East Dean 1876. Includes Holy Trinity, Respidge,
Soudley and Viney Hill
HOLY TRINITY was formed into a separate ecclesiastical district in 1842, containing, by the census of 1861, 3218, and in 1871, 5541 inhabitants, and includes the hamlets of Drybrook, Harry Hill, The Plumb, Ruardean Hill, Ruardean Woodside, Brierly, Upper Bilson, Popeshill, and Lea Bailey. The vicarage, in the incumbency of the Rev. William Barker, is valued at £300 per annum, with the residence and 5 acres of glebe land, and is in the patronage of the Crown. The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is situate at Harry Hil, and is 2 miles south-west from Mitcheldean, 4 west from Longhope Station on the Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester Railway, and 5 north-west from Newnham. It was consecrated in 1817, and consists of nave, chancel, and tower containing two bells and a clock. It is seated with open benches, and will accommodate 600, all of which are free. The Baptists, Bible Christians, Congregationalists, Primitive Methodists, and Wesleyans, each have places of worship here.VINEY HILL was formed into the ecclesiastical district of All Saints in 1866, and includes Blakeney Woodside and part of Blakeney Hill, in East Dean township, in Westbury-on-Severn union; Oldcroft and Yorkley Slade in West Dean township, in Monmouth union, and Viney Hill, which is situate in both townships, containing, by the census of 1871, 1625 inhabitants. The vicarage, in the incumbency of the Rev. Samuel George Edwards, B. A., is valued at £150 per annum, with residence, and is in the patronage of the Rev. William Hiley Bathurst, of Lydney Park. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is a handsome edifice, which with the vicarage house stands, on the borders of East Dean township; it consists of nave, apsidal chancel, south aisle, and porch, with the bell turret containing two bells; it is seated with open benches, and will accommodate about 500 persons. It was erected in 1866, with Dean Forest stone. There are National Schools at Viney Hill and Blakeney Woodside for children of both sexes.
DEAN (EAST), or HOLY TRINITY
Clergy, Gentry, and Private Residents:-
BARKER Rev. William, vicar, The Vicarage, Harry Hill
BOUGHTON Mr. Henry, Pope's Hill
COWMEADOW Mrs. Mary Ann, Harry Hill
Trades and Professions:-
BAKER George, fruit dealer and beer retailer, Pope's hill
BARNARD James, shopkeeper, Guns mills
BENNETT John, farmer, Lane end, Lea Bailey
BENNETT Wm., miller and baker, Palmer's hill, Lea Bailey
BOUGHTON Edmund, butcher and farmer, Pope's hill
BOUGHTON Henry, jun., butcher and farmer, Pope's hill
BOUGHTON John, butcher and farmer, Pope's hill
BROADSTOCK John, stone merchant and beer retailer, Lea Bailey
CONSTANCE Peter, timber merchant, Latimer lodge, Little Dean hill
COWMEADOW Jph., boiler maker, Harry Hill
DOWLAIS IRON COMPANY, iron masters, Edge Hill Mines, William H. M. Phillips, Manager
ELTON John, grocer and earthenware dealer, Old engine
EVERARD Ambrose, farmer, Rudge house
HATTON Thomas, beer retailer and shopkeeper, The Rudge
HURCOMBE Mrs. Eliza, shopkeeper, Old engine
JONES John, beer retailer, Plump hill
KEBLE James, shopkeeper, Plump hill
LYDNEY & WIGPOOL IRON ORE COMPANY (Limited), iron ore mine proprietors, Wigpool Iron mines; and at Lydney
MASON Charles Bennett, farmer and haulier, Locquires farm
MOORE George, shoemaker, Harry Hill
MOUNTJOY George, sand dealer, Little Dean hill
PEACEY James, millwright and machinist, Old engine
PHILLIPS William H. M., mining engineer, Edge Hill house
ROBERTS John, brick, tile and drain-pipe maker, Lane end, Lea Bailey
RUSSELL George, colliery proprietor, Inkerman Colliery; and at Lydbrook
RYDER William, haulier ad carpenter, Pope's hill
SILLEY John, farmer, Stenders hill
SIMMONDS Aaron, stone merchant and limeburner, Plump hill
SMITH Enoch, shopkeeper, Bailey bottom
TEAGUE Edward, relieving officer and registrar of births and deaths for the Newnham district, Steam Mill house
THOMAS Alfred, beer retailer and haulier, Old engine
TURNER Thos., farmer, Dean Common farm
VOYCE Enoch, "Point" Inn, Plump hill
WEBB Jph., "Old Engine" inn, Old engine
WINTLE Thomas, miller, Steam mills; and at Mitcheldean
Assistant Overseer for the Township of East Dean - John Addis, Respidge
Relieving Officer and Registrar of Births and Deaths for Newnham District - Edward Teague
Respidge
Trades and Professions:-
ADDIS John, assistant overseer and collector of poor rates for the township of East Dean
CALLOW Herbert, shopkeeper
COOPER Joseph, "New Inn"
DAWSON George W., grocer and draper, and dealer in boots and shoes, household furniture, iron goods, &c.
FOREST OF DEAN IRON CO., iron mine proprietors
GOLLOP and RIDLER, colliery proprietors and brick manufacturers, Stapledge Colliery
HADLEY Thomas, shoemaker
MORGAN Isaiah, beer retailer
MORGAN Mrs. Margaret, beer retailer
MORSE William, shopkeeper
PRICE William, shopkeepe
QUIDCHURCH COAL CO., colliery proprietors
WRIGHT Thomas, colliery manager
Soudley
Trades and Professions:-
BAGHURST George, haulier
CONSTANCE Peter, brush head and handle maker; h. Little Dean hill
COOPER John, stone merchant
COOPER Joseph George, grocer
ENSOR Joseph, shoemaker
EVANS Samuel, Sen., shopkeeper
GREAT WESTERN IRON CO. (Limited), iron and steel makers, Great Western Iron Works; and 55 St. George's square,London, S. W. - Arthur Duff Morison, managing director.
HEWLETT Samuel, grocer, "White Horse" inn
JARRETT John Yorks, general manager, Great Western Iron Works
NELME Richard, farmer, Brook farm
WOOD George D., grocer
VINEY HILL
Clergy and Gentry:-
DAVIS Mrs. Sarah, New road
EDWARDS Rev. Samuel George, B. A., vicar, The Vicarage
Trades and Professions:-
ADAMS Henry, "Tump House" inn, New road
ADAMS Joseph, limeburner, New road
ADAMS William, "Traveller's Rest" inn, New road
BAILEY Miss Prudence, National Schoolmistress, New road
BIDDINGTON William, parish clerk and sexton
BLOXSOME Daniel, farmer, Ayleford
BOUDLER Thomas, farm bailiff, Sutton
CRIBBER Thomas, baker, grocer, and draper, New road
DAVIS William, stone merchant, Mount Pleasant
HOUGH George H., colliery proprietor
HULIN William Joseph, commercial traveller, New road
MORSE George, grocer and stone merchant
MUNRO Frederick, National schoolmaster
PLAYSTED Henry, beer retailer, Brain's green
POWELL James, rake maker and farmer, Blakeney Hill
PURDY Charles William, sculptor
WELLINGTON John, shoemaker
WILLETTS Francis, boot and shoemaker
WILLETTS Isaac, beer retailer and shoemaker
WILLETTS John, tiler and plasterer, Blakeney Hill
WILLIAMS Walter Cadogan, painter and beer retailer, New road
WOOD Alfred, haulier and shopkeeper, New road
YOUNG Daniel, builder