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Frocester, Gloucestershire

Historical Description

Frocester, a village and a parish in Gloucestershire. The village lies 2 miles SW of Stonehonse, and 5 miles W by S of Stroud, and has a station on the M.R., and a post office under Stonehonse; money order office, Leonard Stanley; telegraph offices, Frocester station and Eastington. The parish comprises 1870 acres; population, 247. The manor belonged formerly to the Huntleys. The original manor house, Frocester Court, was built in the reign of Philip and Mary, figures of whom are carved in the ancient panelling in the hall. Queen Elizabeth visited George Huntley, Esq., there on St Lawrence's day, 1574. A house on the same site had formerly been the residence of the abbots of Gloucester, one of whom, John de Gamages, built the ancient tithe barn between 1284 and 1306, which is 210 feet long and still entire. The village is flanked on the S by Frocester Hill, Coaley Pike, and Cam Down-the latter of volcanic origin. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; tithe rent charge, £261 with residence. The church of St Peter was rebuilt in 1852 on an ancient site; ifc is used on Sunday mornings, the other services being held in St Andrew's chapel, situated near the people.

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 parishFrocester St. Peter 
HundredWhitstone 
Poor Law unionWheatenhurst 

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


Church Records

The Phillimore transcript of Marriages at Frocester 1559-1837, Gloucestershire is available to browse online.

The register of baptisms and marriages dates from the year 1559; burials, 1570; it also contains a record of the visit of Queen Elizabeth in 1574, when she stayed at Frocester Court on her way to Berkeley Castle.

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


Churches

Church of England

St. Andrew's Chapel of Ease

St. Andrew's chapel of ease, which anciently formed part of the buildings of Frocester Court, was removed to its present site between 1676 and 1691 by the gift of Anne, Dowager Baroness Brooke. The oak ceiling has the initials "E. W." on the cornice and the date "1637," when the chapel was restored by Sir Robert Ducie, Lord Mayor of London; it was partly restored in 1891, and the chancel in 1896, and the whole was again restored in 1897, including the re-building of the nave walls: it now consists of chancel, nave and a small bell gable over the chancel arch containing one bell, bearing the inscription "Come away, make no delay, 1719"; there are sittings for 126 persons.

St. Peter (parish church)

The church of St. Peter, situated one mile from the village, is a building of stone in the Gothic style of the 15th century, consisting of chancel, nave of five bays, north aisle, north chapel, south porch and a tower on the north side with spire and containing 6 bells, two of which were re-cast and the peal re-hung in 1892: by the side of the porch lies an ancient stone coffin, the lid of which, inlaid with a cross, is built into the tower at the head of the staircase: the stained east window, erected in 1891, represents the "Crucifixion": the church was restored between 1849 and 1852, and has 400 sittings: a lych-gate of carved oak was erected in 1899 as a memorial to John Altham Graham-Clarke esq, who died in 1897.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Frocester from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

Online maps of Frocester 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.

DistrictStroud
CountyGloucestershire
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtGL10
Post TownStonehouse

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