{"id":175,"date":"2014-12-10T13:36:01","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T13:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cpaulevans.net\/fodfhtnew\/berry-hill\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T07:40:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T06:40:01","slug":"berry-hill","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/about-the-forest\/kelly-s-directory-1879\/berry-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Berry Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"

BERRY HILL<\/strong>, 1 mile north of Coleford, has a scattered population, who are mostly employed in and around Coleford, of which place it forms a suburb: it was, with Joyford, Hillersland and Lane Ends, formed into an ecclesiastical parish in 1844; it is in the Western division of the county, Monmouth union and county court district, South Forest rural deanery, Gloucester archdeaconry and Gloucester and Bristol diocese.<\/p>\n

Christ Church is a stone building of modern date, having a chancel, aisle, tower and 1 bell. The register dates from the year [ ]. The living is a vicarage, yearly value, \u00a3167, in the gift of the Crown and held by the Rev. William Henry Taylor, B.A. of St. John’s College, Cambridge.<\/p>\n

The area is 3,149 acres; the population in 1871 was 1,928.<\/p>\n

Parish Clerk<\/em>, Alfred Gwynn.<\/p>\n

Letters arrive from Coleford.<\/p>\n

SCHOOLS:-
\nNational (Mixed)<\/em>, William Edward Walker, master; Mrs. Harriet Louisa Walker, mistress
\nLane Ends,<\/em> Isaac Newton, master; Mrs. Newton mistress<\/p>\n

RESIDENTS
\nBerry Hill<\/strong>
\nHodgson Rev. Alfred Edmund, M.A. [curate]\nTaylor Rev. William Henry, B.A. vicarage
\nCOMMERCIAL
\nBeach Peter, shopkeeper
\nBrown Joseph, blacksmith
\nCooper John, shopkeeper, Joyford
\nCullis Edward, beer retailer
\nDavis Benj. Farmer & coal proprietor
\nEbborn William, farmer Shortstanding
\nFox George, shopkeeper, Joyford
\nGodwin Edward, beer retailer
\nGwilliam Benjamin, coal proprietor
\nGwilliam Edwin, shopkeeper
\nGwilliam James, The Rock<\/em> & grocer
\nGwilliam Milson, shoe maker
\nHarrison Charlotte(Mrs.), beer retailer, Joyford
\nHughes Edward, beer retailer & shopkeeper, Joyford
\nJones Amelia (Miss) beer retailer
\nJones James, sculptor & stonemason
\nJones Richard, horse dealer, Hillersland
\nJones Thomas, farmer, Five acres
\nNelmes William, grocer
\nPowell James, shopkeeper
\nShort John, farmer, Whitehall
\nStephens Isaiah, shopkeeper & shoe maker, Short standing
\nTeague, Edward, farmer
\nTomlins Geo. New Inn<\/em>, Short standing
\nWebb Charles, nail maker
\nWilliams William, shopkeeper
\nYoung James, Rising Sun<\/em>, five acres<\/p>\n

Lane Ends<\/strong>
\nBaglin Daniel, beer retailer
\nForest of Dean Chemical Works<\/em>, naptha manufacturer (Thomas Nicholas, proprieter), Canop works
\nGwynn James, beer retailer
\nHerbert William, grocer
\nMatthews Samuel & Co. carpenters & builders
\nMorgan William, beer retailer
\nSimmons Edmund, wheelwright
\nSmith Amos, beer retailer
\nSmith John, grocer
\nSmith John, colliery proprietor, Edenwall colliery
\nWhittingham Ben, grocer
\nWilliams Priscilla (Mrs.), Royal Forest inn<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BERRY HILL, 1 mile north of Coleford, has a scattered population, who are mostly employed in and around Coleford, of which place it forms a suburb: it was, with Joyford, Hillersland and Lane Ends, formed into an ecclesiastical parish in 1844; it is in the Western division of the county, Monmouth union and county court…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":241,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-175","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2005,"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/175\/revisions\/2005"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}