Upleadon, Gloucestershire
Historical Description
Upleadon, a village and a parish in Gloucestershire, 3 miles E by N of Newent. Post town, Newent, under Gloucester. Acreage, 1230; population, 206. Considerable iron forges were formerly here, and were converted into a flour-mill. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; gross value, £214 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The church has a Norman arch, and was restored in 1879. There is a mission church (erected in 1888) and a Wesleyan chapel.
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 | Upleadon St. Mary | |
| Hundred | Botloe | |
| Poor Law union | Newent |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register dates from the year 1538.
The Gloucestershire Parish Registers are available online at Ancestry, in association with Gloucestershire Archives.
Churches
Church of England
St. Mary (parish church)
The church of St. Mary is a small edifice of stone, in the Norman style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a lofty half-timbered western tower, containing 2 bells: on the north side is an elegant Norman doorway: the church was restored in 1879 under the direction of the late Mr. Ewan Christian, architect, at a cost of upwards of £588; and a vestry was added in 1884: there are sittings for 137 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 Upleadon from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Upleadon (St. Mary))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Gloucestershire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Upleadon 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.