Woolstone, Gloucestershire
Historical Description
Woolstone, a village and a parish in Gloucestershire, 3 miles SE of Ashchurch station on the M.R., and 5 N of Cheltenham. Post town, Cheltenham; money order office, Bishops Cleeve; telegraph office, Ashchurch railway station. Acreage, 795; population, 72. The manor belongs to the Earl of Coventry. A hill at the back of the parsonage has remains of a Roman camp, and commands a very extensive view. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; net value, £141 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Coventry. The church was restored in 1875.
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 | Woolstone St. Martin | |
| Hundred | Deerhurst | |
| Poor Law union | Tewkesbury |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register dates from the year 1890.
The Gloucestershire Parish Registers are available online at Ancestry, in association with Gloucestershire Archives.
Churches
Church of England
St. Martin (parish church)
The church of St. Martin is an ancient building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, containing 3 bells and a clock: in the chancel is a recumbent stone effigy: the stained east window was inserted in 1907 to the memory of the Rev. G. G. Coventry, by the Hon. Mrs. O'Grady: the church was restored in 1872-3 at a cost of about £1,000: there are 70 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 Woolstone from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Woolstone (St. Martin))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Gloucestershire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Woolstone 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.