including the Parishes of
Oxenhall, Dymock & Taynton
NEWENT a market town and liberty, in the parish of Newent, 9 miles n.w. from Gloucester, its post town and nearest railway station, hundred of Botloe, is 111 miles n.n.w. from London, and about the same distance from Ledbury and Ross (in Herefordshire); situated near the confines of the counties of Worcester and Hereford. There are several springs in the vicinity of Newent possessing properties similar to the Cheltenham waters, and were formerly in great repute, and resorted to by many. The principal spring is situated a short distance from Newent, surrounded by some charming scenery. The 'Well Cottage' - a neat little building, is now untenanted, and will soon present nothing but a ruin. The trade of the town in very inconsiderable - there are some maltings, two tanneries, and several flour mills in the neighbourhood. Newent is included in the fifty-fifth circuit of towns under the County Court Act of 1846, for the recovery of debts to any amount not exceeding £20 - this court sits at the George Inn monthly.The parish church of St. Mary, is a handsome and venerable pile, and contains many singular monuments - especially one of great antiquity (supposed to have been erected to the memory of Baron Grandison), and others to the Foley family; the living is a discharged vicarage, in the patronage of the last mentioned family; the Rev. Arthur Onslow is the present incumbent. In the parish church are two chapels for dissenters, alms-houses for six poor men, and the like number of females, and a national school. The market, now but indifferently attended - is held on Friday; and the fairs (likewise but of little note) are on the Wednesdays before Easter and Whit-Sunday, and August 12th; also statute meetings on the succeeding Friday to the 19th September, and the two following Fridays. The parish of Newent contained in 1831, 2,859 inhabitants, and in 1841, 3,099 - of which last number about 1,400 belonged to the liberty of Newent.
OXENHALL is a village in the same hundred as Newent - the village, an inconsiderable one, is about a mile n.w. from that town, situated near the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal, which passes through a tunnel here, 2,192 yards in length. The Parish church of St. Anne offers nothing remarkable for observation: the living is a discharged vicarage, in the patronage of the Bishop of Gloucester. The population of the parish in 1841 was under 300.
DYMOCK parish is in the same hundred as those above described - the village is three-and-a-quarter miles N. N. W. from Newent; situated on the banks of the same canal as Oxenhall, about two-and-a-half miles from that village. This place, supposed to derive its name from the Saxon dim, i.e. dark, and ae, oak, was formerly of considerable size and importance - for in the reign of Henry III, a large market was held in it, and three fairs within the year, all which have long since fallen into disuse. In some seasons cider and perry are made here in large quantities. The church is dedicated to Saint Mary: the living is a vicarage in the gift of a private family. This was the birth-place of John Kyrle - Pope's 'Man of Ross.' The population of the parish in 1841, was 1,776.
TAYNTON is a parish in the same hundred as the preceding places - the village is three-and-a-quarter miles s. e. e. from Newent, on the road to Mitchell-Dean. The parish church of St. Lawrence, a neat building, was enlarged some years since, and received an additional number of sittings, principally by means furnished from the incorporated society for the improvement of churches and chapels: the living is a rectory in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester. Population of the parish in 1841, 634.
POST OFFICE:- Newent, Thomas Hartle, Post Master. Letters from all parts arrive (from Gloucester) every morning at a quarter past six and afternoon at five, and are despatched thereto at nine in the morning and ten minutes past six in the evening.
Gentry and Clergy:-
AINSWORTH Mrs. Mary, Newent
BELE Mrs. Isabella, Bury Hill House
BISCO Mr. James, Newent
BRUTON Mrs. Esther, Newent
CADLE Mr. John, Newtown
CANNING Gordon, Esq., Tibberton crt.
