery of Dursley, archdeaconry of Gloucester, diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, West Gloucestershire, the principal polling place for that division of the County, from whence the returns of the Knights of the Shire are made; forming the terminus of a branch from the Midland Railway, at Coaley Junction; 3 miles south-east from Berkeley Road Station, 6 north from Wotton-under-Edge, 15 south-west from Gloucester, 22 south-west from Cheltenham, and 110 from London, on the banks of the small river Cane. It was mentioned in the Doomsday Survey, and a monastry was formerly in existence here. The government of the town in vested in a bailiff and aldermen; the jury at the annual court leet of the Right Hon. Thomas Henry Sutton Estcourt Sotheron Estcourt, who is lord of the manor, present three names, from whom the bailiff is chosen, who, on the fulfilment of his year of office, becomes an alderman. The County magistrates hold petty sessions every third Monday, at the Town Hall, which with the market house and market tolls were purchased by Henry Vizard, Esq., and presented to the town, thus making the place toll-free. There is a statue of Queen Anne on the Town Hall. The Castle, which is now in ruins, was formerly the seat of the Earls of Berkeley; and this place gives the second title, Viscount Dursley, to that earldom. The neighbourhood is noted for quarries of "tufa" or "puff" stone, which, when first dug, is very soft and easily worked by the mason, but hardens by exposure to the weather and becomes very durable; a portion of Berkeley Castle is built with it. Edward Fox, who was created Bishop of hereford in 1535, one of the great supporters of the Reformation, was a native of this town.

The rectory in the incumbency of the Rev. George Madan, M.A., Rural Dean and Hon. Canon of Bristol, is valued at £300 per annum, with residence, and is in the patronage of the Bishop of the diocese; it was annexed to the archdeaconry of Gloucester from a period previous to the Reformation, but was separated in 1865. The church is an ancient edifice, consisting of nave, chancel, north and south aisles, and a chapel forming the east end of the south aisle, built by Thomas Tanner, a justice of the peace in the reign of Henry VI., south porch with parvise over it, and tower containing a peal of eight bells, with clock and chimes. Historians differ as to the dedication of this church, but the most probable account is that the church itself is dedicated to the Holy Trinity, the north aisle to the Virgin Mary, and Tanner's Chapel, to St. James. It was rebuilt, with the exception of the tower, west and south walls, and south porch, the chancel was extended about 25 feet, and the walls raised so as to form a clerestory, in 1866. The tower was rebuilt in 1709, the old spire having fallen in 1699. The Independents, Plymouth Brethren, and Wesleyans have places of worship here, the chapel of the first named, which is called the Whitfield Tabernacle, has recently been restored, and a new vestibule placed in front, which has considerable improved its appearance. A new roof and windows have also been added, the whole cost being about £400, which has been raised by voluntary contribution; it is also intended to restore the interior. There is a Literary Association and Reading Room in Long Street, and the good Templars' and Mechanics' Institute, was opened by the kindness of Mr. William Tilton, in one of his tooms in Parsonage Street, both of which are well supplied with the literature of the day. The Crystal Tepid Swimming Bath, erected my Mr. George Ayliffe, the proprietor of the "Old Bell" Hotel, is supplied with water from a beautiful spring called the "Broad Well," and contains from 50,000 to 60,000 gallons, which by the aid of steam is kept at the temperature of 64 degrees, and the depth varies from 3 and a half feet to 6 feet, so as to be equally safe to the learner, and deep and commodious for the expert swimmer. There is an extensive and excellent Benefit Society here, extending over a circuit of several miles, and divided into 25 districts; the Lord Lieutenant of the county is patron. There are almshouses for three aged men and the same number of women, which were given and endowed by Henry Vizard, Esq., in 1858. The market day is on a Thursday, and monthly markets are held the second Tuesday in each month. Cattle fairs are held on the 6th May and 4th December.

