Coates, Gloucestershire
Historical Description
Coates, a village and a parish in Gloucestershire. The village lies on the Thames and Severn Canal, 1½ mile NNW of Tetbury Road station on the G.W.R., and 3½ miles W by S of Cirencester. It has a post office under Cirencester; money order and telegraph office, Cirencester. The parish comprises 2568 acres; population, 450. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; net value, £300 with residence. The church is partly Norman, and was restored in 1860.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Gloucestershire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Coates St. Matthew | |
Hundred | Crowthorne and Minety | |
Poor Law union | Cirencester |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The parish register dates from the year 1566.
The Gloucestershire Parish Registers are available online at Ancestry, in association with Gloucestershire Archives.
Churches
Church of England
Chapel of Ease, Tarlton
The small chapel of ease, to that of St. Matthew, is a building of stone in the Norman style, and consisting of nave and chancel: it has been restored at the expense of the late Miss Gordon, of Kemble, and affords 70 sittings.
St. Matthew (parish church)
The church of St. Matthew is an interesting building of stone, in the Transition-Norman, Early English and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, south aisle, south porch and an embattled western tower with lofty pinnacles containing 2 bells: the Norman south doorway has zig-zag mouldings: there is a fine trefoil-headed piscina in the aisle, and a rood screen with rich tracery and beaded carving: the font consists of a Norman bowl on a modern pedestal: the church was entirely restored and reseated in 1860, and several of the windows have since been filled with stained glass: there are 270 sittings.
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 Coates from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Coates (St. Matthew))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Gloucestershire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Coates are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering Gloucestershire online:
- Gloucester Citizen
- Gloucester Journal
- Gloucestershire Chronicle
- Gloucestershire Echo
- Cheltenham Chronicle
- Cheltenham Looker-On
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of the county of Gloucester, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.