Spoonbed, Gloucestershire
Historical Description
Spoonbed, a tithing in Painswick parish, Gloucestershire, adjacent to Painswick. Spoonbed Hill has an altitude of 929 feet. It is crowned with a British camp, was held by Earl Godwin in 1052 and by the Royalists in 1643,and commands an extensive view of the valley of the Severn.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Gloucestershire | |
Civil parish | Painswick | |
Hundred | Bisley | |
Poor Law union | Stroud |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Gloucestershire Parish Registers are available online at Ancestry, in association with Gloucestershire Archives.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Spoonbed from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Gloucestershire is available to browse.
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.