STINCHCOMBE HILL, which is covered with a fine hanging beech wood, and at the foot of which Dursley is situate, commands some magnificient views of the wurrounding country, including the vales of Gloucester and Berkeley, the Forest of Dean, and the Bristol Channel, with portions of Devonshire, Somersetshire, and Wales.

WOODMANCOTE is a hamlet, forming the south-eastern portion of the town being part and parcel of the parish. It contains a chapel-of-ease, dedicated to St. Mark, which is a plain cruciform building in the Early English style, and was erected in 1844 - a south aisle has been subsequently added. There is also an Endowed Grammar and Commercial School here. John Charles Bengough, Esq., is lord of the manor. The rateable value of this parish is £6358.

 

Clergy, Gentry, and Private Residents

BAINES Charles William, Esq., Market pl

BARBER Mrs. John, Under Hill house

CAM Mr. Joseph Byam, Parsonage street

CHAMPION Mrs. Elizabeth, Parsonage street

CHAMPION Mrs. Sarah, Parsonage street

CLARKE Alfred Charles, Esq., Long Street

CORNOCK Wm., Esq., Manor House, Woodmancote

CRUMP Mr. Daniel, Parsonage street

CULL Thomas, Esq., Long street

DARKE Arscott M., Esq., Woodmancote court

DAUNCEY Thomas Charles Albert Summers, Esq., Long street

DODWELL Mr. John, Prospect place

DRAKE Mrs. Ellen, Woodmancote

DUTTON Douglas John, Esq., Reine Barnes, Woodmancote

DYSON Rev. Robert (Wesleyan), Slade rd

EYELEY Joseph Frederick, Esq., Parsonage street

FRANCILLON Henry James, Esq., Long street

GILLMAN William, Esq., Long street

GODWIN Miss Louisa, Prospect place

GRAHAM George Augustus, Esq., J.P., Rednock

HARDING Mrs. Charles, Long street

HARDING Mrs. Daniel, Woodmancote

HARDWICK Albert, Esq., Woodland villa

HOTCHKIN Mrs., The Priory

HOTCHKIN Ralph Herbert Barnes, Esq., The Priory

HOWARD Mrs. Mary Ann, Woodmancote

HURLSTONE Mrs. Caroline, Hill road

JENKYNS Rev. Jason (Independent), The Parsonage, Parsonage street

LANCE Mrs. Ann, Towns End house, Long street

LEONARD George, Esq., Parsonage street

LISTER Mr. William James, Rivers, Uley rd

MADAN Rev. George, M.A., rector and rural dean of Dursley, and hon. canon of Bristol, The Rectory

MOE Rev. John Braithwaite, curate, Long street

NEWBY Mrs. and the Misses, Long street

PHELPS William John, Esq., J.P., Chestal

POWLES Rev. Henry Charles, The Chantry, Long street

REED Mr. William, Parsonage street

RICE Hon. Arthur De Cardonnel, J.P., Ferney cottage

RICHARDS Mr. Thomas Williams, Parsonage street

RICHARDSON Charles Schofield, Esq., M.D., Parsonage street

SEARANCKE Francis Joseph, Esq., The Rangers, Woodmancote

SECCOMBE Rev. William (Wesleyan), Parsonage street

TAYLOR Mr. Richard, Woodmancote

TROTMAN Miss, Boulton cottage, Union st

TYLEE Charles J., Esq., Stant hill, Woodmancote

VIZARD John, Esq., Ferney hill

VIZARD Lieut. Thomas Trewren (11th Gloucestershire Volunteers), Ferney hill

WALL Miss Esther Webb, Parsonage street

WALLINGTON Edward, Esq., Woodmancote

WARNER Miss Elizabeth, Parsonage street

WENDON George, Esq., Parsonage street

WILLIAMS Mrs. Bilhah, Woodmancote

 

Trades and Professions

ACKRILL Oswald William, brewer's traveller, Parsonage street

AGRICULTURAL & COMMERCIAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL, Woodmancote - William Philip Want, head master.