COTHER Mrs. Ann, Newent
DOWELL Mr. James, Newent
DOWELL Miss Mary, Newent
DRINKWATER Mrs. Mary, Newent
DRUMMOND John, Esq., Boyce court
GOODE Miss Mary, Newent
GREEN Mrs. Mary, Newent
GREEN Mr. William, Newent
HARTLAND Mr. Thomas, Newent
HAWKINS Mr. Thomas, the Scar
HAYWARD Mrs. Elizabeth, Newent
JONES Rev. George, Newent
LITTLE Rev. John, Oxenhall
LOVETT Mrs. Mary, Newent
MATTHEWS Mrs. Elizabeth, Newent
MATTHEWS Mr. John, Compton House
ONSLOW Rev. Arthur, Newent vicarage
ONSLOW Richard Foley, Esq., Oxenhall
PARRY Captain John, Newent
PARRY Rev. Howard Lewis, Newent
PETERS Mrs. Mary, Newent
RICARDO Osman, Esq., Bromsberrow pl
ROPER Rev. Charles Ward, Taynton
SEVERN Mr. Thomas, Stardans
STEPHENS Miss Ann, Newent
STOKES Charles, Esq., Murrels' end
SYMONS Rev. John, Dymock
THACKWELL John, Esq., Milton place
TIPTON Mr. Lancelot, Newent
WOOD Mr. John, Ford House
Academies and Schools:-
BIRT Elizabeth (day)
COOK William (boarding and day)
HOOPER Caroline (day)
INFANT'S SCHOOL - Caroline Cromwell, mistress.
LANDER Abraham (day)
NATIONAL SCHOOL - John Garner, master; __ Garner, mistress.
STONE Sarah (day)
Attorneys:-
CADLE & EDMONDS (and clerks to the magistrates, to the commissioners of property and assessed taxes, and to the trustees of the Newent and Aston-Ingham turnpike roads).
CANNOCK Joseph (and assistant clerk to the County Court, and treasurer of Newent and Aston-Ingham turnpike trusts).
HANKINS John (Wm. Cannon, agent)
Auctioneers:-
HARTLE Charles, Mantle House
THURSTON John
Bakers & Flour Dealers:-
COOKE Peter (and confectioner)
QUARRELL Thomas, Compton - Emanuel Burrup, agent.
RUDGE Charles
RUDGE Henry
Blacksmiths:-
CHILD James
CHILD John
COWMEADOW Wm.
LLEWELLIN Saml.
MAYO George
MAYO Thomas, Three Ashes
Boot and Shoe Makers:-
BISCO James
BUTT John
HATTON Edward
MARSHALL Robert
MAYO James
PETERS Thomas
PRICE Jeremiah
STONE Charles
WINTLE Robert
Carpenters:-
ADAMS James
BISCO William
FARLEY Richard
GAZE Isaac
GOODYER John
JENNINGS Thomas
MERRETT Robert
NICHOLL William
PETERS Richard
WOOD Leonard
China & Earthenware Dealers:-
CROMWELL Edward
MARSHALL Robert
PURNELL Esther
Coal and Timber Merchants:-
ALLEN John
COOKE William
DOBBS William
Farmers:-
BARNES James, Ploddy house
CADLE Cornelius, Liners
CADLE Samuel, Taynton
CROOK George, Blackhouse
CUMMINS John, Poydresses farm
CUMMINS Joseph, Nelfields
CUMMINS William, Hilter farm
HARTLAND John, Carwents
HILL John, Baldwin's farm
HILL Joseph, Pithouse farm
LOVERIDGE William, Winters' farm
MORSE Edward, Newent
MORSE Thomas, Newent
PROBYN Thomas, Southends
QUARRELL Thomas, Compton
SMITH James, Taynton
SMITH Thomas, Cueley
THOMSON Henry, the Moat
THURSTON John, Mantley house
THURSTON Robert, Holders
Fire, &c., Office Agents:-
LONDON AND LIVERPOOL, Arthur Wellington, Newent
MANCHESTER, Abraham Lauder, Newent
NORWICH UNION, Edward Pocock, Newent