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Bentham, Gloucestershire

Historical Description

Bentham, a hamlet in Badgworth parish, Gloucestershire, 1½ mile SE of Badgworth.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyGloucestershire 
Civil parishBadgeworth 
HundredDudstone and Kings Barton 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

The register of Holy Trinity, Badgeworth, dates from the year 1559.

The Gloucestershire Parish Registers are available online at Ancestry, in association with Gloucestershire Archives.


Churches

Church of England

St. Peter's Chapel

St. Peter's, a chapel of ease to the parish church of Badgeworth, erected in 1889 by Mrs. Strangways, as a memorial to her brother and son, is a building of stone, in the Early English style, consisting of nave and south porch: the stained west window is a memorial to Mrs. Strangways (d. 1891): there are 200 sittings.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Bentham from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Gloucestershire is available to browse.


Maps

Online maps of Bentham are available from a number of sites:

DistrictTewkesbury
CountyGloucestershire
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtGL51
Post TownCheltenham

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