ALDRIDGE Samuel, hairdresser and umbrella manufacturer, Parsonage street

ARKELL James, "Railway" inn, Towns end

AUSTIN Mrs. Ann, china, glass, and seed dealer, Long street

AVERY William, blacksmith, Woodmancote

AYLIFFE George, "Old Bell" family and commercial hotel and posting house, wholesale and retail wine and spirit merchant, and tea dealer, Long street

BAILEY Fredk., printer, stationer, bookbinder, and account book manufacturer, Parsonage street

BAINES Charles William, surgwon, Market pl

BALL John, farmer, Uley road

BECK Wm., stationmaster, Woodmancote

BIRD David, carpenter, wheelwright, and lessee of public weighing machine, Parsonage street

BIRT George, hairdresser, Market place

BLACKNEY Thomas, coach builder, Parsonage street

BLANDFORD Henry., coal and salt merchant, Railway wharf; and manufacturer of soda water, lemonade, and gingerade, Hill road

BLANDFORD Wm., and Miss Sarah, farmers, Castle farm

BLANDFORD Miss Sarah (firm of William and Miss Sarah Blandford); h. Castle farm

BLANDFORD William, (firm of William and Miss Sarah Blandford); h. Castle farm

BLOODWORTH Charles, builder and contractor, Silver street

BLOODWORTH Edmund, builder and contractor, Woodmancote

BLOODWORTH Mrs. Elizabeth, baker, Silver street

BLOODWORTH Sidney, builder, joiner, and contractor, Parsonage street

BLOODWORTH William, mason, Woodmancote

BOULTON Robert, farmer, The Fortress

BOX Edward, watch and clockmaker, jeweller, silversmith, and engraver, Long st

BROTHERS Henry, carpenter, joiner, and undertaker, Long street; and at Lower Cam

BROTHERS Joseph (firm of Wilkins and Brothers); h. Long street

BROTHERS Thomas, carpenter, Woodmancote

BUDDING Miss Frances N., preparatory day school, Hill road

BUSHELL Geo., greengrocer and fishmonger, Silver street

BUSTON John, farmer, Woodmancote farm

BUSTON John, Jun., farmer, Woodmancote

CHAMPION John Benjamin, manufacturer of ropes, sacks, twine, cocoa matting, waterproof cloths, and sack contractor, Reliance Works; and saddler and harness maker, Parsonage st

CHANDLER John, plumber and glazier, Woodmancote

CHEVALIER Francis Le, linen and woollen draper, Parsonage street

CLARK Samuel, boot and shoemaker, Parsonage street

CLARKE Alfred Charles, manager of the National Provincial Bank of England, Long street

CLARKE Mrs. Caroline, shopkeeper, Silver st

CLEAR George, plumber, glazier, gasfitter, and house decorator, Silver st

COOKE Miss Alice, Infant schoolmistress, Long street

COOKE The Misses Mary, Charlotte, and Agnes, ladies' boarding and day school, Raglan house, Long street

COTT Mrs. Ann, grocer, Parsonage street

COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE BANK (branch of), Long street, Thomas Cull, manager

CULL Thomas, manager of County of Gloucester Bank, Long street

DAINTON Miss Charlotte, dressmaker, Parsonage street

DAINTON George, boot and shoemaker, Parsonage street

DAINTON Mrs. Harriet, eating-house keeper and apartments, Parsonage street

DAVIS Joseph, gardener and seedman, Woodmancote

DERRETT Albert Edward, tailor and draper, Long street

DICK R. and I., gitta percha boot and shoe manufacturer, Parsonage street - Thos. Evans, manager

DIMERY Oswald (trustee and executor of the late George Lister), tanner and currier, Rivers

