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Saul (St. James)

SAUL (St. James), a parish, in the union of Wheatenhurst, Upper division of the hundred of Whitstone, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 8 miles (N.) from Dursley; containing 477 inhabitants. It comprises 500 acres, including 25 common or waste; and is bounded by the river Severn, into which the Frome here discharges itself. The Gloucester and Berkeley canal, and the Severn and Thames canal, both pass through the parish. An inclosure act was obtained in 1839. On the banks of the Frome were formerly some tin-plate works. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £125; patron, the Vicar of Standish; appropriator, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol: the great tithes have been commuted for £115, and the incumbent's for £42; the glebe comprises 3 acres. The church has been enlarged. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans; and a parochial school is supported by subscription. An ancient house here, still surrounded by a moat, belonged to the Earl of Leicester.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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