{"id":186,"date":"2014-12-10T13:43:11","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T13:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cpaulevans.net\/fodfhtnew\/hartpury\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T14:25:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T13:25:15","slug":"hartpury","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/about-the-forest\/kelly-s-directory-1879\/hartpury\/","title":{"rendered":"Hartpury"},"content":{"rendered":"

HARTPURY<\/strong> (HARDEPER, HARDEPERY), anciently MEREMENT, is a parish, and polling place for the Eastern Division of the County, 5 miles north-west from Gloucester, 6 east from Newent, 11 south-east from Ledbury, bounded on the west by the Leadon, in the hundred of Dudstone and King’s Barton, Newent union and county court district, archdeaconry and rural deanery of Gloucester and diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; the turnpike road from Gloucester to Hereford and Worcester intersects the parish.<\/span><\/p>\n

The church of St. Mary consists of chancel and nave, with a tower at the west end containing 5 bells; the south door presents appearances of the Saxon\u00a0\u00a0Style, but the building generally exhibits that of the middle ages; in the window on the north side are some remains of stained glass; two stained windows have been place in the chancel, one to the memory of the Rev. Charles Crawley, the late vicar, and the other to Mr Joseph Hooper, late of Gloucester. The register dates from\u00a0\u00a0the year 1751. The living is a vicarage, yearly value \u00a3235, with good residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, and held by the Rev. William George Sinclair Addison, M.A. of Hertford College, Oxford.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here is a Catholic chapel, erected at the expense of the Canning family; there is also a Wesleyan chapel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The charities are of about \u00a355 yearly value, distributed in kind and money.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Colonel Myn, a\u00a0\u00a0Royalist, suffered great loss in a skirmish which was fought here in the time of the Civil Wars.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hartpury House, the residence of Patrick Gordon Canning esq. is pleasantly situated here;\u00a0\u00a0it is approached by a carriage road, nearly a quarter of a mile in length; the estates appurtenant to this mansion are of considerable extent.\u00a0\u00a0Patrick Robert Gordon Canning, esq. is lord of the manor of one portion of the parish, and Miss Canning lady of the other; they are also the chief landowners. The parish contains 3,616 acres\u00a0\u00a0of loamy clay land, of which about 1,185 are in pasture, 395 applied to meadow, and the residue is arable, with a small portion of woodland; the whole being productive of excellent crops, especially the meadows that lie on\u00a0\u00a0the banks of the Leadon,, which are very fertile, and subject to frequent inundations during certain periods of the year; a commission has been granted, called the Leadon Valley Commission, for the purpose of making improvements in respect to the floods, which commission empowers them to raise \u00a38,000 for that purpose;\u00a0\u00a0the subsoil is marl and clay.\u00a0\u00a0The apple and pear trees produce much fruit of very excellent quality, from which cider and perry are made.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The area is 3,500 acres; rateable value, \u00a36,148; the population in 1871 was 830.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BUTTERSEND, BLACKWELLS GREEN END, AND CORSE END are places here.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Parish Clerk<\/span><\/i>\u00a0Henry Harris<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

POST OFFICE.- Miss Fanny Stephens, sub-postmistress.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Letters arrive from Gloucester at 9 a.m.: dispatched thereto at 4.30 p.m.; no post on sunday.\u00a0\u00a0Gloucester is the nearest money order office.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here is a National school for boys and girls; it is a handsome and commodious stone building; John Fisher, master.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

CARRIERS TO GLOUCESTER (passing through and returning same days:-<\/span><\/p>\n

Davis, from Ashleworth, mon. wed. & sat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Davis, from Hasfield, mon. wed. & sat<\/span><\/p>\n

Phillips, from Staunton, sat<\/span><\/p>\n

Vaughan & Bailey, from Redmarley, mon. wed.\u00a0\u00a0& sat.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Allen William, farmer & horse dealer, Murrells end<\/span><\/p>\n

Baker William, farmer & shopkeeper<\/span><\/p>\n

Baldwin John, farmer, Blackwells Green end<\/span><\/p>\n

Banks Joseph, thatcher<\/span><\/p>\n

Barnett Catherine (Miss), day school<\/span><\/p>\n

Burford Ann (Mrs.), farmer<\/span><\/p>\n

Burford Dennis, horse dealer<\/span><\/p>\n

Burford Henry, butcher<\/span><\/p>\n

Chandler Geo. Farmer, Brickhouse farm<\/span><\/p>\n

Coleman James, farmer, Coopey farm<\/span><\/p>\n

Colwell Martha (Mrs.), cooper<\/span><\/p>\n

Dance William, cooper<\/span><\/p>\n

Dent Arthur, farmer<\/span><\/p>\n

Edwards Edmund, tailor<\/span><\/p>\n

Evans Charles, carpenter & wheelwright<\/span><\/p>\n

Evans Wm. Jun. Beer retailer & shopkeeper<\/span><\/p>\n

Ferris James, hay trusser<\/span><\/p>\n

Fowler William, farmer, Corse End farm<\/span><\/p>\n

Fowles Frederic, stone mason & builder & contractor<\/span><\/p>\n

Fryer Robert, shopkeeper<\/span><\/p>\n

Golding William, farmer, Blackwells Green end<\/span><\/p>\n

Higham Charles, bricklayer<\/span><\/p>\n

Higham George, bricklayer<\/span><\/p>\n

Higham Henry, horse dealer<\/span><\/p>\n

Higham Robert William, horse dealer<\/span><\/p>\n

Hooper William, farmer, Grove farm<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Jackman James, land agent, Hill house<\/span><\/p>\n

Jaynes Nehemiah, Tailor<\/span><\/p>\n

Lane Thomas, baker & boat owner<\/span><\/p>\n

Mantell Jane (Miss), ladies boarding school<\/span><\/p>\n

Marmon Thomas, poultry dealer<\/span><\/p>\n

Millard Francis, shopkeeper<\/span><\/p>\n

Millard John, farmer, Slopers farm<\/span><\/p>\n

Parker John, farmer, Blackwells Green end<\/span><\/p>\n

Phelps Thomas, farmer<\/span><\/p>\n

Phillips James, miller<\/span><\/p>\n

Poole George, blacksmith & beer retailer<\/span><\/p>\n

Ravenhill Charles, shoe maker<\/span><\/p>\n

Sawyer William, farmer, Drews<\/span><\/p>\n

Sivill Charles,\u00a0Canning Arms<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Sutton John, shoe maker<\/span><\/p>\n

Vallender James, farmer, Laughtons<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HARTPURY (HARDEPER, HARDEPERY), anciently MEREMENT, is a parish, and polling place for the Eastern Division of the County, 5 miles north-west from Gloucester, 6 east from Newent, 11 south-east from Ledbury, bounded on the west by the Leadon, in the hundred of Dudstone and King’s Barton, Newent union and county court district, archdeaconry and rural…<\/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-186","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186","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=186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53181,"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186\/revisions\/53181"}],"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=186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}