DODWELL Miss Martha, Wesleyan schoolmistress, Prospect place

DURN William, shoemaker, Long street

DUTTON Douglas John, surgeon, Reine Barnes, Woodmancote

DYER Henry, "King's Head", carpenter, and wheelwright, Parsonage street

EARL Joseph, police constable, Police Station

EMMS Jaspar, apartments, Prospect place

EVANS Thomas, manager of R. and I. Dick, Silver street

EYELEY Joseph Frederick, physician and surgeon, Parsonage street

FORD BROTHERS, coal and salt merchants, Railway station - William French, agent

FRANCILLON Henry James, solicitor, and registrar of County Court, Long street

FRANCIS Sidney, post messenger, Hill road

FRAPE Walter, carpenter, Woodmancote

FRENCH Henry, beer retailer and shopkeeper, Union street

FRENCH William, agent for Ford Brothers, Railway station

GARDNER Richard Morkill, grocer and tea dealer, Silver street

GARN Richd., plumber, painter, and glazier, Silver street

GAZARD Edward, timber merchant, Towns end; h. Rockhouse

GLYDE John William, pharmaceutical chemist, druggist, and seedsman, Parsonage street

GROVE George, shopkeeper, Woodmancote

HANCOCK William Henry, chemist, druggist and dentist, Parsonage street

HARDING Caleb, assistant overseer and secretary to the Gas Company, Parsonage st

HARDING James, rope and twine manufacturer, Hill road

HARDING James Palmer, ironmonger, Market place; h. Hill Field cottage

HARDING John, iron merchant, manufacturer, and general agent for agricultural implements and machinery, Parsonage st.; h. Springvilla

HARRIS Levi, grocer, provision dealer, and butcher, Long street

HARVEY Joseph, house, sign, and ornamental painter, grainer, paperhanger, and glazier, Long street

HAWKER Mrs. Ann (firm of Hawker and Son); h. Woodmancote

HAWKER AND SON, butchers, Woodmancote

HAWKER William (firm of Hawker and Son); h. Woodmancote

HEATH Henry, actuary of savings bank and auditor of penny bank, Market place

HEATH James & Son, plumbers, gasfitters, glaziers, house, sign, and ornamental painters, and paperhangers, Woodmancote

HEATH James, (firm of Heath & Son); h. Woodmancote

HEATH Miss, dressmaker, Woodmancote

HEATH Walter (firm of James Heath and Son); h. Woodmancote

HEMMING Albert Daniel Watts, Clerk, Woodmancote

HEMMING Joseph, Stroudwater Pin Company, Victoria Works, Water street; h. Long street

HEWITT William, ironmonger, gasfitter, and tinplate worker, Silver street

HEWSON Thomas, superintendent of police, Market place

HIGGINS John, sexton, Broadwell

HIGGS James Ogham, grocer, tea dealer, provision merchant, confectioner, china, glass, and earthenware dealer, and agent for J. Yates and Son's electroplated and Virginia silver goods, Parsonage street

HILL Samuel, farmer, Castle Stream farm

HITCHINS William, tailor, Long street

HOOPER John P., watchmaker and jeweller, Silver street

HOWARD John Henry Escott, solicitor's clerk, Woodmancote

HUGHES Thos., "Carpenter's Arms" Uley road

HUNT Alfred George, gentlemen's boarding and day school, Prospect house

JONES Joseph Lockhart, Inland Revenue officer, Long street

KEMP John, linen and woollen draper, hosier and haberdasher, Market place

KILMINSTER Thomas, shopkeeper, Woodmancote

KING The Misses Sophia and Elizabeth, grocers, Market place

KINGSCOTE Robert, master of Union Workhouse

KNAPP Charles, postmaster and auctioneer, Woodmancote

KNIGHT Ephraim and Sons, painters, glaziers, and paperhangers, Woodmancote

KNIGHT Ephraim (firm of Ephraim Knight and Son); h. Woodmancote

KNIGHT Samuel (firm of Emhraim Knight and Son); h. Woodmancote

LANCE Henry, butcher, Silver street

LANCE Thomas, pork butcher and shopkeeper, Woodmancote

LEONARD George, registrar of births and deaths, Parsonage street

LISTER George (executor of), tanner and currier, and manufacturer of leather bands, carding machines and condensers, patent apparatus for putting on cards, and iron and brassfounder, Rivers

