LITTLETON-on-SEVERN is a parish and village in Thornbury union, containing, by the census of 1861, 195, and in 1871, 230 inhabitants, and 911 acres; in the deanery and archdeaconry of Bristol, diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, hundred of Langley and Swineshead, on the east bank of the river Severn; 3 miles west from Thornbury, 5 north-west from Almondsbury, and 10 west from Charfield Station on the Bristol and Birmingham Railway. The rectory, in the incumbency of the Rev. William Vigors, M.A., is valued at £52 per annum, with residence, and is in the patronage of T. C. Lippincott, Esq., who is lord of the manor and owner of the soil. The church is an ancient edifice, in the Early English style, consisting of nave, chancel, and aisle, with tower and two bells, and is about to be pulled down and rebuilt. There is a school for children of both sexes, supported by subscription. The rateable value of this parish is £1657.

 

Clergy and Gentry

KEEN Mr. Samuel, Rock house

VIGORS Rev. Richard William, The Rectory

 

Trades and Professions

COLLINS Daniel, yeoman

GOUGH Samuel, farmer

JONES Mrs. Sarah, farmer,

JONES James, shopkeeper

JONES William, shopkeeper

KEEN Charles, farmer, Manor farm

OLIVE Henry Augustus, farmer, Corston farm

SIMMONDS Daniel, carpenter and builder

STAFFORD George, farmer

STAFFORD William, omnibus proprietor

STIFF G. and H., farmers

TAYLOR Joseph, fisherman and beer retailer

WILLIAMS Miss Elizabeth, beer retailer

WINTLE George, draining pipe, roofing tiles, and brick manufacturer

Letters through Almondsbury, R.S.O. Box cleared at 3.40 p.m., on week days, and on Sundays at 12.55 p.m. Thornbury is the nearest money order office.

Village School - Mrs. C. Proom, mistress.

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