Minsterworth (St. George)

MINSTERWORTH (St. George), a parish, in the union of Westbury, duchy of Lancaster, W. division of the county of Gloucester, 4½ miles (W. by S.) from Gloucester; containing 498 inhabitants. It is situated on the road from Gloucester to Newnham, and comprises 1827 acres, of which 157 are common or waste. The soil is rich, and chiefly in meadow and pasture, with a moderate portion of arable, and numerous orchards. A great quantity of cider is made, and there is a salmonfishery in the Severn at this place. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £10. 13. 4.; net income, £125; patron and appropriator, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, whose tithes have been commuted for £597. 18., and whose glebe comprises 6 acres. A school was built in 1808.