{"id":184,"date":"2014-12-10T13:42:10","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T13:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cpaulevans.net\/fodfhtnew\/elmore\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T22:43:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T21:43:28","slug":"elmore","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/about-the-forest\/kelly-s-directory-1879\/elmore\/","title":{"rendered":"Elmore"},"content":{"rendered":"

ELMORE<\/strong> is a parish and village 5 miles south-west from Gloucester, in the Eastern division of the county, Dudstone and King’s Barton hundred, Gloucester union and county court district, rural deanery and archdeaconry of Gloucester and diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, situated on the navigable river Severn.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Church of St. John is an old stone building in the Early English style; it has chancel, with chancel aisle, nave, south aisle and tower with 6 bells, some monuments, and stone slabs within the altar-rails, belonging to the Guise family.\u00a0\u00a0The church is about to be restored at a cost of nearly \u00a31,500.\u00a0\u00a0The register dates from the year 1560.\u00a0\u00a0The living is a vicarage, yearly value \u00a363, derived from40 acres of glebe, in the gift of Sir William Vernon Guise, bart. Of Elmore Court, and held by the Rev. Edward Sutton Dodd M.A. of St Catharine\u2019s College, Cambridge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a33 16s.8d derived from Cox\u2019s charity, is distributed annually among the respectable poor of the parish.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Elmore Court, a notable mansion with grounds will laid out, is the seat of Lieut.-Col. Sir William Vernon Guise, bart, D.L., J.P. who is lord of the manor and principal landowner.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The soil is part clay and partly alluvial; subsoil, clay.\u00a0\u00a0The chief crops are wheat, beans, potatoes and pasturage;\u00a0\u00a0apples, pears and plums are also grown.\u00a0\u00a0The area is 1.486 acres; rateable value, \u00a32,692 15s.; the population in 1871 was 373.<\/span><\/p>\n

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THE BACK (from the Anglo-Saxon Beck, a ferry) is a name given to a considerable part of the parish situated on the bank of the river Severn.<\/span><\/p>\n

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FARLEIGHS END, a tithing of Hardwick parish is near here.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Parish Clerk<\/span><\/i>, James Hooper.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Letters received through Gloucester, by messenger at 9.15am.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>WALL LETTER BOX cleared at 5.30 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0The nearest money order office is at Gloucester.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The National School was rebuilt in 1877; Miss Louisa M Cox, mistress<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Dodd Rev. Edward Sutton, M.A. Vicarage<\/span><\/p>\n

Guise LIeut.-Col. Sir Wm. Vernon, bart. D.L., J.P., F.L.S., F.G.S. Elmore Court<\/span><\/p>\n

Guise Capt. William Francis George, D.L., H.P., Elmore Court<\/span><\/p>\n

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COMMERCIAL<\/span><\/p>\n

Arnold Thomas, farmer, The Back<\/span><\/p>\n

Arnold Wm.\u00a0\u00a0Farmer & hay dealer, The Back<\/span><\/p>\n

Bennett John, farmer, The Back<\/span><\/p>\n

Camm John farmer, Weir farm<\/span><\/p>\n

Greening Henry,\u00a0Salmon,\u00a0<\/i>The Back<\/span><\/p>\n

Greening Samuel, shopkeeper, The Back<\/span><\/p>\n

Guilding Joseph, farmer, Elm farm<\/span><\/p>\n

Hargrave John, farmer, Leighton\u2019s farm<\/span><\/p>\n

Harris Henry Smith, carpenter<\/span><\/p>\n

Hill George, shopkeeper<\/span><\/p>\n

Hill Thomas, farmer, Hollow farm<\/span><\/p>\n

Houldey John, mason<\/span><\/p>\n

James John, farmer, The Back<\/span><\/p>\n

Meek Daniel, shopkeeper, The Back<\/span><\/p>\n

Merrett William, blacksmith<\/span><\/p>\n

Ryder William, fruit dealer<\/span><\/p>\n

Vick Daniel, farmer, Elmore farm<\/span><\/p>\n

Vick Mary (Miss),\u00a0Stone Bench inn<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Watts George, hay and fruit dealer<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ELMORE is a parish and village 5 miles south-west from Gloucester, in the Eastern division of the county, Dudstone and King’s Barton hundred, Gloucester union and county court district, rural deanery and archdeaconry of Gloucester and diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, situated on the navigable river Severn. The Church of St. John is an old…<\/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-184","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184","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=184"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53627,"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184\/revisions\/53627"}],"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=184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}