Moreton Valence, Gloucestershire
Historical Description
Moreton or Morton Valence, a village and a parish in Gloucestershire, 2¼ miles WSW of Haresfield station on the M.R., and 3¼ NNW of Stonehouse, with a post office under Stonehouse; money order office, Whitminster; telegraph office, Haresfield railway station. Acreage of the civil parish, 991; population, 260; of the ecclesiastical, 189. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; net value, £138. Patron, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is chiefly Later English, consists of nave, S aisle, and chancel, with a tower, and was restored in 1880.
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 | Moreton-Valence St. Stephen | |
| Hundred | Whitstone | |
| Poor Law union | Wheatenhurst |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register dates from the year 1681.
The Gloucestershire Parish Registers are available online at Ancestry, in association with Gloucestershire Archives.
Churches
Church of England
St. Stephen (parish church)
The church of St. Stephen is an ancient building of stone, consisting of chancel, nave of two bays, south aisle, north porch and an embattled western tower containing 6 bells: the chancel arch and north doorway are Norman: the latter has a tympanum, representing Our Lord overcoming Satan: the church was completely restored in 1880-4 at a cost of £750, when the chancel received a new panelled roof and the tower was carefully repaired: there are sittings for 120 persons.
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 Moreton Valence from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Moreton-Valence (St. Stephen))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Gloucestershire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Moreton Valence 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.