{"id":206,"date":"2014-12-10T13:55:41","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T13:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cpaulevans.net\/fodfhtnew\/oxenhall\/"},"modified":"2024-04-21T13:10:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T12:10:09","slug":"oxenhall","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/about-the-forest\/kelly-s-directory-1879\/oxenhall\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxenhall"},"content":{"rendered":"

OXENHALL<\/span><\/strong>,<\/span>\u00a0anciently called\u00a0<\/span>HORSENEHALL<\/span>, is a parish, consisting entirely of scattered dwellings, 10 miles north-west from Gloucester, 2\u00a0\u00a0north-west from Newent, 7 south from Ledbury, 6 north-east from\u00a0\u00a0Mitcheldean Road station on the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester railway, in the Western division of the county, Botloe hundred, Newent union and county court district, rural deanery of North Forest, archdeaconry of Gloucester and diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, and is intersected by the Hereford and Gloucester canal, and extends almost to the Herefordshire border.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The church of St. Anne is a handsome stone building, and consists of a chancel, nave, porch, tower with 3 bells and a spire, at the west end: there is an old font of lead; the church, excepting the tower and spire, was entirely rebuilt in 1868: in the chancel is a handsome memorial window, and on the south side is a smaller memorial window.\u00a0\u00a0The register dates from the year 1665.\u00a0\u00a0The living is a vicarage, yearly value \u00a390, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol and held by the Rev. Thomas Palling Little, M.A. of Trinity College, Oxford.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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A vein of coal and ironstone has been discovered on the estate of R.F.Onslow, esq.: many years ago coal was worked in the neighbourhood of Oxenahll; the present company some three years ago began boring operations in the new red sandstone formation: the sandstone is about 70 yards through, and at a total depth from the surface of 140 yards, a seam of coal 8 feet 11 inches thick was bored through;\u00a0about 12 months ago the present company leased the property and commenced sinking, and the work is still in progress.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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A stream called Ellbrook, which takes its rise in the County of Hereford, runs through here, and falls into the Leadon at Highleadon Court.\u00a0\u00a0The Hereford and Gloucester canal here passes through a tunnel 1\u00bc miles long.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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R.F. Onslow, esq. is lord of the manor and chief landowner.\u00a0\u00a0The soil is, in general, a rich sandy loam, but in some places inclining to clay: subsoil sand, rock, ironstone and coal.\u00a0\u00a0The land is in pasture, arable, meadow and wood; of timber trees, the oak and elm thrive abundantly; the arable land is applied to rye and wheat; the land on which the latter grows is called bastard land; apple and pear trees are planted in the fields, and grow with great luxuriance.\u00a0\u00a0The area is 1,887 acres; rateable value, \u00a32,818; and the population in 1871 was 245.<\/span><\/p>\n

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COLD HARBOUR was a Roman settlement.<\/span><\/p>\n

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HILLEND GREEN, north-west, and Woodend Green, west, are places here<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sexton<\/span><\/i>\u00a0Edwin Farmer<\/span><\/p>\n

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Letters from Gloucester, via Newent, which is the nearest money order office.<\/span><\/p>\n

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PUBLIC OFFICERS<\/span><\/p>\n

Assistant Overseer & Poor\u2019s Rate Collector,\u00a0<\/span><\/i>John Lee, Newent<\/span><\/p>\n

Collector or Taxes,\u00a0<\/span><\/i>\u00a0Charles Jones, Hill End green.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Byron Commander Rd. Hy. The Furnace<\/span><\/p>\n

Little Rev. Thos. Palling, M.A. Vicarage<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Bennion Saml. Wm. Farmer, Marshalls<\/span><\/p>\n

Cadle Samuel Albert, farmers, Holders<\/span><\/p>\n

Godwin Albert, farmer, Hill End grn<\/span><\/p>\n

Hale William farmer, Oxenhall court<\/span><\/p>\n

Howley John, wood cutter & shopkpr<\/span><\/p>\n

Howley Richard, wood turner<\/span><\/p>\n

Jones Charles, blacksmith, Hill End grn<\/span><\/p>\n

Little Harry, wheelwright<\/span><\/p>\n

Mace John, farm bailiff to William A Onslow, esq.<\/span><\/p>\n

Newent Coal & Iron Co. Limited<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(Wm. Fredk. Clark, manager & sec)<\/span><\/p>\n

Price William, farmer, White house<\/span><\/p>\n

Price Wm. Chas. Miller, Crook\u2019s mill<\/span><\/p>\n

Roberts George, farm bailiff to Richard Foley Onslow, esq.<\/span><\/p>\n

Smart Hubert, carpenter & wheelwright, Three Ashes<\/span><\/p>\n

Tranter George, farmer, Winter\u2019s farm<\/span><\/p>\n

Tranter John, farmer, Three Ashes<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OXENHALL,\u00a0anciently called\u00a0HORSENEHALL, is a parish, consisting entirely of scattered dwellings, 10 miles north-west from Gloucester, 2\u00a0\u00a0north-west from Newent, 7 south from Ledbury, 6 north-east from\u00a0\u00a0Mitcheldean Road station on the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester railway, in the Western division of the county, Botloe hundred, Newent union and county court district, rural deanery of North Forest, archdeaconry…<\/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-206","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206","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=206"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53311,"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206\/revisions\/53311"}],"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=206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}