{"id":194,"date":"2014-12-10T13:48:23","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T13:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cpaulevans.net\/fodfhtnew\/littledean\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T21:37:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T20:37:29","slug":"littledean","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/about-the-forest\/kelly-s-directory-1879\/littledean\/","title":{"rendered":"Littledean"},"content":{"rendered":"

LITTLE DEAN<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0is a parish and large village, 2 miles north-west from Newnham station on the South Wales railway, 12 south-west from Gloucester and 116 from London, in the western division of the county, Saint Briavels hundred, Newnham petty sessional division and county court district, Westbury-on-Severn union, rural deanery of South Forest, Gloucester archdeaconry, and Gloucester and Bristol diocese, situated on the borders of the Forest of Dean, on the road from Newnham to Ross.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The church of St. Ethelbert is an old stone building in the Perpendicular style, and has chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch, tower and spire with 6 bells, and contains two monuments to the Pyrke family, and fine arch resting on two Norman pillars which divides the nave from the chancel.\u00a0\u00a0The register dates from [not stated ].\u00a0\u00a0The living is a rectory, yearly value \u00a3190, with residence, in the gift of the trustees of the Church Patronage Society, and held by the Rev. William Lockett, B.A. of Queens College, Cambridge.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here is a Congregational chapel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The charities are of \u00a325 yearly value.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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A fair is held on the 26th<\/sup>\u00a0November yearly, for cattle, sheep and pigs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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On a hill near the church is a circular encampment called Camp Hill, and several Roman roads still remain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dean Hall is the seat of Francis Edward Guise esq., M.W.Wemyss-Colchester is lord of the manor, and H.Crawshay esq. Joseph Bennett and D. Pyrke, esqrs. are chief landowners.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The soil is chiefly limey; the subsoil is brick earth and limestone.\u00a0\u00a0Coal and iron ore are procured in the neighbourhood.\u00a0\u00a0The chief crops are wheat and roots.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The area is 510 acres; rateable Value, \u00a32,419; the population in 1871 was 884.<\/span><\/p>\n

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POST OFFICE:- Philip Glastonbury, receiver.\u00a0\u00a0Letters received through Newnham at 8 p.m.; dispatched at 6 & 7.30 p.m. The nearest money order offices are at Newnham and Cinderford.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Police Station,<\/span><\/i>\u00a0Gaol, Herbert Cresswell, sergeant.<\/span><\/p>\n

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There is a national school for boys &\u00a0\u00a0girls; average attendance 130; William Hobbs, master;\u00a0\u00a0Miss Dorcas Burgan, infants mistress.<\/span><\/p>\n

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CARRIER TO GLOUCESTER.- James Harris, Monday Wednesday & Saturday<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Bennett Joseph<\/span><\/p>\n

Cowmeadow Thomas, Dean cottage<\/span><\/p>\n

Gould Mrs<\/span><\/p>\n

Griffiths Rev. David [Congregational]<\/span><\/p>\n

Guise Francis Edward, Dean\u00a0\u00a0hall<\/span><\/p>\n

Lockett Rev. William B.A.\u00a0\u00a0Rectory<\/span><\/p>\n

Adams William Pitt,\u00a0George inn<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Boughton Amelia (Mrs.), farmer<\/span><\/p>\n

Brain Esau, carpenter<\/span><\/p>\n

Brain Samuel, farmer<\/span><\/p>\n

Bryant, shoe maker<\/span><\/p>\n

Cooper John, farmer<\/span><\/p>\n

Davis Peter, carpenter & wheelwright<\/span><\/p>\n

Drew William, farmer<\/span><\/p>\n

Embling John, farmer, The Temple<\/span><\/p>\n

Glastonbury Henry, plasterer<\/span><\/p>\n

Guest William, farmer<\/span><\/p>\n

Gwilliam Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper<\/span><\/p>\n

Gwilliam Henry, nail maker<\/span><\/p>\n

Gwilliam John, nail\u00a0\u00a0maker<\/span><\/p>\n

Gwilliam Thomas, shopkeeper<\/span><\/p>\n

Gwilliam Zachariah, nail maker<\/span><\/p>\n

Hall Samuel, carpenter<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Helt Henry, shoe maker<\/span><\/p>\n

Hodges Hy. Jabez, iron works manager<\/span><\/p>\n

Hurcomb Samuel, shopkeeper<\/span><\/p>\n

Jolly Zachariah, boarding & day school<\/span><\/p>\n

Meredith Daniel, beer retailer<\/span><\/p>\n

Parker Richard, builder<\/span><\/p>\n

Parsons Hannah (Mrs.),\u00a0Cross Keys<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Pritchard John, farmer<\/span><\/p>\n

Purnell, Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper<\/span><\/p>\n

Roberts Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper<\/span><\/p>\n

Robins Mary (Mrs.), farmer<\/span><\/p>\n

Trigg Timothy,\u00a0Bell<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Westbrook Alfred, grocer & draper<\/span><\/p>\n

Wilks Henry,\u00a0Swan<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Wynn George, chimney sweeper<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LITTLE DEAN\u00a0is a parish and large village, 2 miles north-west from Newnham station on the South Wales railway, 12 south-west from Gloucester and 116 from London, in the western division of the county, Saint Briavels hundred, Newnham petty sessional division and county court district, Westbury-on-Severn union, rural deanery of South Forest, Gloucester archdeaconry, and Gloucester…<\/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-194","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/194","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=194"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53625,"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/194\/revisions\/53625"}],"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=194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}