LISTER Henry, commercial traveller, Rivers, Uley road

LISTER Robert Ashton & Co., agricultural and general engineers, and dealers in every description of agricultural and general machinery, manufacturers of first prize chaff cutters, steam engines, horse gears, iron tanks, lifting jacks, cider mills, presses, &c., &c., Victoria Works; at at Yate

LISTER Robert Ashton (firm of R. A. Lister and Co); h. Long street

LONDON Francis, saddler, collar and harness maker, Parsonage street

LORD Mrs. Mary, laundress, Hill road

McCLAY Oliver, drill instructor, Uley road

MACDONALD John Urquhart, solicitor's clerk, Woodmancote

MANNING James, "Crown" inn and plasterer, Long street

MENDS Henry, tailor and woollen draper, Long street

MILLS Miss Mary, dressmaker, Back street

MOORE Miss Mary, National schoolmistress, Long street

MORGAN Elijah, baker and shopkeeper, Silver street

MORGAN Ephraim, beer retailer, Slad lane

MORGAN Mrs. Sarah, milliner, Woodmancote

MORGAN Miss Thurmutius, dressmaker, Woodmancote

MORSE John, nurseryman, seedsman, and florist, Dursley nursery

MUNDAY Henry, police constable, Union st

MUNDAY Mrs. Martha, marine store dealer, Silver street

NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND (branch of), Long street - Alfred Charles Clarke, manager

NEWTH James, upholsterer, cabinet maker, decorator, bellhanger, undertaker, and agent for T. B. Ward and Co., dyers, Long street

NICHOLLS Joseph, farmer, Ferney Hill farm; h. Uley road

O'MORE Edward, coach painter, Uley road

ORCHARD George, draper and outfitter, Silver street

ORGAN AND REEVE, brewers and malsters, Woodmancote brewery

ORGAN Ephraim (firm of Organ and Reeve); h. Woodmancote

ORGAN George, high bailiff of County Court, Long street

ORGAN Humphrey, beer retailer and cattle dealer, Town's end

ORGAN James, foreman bootmaker and organist at Cam Church, Parsonage street

OWEN Henry, linen and woollen draper, Long street

PARADISE George, farmer, Sheephouse farm

PARADISE Henry, veterinary surgeon, Parsonage street

PEGLER John Pool (firm of Pegler and Son); h. Parsonage street

PEGLER Mrs., lodgings, Long street

PEGLER and SON, butchers, Parsonage street

PEGLER Mrs. Rosanna (firm of Pegler and Son); h. Parsonage street

PERRETT Adam, shoemaker, Woodmancote

PHILLIPS Albert, solicitor's clerk, Union st

PHILLIPS Thomas, tinplate-worker, Union street

PHILLIPS William, brewer and cooper, Prospect brewery, Parsonage st

PHILPOT Frederick, manager of Gas Works, Trollymoors

PINNEGAR John Ephraim, outfitter, hosier, hatter, draper, and boot and shoemaker, Parsonage street

PUGH George, plumber, gasfitter, glazier, paperhanger, and decorator, Parsonage street

PUGH Joseph, family grocer, and provision merchant, Golden Canister Tea Warehouse, Market place

