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Dymock, Gloucestershire

Historical Description

Dymock, a village and a parish in Gloucestershire. The village stands on the river Leadon, and on the Ledbury and Gloucester railway, near the boundary with Herefordshire, 4 miles S of Ledbury and 4 NNW of Newent, was once 9 market-town, has a station on the G.W.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Gloucester. The parish is divided into Leadington, Ryland, and Woodend, and comprises 7009 acres; population of the civil parish, 1401; of the ecclesiastical, 1278. The manor is supposed to have belonged anciently to the Dymocks, champions of England. Dymock Grange was a residence of the abbots of Flaxley before the dissolution, and passed to the Wynniatt family. Boyce Court, dating from the time of James I., was formerly the seat of the Chamberlaynes. An artificial elevation called the " castle tump " is a military work supposed to be of Roman or Saxon date. An old seat of the Wyntours here was garrisoned for Charles I. Apples and pears are grown in great quantity, and oaks and elms attain a great age. Earl Beau-champ is lord of the manor. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; net value, £248 with residence. Patron, Earl Beauchamp. The church was originally Norman, but has many later additions. It possesses a low massive tower with obtuse spire, and contains monuments to the Wyntour, Chamberlayne, Wynniatt, and other families. John Kyrle, better known as " the man of Ross," was a native.

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 
Ecclesiastical parishDymock St. Mary 
HundredBotloe 
Poor Law unionNewent 

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


Church Records

The register, in a very perfect state, dates from the year 1538.

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


Churches

Church of England

St. Mary (parish church)

The church of St. Mary is a building of stone with some remains of Norman work, consisting of chancel, large nave, transepts of unequal height, south porch and an embattled western tower, with oak spire, containing 6 bells, and a clock erected by public subscription at a cost of £120; the church has been partially restored after plans prepared by Mr. J. Middleton, architect; the large oak door in the south porch and the oak choir stalls were designed by Mr. F. Waller, the diocesan architect: the pulpit of stone and alabaster is a memorial to Charlotte Eleanor Thackwell, who died 15th July, 1880, and was given by her children, nephew and nieces; the brass lectern was presented by Mrs. Wynniatt in memory of her husband, Reginald Wynniatt esq, of Dymock Grange: the stained east window was the gift in 1889 of the late Earl Beauchamp, and there are memorial windows to the Rev. Charles Mein Dighton, vicar of Longhope from 1825, d. 24 December, 1826; Maria, his wife, and their great-grandchild; Edmund Story esq. 1874; William Finch Deane, d. 26 June, 1866; Henry Fludyer Deane, d. 1 November, 1874; Richard Grenville Deane, d. 31 January, 1877; Frederick sixth Earl Beauchamp, d. 19 February, 1891; Mrs. Horton, wife of a former vicar, d. 1899, by whom an oak parclose screen in a side chapel was erected, and the tower re-floored with wood blocks: in the chancel is a monument to Robert Wintour, of the Inner Temple, London, gent. son of William Wintour, of Dymock, d. 1718; and in the north transept a monument to John Wynniatt esq. ob. 1670: there are other memorials to Edward Pye Chamberlayne esq. of Boyce Court, d. 1729, and Elizabeth, his wife, d. 1775; the Rev. Evan Evans M.A. of Jesus College, Oxon, vicar of this parish from 1800, d. 1817; David Evans M.A. of Wadham College, Oxon, brother of the preceding and vicar of this parish 1817-20; Thomas Wall, ob. 1664, and his wife, ob. 1672; the Rev. John Simons M.A. 40 years vicar of Dymock, d. 1866; and to the Cam, Hill and other families: the organ was presented in 1885 by C. H. Palairet esq. at a cost of £360: the roof of the north chapel, with the window above, have been completely restored, and in 1880 a new panelled roof was fixed over the chancel at the cost of the late Earl Beauchamp, and that of the porch was repaired in 1896 at a cost of £45; there are remains of a central lantern tower and the piers of a Norman apse, and one window of that date also exists: the Norman south doorway remains in situ: a screen of carved oak, partly reproducing some fragments of the ancient screen found at the Grange, was erected in 1891 from designs by Mr. H. Prothero: the church affords 400 sittings: the old church walk has been planted with a double row of lime trees, and the churchyard with shrubs. A lych gate of oak was erected in 1895 at a cost of £150 as a memorial to Major Stanley Napier Raikes, who died 21 March, 1891.


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Dymock from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

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


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering Gloucestershire online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of the county of Gloucester, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictForest of Dean
CountyGloucestershire
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtGL18

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