{"id":179,"date":"2014-12-10T13:39:26","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T13:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cpaulevans.net\/fodfhtnew\/bromsberrow\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T14:32:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T13:32:06","slug":"bromsberrow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/about-the-forest\/kelly-s-directory-1879\/bromsberrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Bromsberrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

BROMSBERROW,<\/span><\/strong>or BROMSBOROUGH, anciently BRUNMEBERGE, is a parish situated on the borders of Worcestershire at the southern extremity of the Malvern Hills, 4 miles east from Ledbury station, 13 north-west From Gloucester and 6 north-north-east from Newent, in the Western Division of the county, hundred of Botloe, Newent union and county court district, rural deanery of North Forest, archdeaconry of Gloucester and Diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, situated on the Glynch brook.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The church of St. Mary is an ancient pile, but has been restored, and consists of a chancel, nave and north aisle, with a tower at the west end; the burial chapel adjoining the chancel was built by the Yates family, under a faculty, in the year 1725; in the chapel are two old cavalry standards, relics of Cromwell\u2019s army, in which Colonel Yates commanded a regiment: some curiosities in painted glass, preserved by the late Rev. Henry Dobyns Yate, LL.D a former incumbent, have been cleaned and restored; they were formerly in Llantony Abbey.\u00a0\u00a0The register dates from the year 1558.\u00a0\u00a0The living is a rectory, yearly value \u00a3339, with good residence and several acres of glebe, in the gift of Frank Ricardo, esq. and held by the Rev. Reginald\u00a0\u00a0Pyndar Hill, M.A. of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.\u00a0\u00a0The charities are about \u00a37 yearly.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Osman Ricardo esq. is the chief landowner and lord of the manor.\u00a0\u00a0The soil is almost entirely a light sand, the detritus of the new red sandstone.\u00a0\u00a0The red rock of the parish is known by the name of Bromsberrow sandstone and is the equivalent of the Bunter beds.\u00a0\u00a0Rye grows freely everywhere; the Oldfield pear also flourishes here, and, with other kinds of that fruit, is grown for the manufacture of perry and cider.\u00a0\u00a0The area is 1,803 acres; rateable value \u00a32,772; population in 1871, 272<\/span><\/p>\n

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Parish Clerk & Assistant Overseer,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>John Howell.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Letters through Ledbury which is also the nearest money order & telegraph office;\u00a0\u00a0part of the parish west of Ledbury receives letters from Dymock.\u00a0\u00a0Letters for the Heath by foot post from Dymock.<\/span><\/p>\n

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National School,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Miss Mary Ann Cook, mistress.<\/span><\/p>\n

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CARRIERS. \u2013 The only communication to Ledbury by carrier is on Tuesday, by the Pendock carrier, Boultor, who comes from Gloucester on Monday & returns on Wednesday; Underwood, from his own house, to Gloucester, every Wednesday & Saturday at 8, returning same day.<\/span><\/p>\n

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RESIDENTS<\/span><\/p>\n

Hill Rev. Reginald Pyndar, M.A. RECTORY<\/span><\/p>\n

Moore Henry, Fairfields<\/span><\/p>\n

Ricardo Osman, J.P., F.R.G.S. Bromsberrow place; & 71 Eaton place, London\u00a0s.w.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Brooke Richard, farmer & landowner, The Grove House<\/span><\/p>\n

Bond William, miller, Pepper mill<\/span><\/p>\n

Hartland Thomas, farmer, Bromsberrow court<\/span><\/p>\n

Hawkins Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer, Dick house<\/span><\/p>\n

Howell John, farmer & assistand overseer, Heath<\/span><\/p>\n

Hartland John, farmer, Tonies<\/span><\/p>\n

Jauncey Jas. Farmer, Lower Brook end<\/span><\/p>\n

Jones Mary Anna (Mrs.), farmer, Upper Brook end<\/span><\/p>\n

Morris Thomas, blacksmith<\/span><\/p>\n

Smith Wm. Geo. Farmer, Aubrey\u2019s farm<\/span><\/p>\n

Witten Nathaniel, farmr. Brown\u2019s end.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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