REES Habakuk, hosier, draper, and outfitter, Long street

REEVE Joseph (firm of Organ and Reeve); h. Woodmancote

RICHARDSON Charles Schofield, M.D., surgeon, Parsonage street

RICKARDS William, boot and shoemaker, Parsonage street

RIDGE John, fishmonger and mail contractor, Silver street

ROAN James, Wesleyan schoolmaster, Parsonage street

ROWLAND Edwin, "Boot" inn, Silver street

SAGE William Henry, inspector of nuisances for Dursley district, Long street

SALISBURY Ethelbert Bennett, "Bell and Castle" family and commercial hotel and posting house, and wine and spirit merchant, Parsonage street

SCOTT Miss Augusta, ladies' day school, Woodmancote

SELLICK John, builder and contractor, stone and monumental mason, slater, plasterer, tiler, timber merchant, cabinet maker, and undertaker, Parsonage street; and at Uley

SHEEN Henry, seedsman, fruiterer, Italian warehouseman, agent for Johnson and Co.'s teas, and Huntley and Palmer's biscuits, Parsonage street

SHIPTON Samuel, dairyman, Woodmancote

SHIPWAY William, blacksmith, Uley road

SINIGER Charles and William, tilers, plasterers, and moulders, Woodmancote

SINIGER Charles (firm of Charles and Wm. Siniger); h. Woodmancote

SINIGER William, (firm of Charles and Wm. Siniger); h. Woodmancote

SMALL Joseph and Son, millers and corn factors, Townsend mills

SMALL Henry John (firm of Joseph Small and Son); h. Long street

SMALL Joseph (firm of Joseph Small and Son); h. Townsend

SMITH Allen, shoemaker, Union street

SMITH Charles Ashman; superintendent registrar and solicitor's clerk, Wellington place, Woodmancote

SMITH George, basker, sieve, and chairmaker, Parsonage street

SMITH James and Co., wholesale grocers, tea dealers, provision merchants, and agent for Huntley and Palmer's biscuits, Market place

SMITH Thomas, tailor, Long street

SMITH Thomas Giles (firm of James Smith and Co.); h. Market place

STINCHCOMBE Wm. Henry, commercial traveller, teacher of music, and agent for Lancashire Fire and Life Insurance Co., Brewery house, Woodmancote

STROUD WATER PIN COMPANY, manufacturers of imperial solid-headed black pins, hair pins, hooks and eyes, Victoria Works, Water street

SUMMERS Albert, plaster and tiler, Hill Wood house, Prospect place

SUMMERS Edward, tiler and plasterer, and apartments, Uley road

SUMMERS George Neale, auctioneer, appraiser, house and estate agent, Parsonage street

SUMMERS James, nailmaker and greengrocer, Silver st

SUMMERS William, professor of music, book and music seller, plain and fancy stationer, and registrar of marriages, Market place

SUMMERS William, plasterer and tiler, Prospect place

SWIRES Thos., teacher of music, New mills

TALBOYS Charles, National schoolmaster

TALBOYS Orlando, rope and twine manufacturer

TALBOYS Richard, ropemaker, Union street

THURSTON George, parish clerk and sailor, Church road

THURSTON The Misses, apartments, Parsonage street

THURSTON Thos., shoemaker, Woodmancote

TILLEY Samuel, dairyman, Hunger hill

TILTON William, ironmonger, brazier, and tinplate-worker, Parsonage street

TIPPETTS Chas., "Bull" inn, Woodmancote

TROTMAN James, timber merchant, Woodmancote

VIZARD AND CO., solicitors, Long street

VIZARD John and Thomas Trewren, solicitors and clerks to the magistrates for Dursley and Whitminster divisions, Long street

VIZARD John (firm of Vizard and Co)., solicitor, and perpetual commissioner for taking acknowledgments of deeds by married women, clerk to the Cold Harbor and Kingswood Turnpike trustees, and the Wheatenhurst Highway Board, Long street; h. Ferney hill

VIZARD Thomas Trewren (firm of Vizard and Co)., clerk to the Highway Board, and commissioner to administer oaths in the Supreme Court of Judicature; h. Ferney hill

WALL Mrs. I. A., Berlin wool repesitory, and depot of the Christian Knowledge Society, Parsonage street

