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Warmley, Gloucestershire

Historical Description

Warmley, an ecclesiastical parish in Siston and Bitton parishes, Gloucestershire, 5 miles E of Bristol. It has a station on the Bath and Bristol branch of the M.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Bristol. It was constituted in 1851; population, 2170. Coal is mined. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; net value, £300 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The church was built in 1850.

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 CountyWarwickshire 
Civil parishSutton Coldfield 
HundredHemlingford 
Poor Law unionAston 

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


Church Records

The register dates from the year 1851.

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


Churches

Church of England

St. Barnabas (parish church)

The church of St. Barnabas, built in 1850, is an edifice of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave of five bays, aisles, south porch and a western tower with spire, containing 6 bells: the east, west and two windows in the south aisle are stained: the organ was presented in 1885, as a memorial to the Rev. Thomas Henry Howard M.A. vicar 1860-85: there are sittings for 520 persons.

Methodist

Primitive Methodist Chapel, North Common
United Methodist Chapel, Warmley Tower
Wesleyan Chapel, Warmley Tower

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Warmley from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

Online maps of Warmley 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.

CountySouth Gloucestershire
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtBS15
Post TownBristol

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