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Sheepscombe, Gloucestershire

Historical Description

Sheepscombe, a village and an ecclesiastical parish in Painswick parish, Gloucestershire. The village is 2 miles E of Painswick, and 5 NE by N of Stroud. It has a post office under Stroud; money 'order and telegraph office, Painswick. The ecclesiastical parish was constituted in 1820. Population, 450. Sheepscombe is a ward of the Painswick parish council, to which it returns two members. Ebworth Park and Sheepscombe House are the chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; net value, £120 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Painswick. The church is modern and was enlarged in 1873.

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 parishPainswick 
HundredBisley 
Poor Law unionStroud 

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


Church Records

The register dates from the year 1820.

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


Churches

Church of England

St. John the Apostle

The church of St. John the Apostle, erected in 1820, is a building of stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave and a western turret containing a clock and one bell: it was enlarged and beautified in 1873, and in 1900 the aisle was repaved and restored as a memorial to the Rev. Robert Strong B.A. vicar 1883-95: the church afford's 150 sittings.

Methodist

Primitive Methodist Chapel

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Sheepscombe from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

Online maps of Sheepscombe 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 districtGL6
Post TownStroud