WALSH James, grocer and provision dealer, Silver street

WANT William Philip, head master of Grammar School, Woodmancote

WEAVER Benjamin Allen, agent for Arnold and Co.'s Wickwar Ales, and beer retailer, Broadwell

WEBB Charles, chimneysweeper, Union st

WEEKS Mrs. Eliza, "New" inn and shopkeeper, Woodmancote

WENDEN George (firm of Vizard and Co.) solicitor, commissioner to administer oaths in the Supreme Court of Judicature, and clerk to the Board of Guardians, Long street; h. Parsonage street

WESTLAKE AND REDDING, brewers, and wine and spirit merchants

WESTLAKE Charles Francis (firm of Westlake and Reddin); h. Woodmancote

WHERRETT Henry, miller, Uley road

WHERRETT Jasper, farmer, Mill farm, Uley road

WHITE Charles, cabinet maker and upholsterer, Silver street

WHITE Thomas, pawnbroker and outfitter, Silver street

WHITMORE James, steam printer, bookseller, and distributor of stamps

WHITTARD Henry, mason, Woodmancote

WILKINS AND BROTHERS, bakers and corn dealers, Parsonage street

WILKINS Thomas (firm of Wilkins and Brothers); h. Parsonage street

WILLIAMS Mrs. Sarah Ellen, apartments, Long street

WILLIAMS Thomas, baker and confectioner, Silver street

WILLS Chas. Forbes, accountant at National and Provinvial Bank, Woodmancote

WINTLE BROTHERS, grocers, tea dealers, tallow chandlers, and agents for W. and A. Gilbey's Foreign wines and spirits, Long street

WINTLE Henry Arthur (firm of Wintle Brothers); h. Long street

WINTLE Richard (firm of Wintle Brothers); h. Long street

WINTLE Thomas (firm of Wintle Brothers); h. Long street

WOOD George, chimneysweeper, Hill road

WOOD Henry, haulier, Woodmancote

WOOD Ozmond, "Star" inn and butcher, Silver street

WOODWARD George, haulier, Uley road

WORKMAN Charles, brewer and malster, Patent Steam brewery, Silver street; h. Prospect house, Union street

WORKMAN James, malster and brewer, Silver street; h. Long street

WORKMAN John, boot and shoemaker, Silver street

 

Post Office, Long Street - Charles Knapp, Postmaster.

Magistrates usually attending Petty Sessions:-

William John Phelps, Esq., Chestal

Thomas Anthony Stoughton, Esq., Owlpen Park

Hon. Arthur De Cardonnel Rice, Dursley

George Augustus Graham, Esq., Dursley

John Hamlyn Borrer, Esq., Uley

Charles Brooke Hunt, Esq., Stinchcombe

Clerks to the Magistrates:-

John and Thomas Trewren Vizard.

The magistrates meet at the Petty Sessional Court every third Monday.

Banks:-

County of Gloucester Bank (branch of), Long street (draw on Glyn, Mills, Currie, and Co., London); open from 10 to 3, Saturdays 10 to 1 - Thomas Cull, manager.

National Provincial Bank of England (branch of), Long street (draw on National Provincial Bank of England, London); open from 10 to 3, Saturdays 10 to 1 - Alfred Charles Clarke, manager.

Savings Bank, Marketplace - Henry Heath, actuary; open on Thursdays from 12 to 1.

Penny Bank. Market Place - William Philip Want, secretary; Henry Heath auditor; open on Saturdays from 7 to 8 pm.

Public Establishments:- Christian Knowledge Society's Depot, Parsonage street - Mrs. I. A. Wall, depository.

Corporation:- Bailiff - Charles William Baines.

