Shepscomb
SHEPSCOMB, a chapelry, in the parish of Painswick, union of Stroud, hundred of Bisley, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 4 miles (N.) from Stroud; containing 676 inhabitants. This place is situated in a retired vale remarkable for the variety of its scenery. To the east of the village, on the road to Stroud, is Shepscomb House; and on the acclivity of a woodcrowned hill, at the distance of a mile to the west, is Ebworth Park, from which is a beautiful view of a chain of hills stretching out in the form of an amphitheatre, and richly clothed with beech-trees of luxuriant growth. Extending along the eastern side of the vale is Loncheridge wood, comprising about 400 acres of beech and other trees. The manufacture of woollen-cloth is carried on to a considerable extent; there are two establishments for Saxony broad-cloths. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £45; patron, the Vicar of Painswick. The chapel was built in 1819.See Painswick.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.