Lower Lemington, Gloucestershire
Historical Description
Lemington, Lower, a parish in Gloucestershire, contiguous to Warwickshire, 2 miles NE by N of Moreton-in-the-Marsh station on the G.W.R., and 5 SWby S of Shipton-on-Stour. Post town, Moreton-in-the-Marsh. Acreage, 859; population, 75. The property belongs to the Freeman Mitford family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; net value, £47. The church is a small ancient edifice.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Gloucestershire | |
| Hundred | Tewkesbury | |
| Poor Law union | Shipston-upon-Stour |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register dates from the year 1685.
The Gloucestershire Parish Registers are available online at Ancestry, in association with Gloucestershire Archives.
Churches
Church of England
St. Leonard (parish church)
The church of St. Leonard is a small but ancient building of stone, of the Early Norman period, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a turret containing one bell: on the floor within the communion rails is a brass to Charles and Peter Grevill, c. 1636: there are 80 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 Lower Lemington from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Lemington, Lower)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Gloucestershire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Lower Lemington 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.