Aldermen:-

Edward Wallington, George Leonard, John Wallington, Edward A. Freeman, Thos. W. Richards, Edward Gazard, Thomas Woods, William P. Want, George Wintle, Frederick Vizard, Henry Moore, Daniel Crump, Charles Workman, Henry Owen, George Ayliffe, James Lanf, Richard Garn, George Wenden, John Morse, Thomas T. Vizard, James Whitmore, William H. Hancock, John B. Champion.

Constables:- Edwin Rowland and Charles Bloodworth.

Ale Connors:- William Blandford and Frederick Bailey.

Cardinals:- Alfred Lance and Charles Talboys.

Hayward:- Thomas Giddings.

Town Crier:- James Stockwell.

County Court Office, Long street - Charles Sumner, Esq., judge; Henry James Francillon, registrar; George Organ, high bailiff. The district comprises the following places:- Berkeley, Bevington, Cam (Upper and Lower), Cambridge, Charfield, Coaley, Cromhall, Dursley, Frocester, Halmore, Ham, Hampfallow, Heathfield, Hill, Hinton, Histfield, Huntingford, Kingscote, Kingswood, Lower Stone, Newington Bagpath, Newport, North Nibley, Nymphsfield, Owlpen, Ozleworth, Peddington and Clapton, Purton, Slimbridge, Stinchcombe, Stone, Tortworth, Uley, Wanswell, Wick (Upper and Lower), Woodford, Wortley, Wotton-under-Edge.

Crystal Tepid Swimming Bath, Water street - George Ayliffe, proprietor.

Fire Engine House - Silver street.

Gas Works, Trollymore - Caleb Harding, secretary; Frederick Philpot, manager.

Good Templar's and Mechanics Institute, Parsonage street - John Sellick, secretary; William Tilton, treasurer; James Roan, librarian.

Literary Association and Reading Room, Long street - William Philip Want, treasurer and secretary.

Police Station, Market place - Thomas Hewson, superintendent.

Public Weighing Machine, Parsonage street, David Bird lessee.

Rifle Volunteers (11th Gloucestershire) - John Charles Bengough, captain; Thomas Trewren Vizard, lieutenant; Charles Hall Pawson, sub-lieutenant; Oliver McClay, drill instructor.

Stamp Office, Long street - James Whitmore, distributor.

Union Workhouse - Robert Kingscote, master; Mrs. Emily Kingscote, matron; Rev. Canon Madan, M.A., chaplain; George Wenden, clerk to the guardians; Douglas John Dutton, medical officer; Henry Paradise Tyrrell, relieving officer; Miss Roselea Iles, schoolmistress; William Henry Sage, inspector of nuisances.

Public Officers not Enumerated With Public Establishments:-

Clerk to the Highway Board - Thomas Trewren Vizard

Clerk to the Magistrates for Whitminster division - John and Thomas Trewren Vizard.

Clerk to the Trustees of Roads for Coldharbor and Kingswood districts - John Vizard.

Registrar of Birth and Deaths - George Leonard.

Registrar of Marriage - William Summers.

Superintendent Registrar - Charles Ashman Smith.

Steward of the Manors of Dursley and Woodmancote - John Vizard

Places of Worship-: Churches

St. James Parish Church - Rev. George Madan, M.A., Rural Dean and Hon. Canon of Bristol, rector.

St. Mark's Chapel-of-Ease, Woodmancote.

Dissenting Places of Worship:-

Independent Chapels, Parsonage street - Rev. James Jenkyns, minister.

Plymouth Brethren, Woodmancote.

Wesleyan Chapel, Market place.

Public Schools:-

Agricultural and Commercial Grammar, Woodmancote - William Philip Want, head master.

Endowed School, Water Street - Rev. James Williams, master.

National, Churchyard - Charles Talboys, master; Miss Mary Moore, mistress; Miss Alice Cooke, Infant's mistress.

Wesleyan Day School, Union street - James Roan, master; Miss Martha Dodwell, sewing mistress.

Railway:-

Midland Railway Station, Townsend - Wm. Beck, stationmaster.

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