{"id":220,"date":"2014-12-10T14:03:06","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T14:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cpaulevans.net\/fodfhtnew\/viney-hill-and-yorkley\/"},"modified":"2024-04-21T13:23:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T12:23:10","slug":"viney-hill-and-yorkley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/about-the-forest\/kelly-s-directory-1879\/viney-hill-and-yorkley\/","title":{"rendered":"Viney Hill and Yorkley"},"content":{"rendered":"

VINEY HILL<\/span><\/strong>,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>but scantily populated, is 3 miles north-east from Park End and 1 mile from Blakeney.\u00a0\u00a0Viney Hill was, with Yorkley, formed into an ecclesiastical parish in 1866 from the townships of East & West Dean, in the Western division of the county, Monmouth union and county court district, South Forest deanery, Gloucester archdeaconry and Gloucester and Bristol diocese.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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All Saints\u2019 church is of stone, consisting af chancel, nave and aisles, with bell cot and 2 bells and was consecrated in 1867.\u00a0\u00a0The register dates from the year 1867.\u00a0\u00a0The living is a vicarage, yearly value \u00a3150, with residence, in the gift of Charles Bathurst, esq. of Lydney Park, and held by the Rev. Edward Samuel Smith, of St. Aidans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Much of the land belongs to the Crown.\u00a0\u00a0The population in 1871 was 1,767.<\/span><\/p>\n

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POST OFFICE.\u2014Mrs. Sarah Morse, receiver.\u00a0\u00a0Letters through Newnham arrive at 8.30 a.m.\u00a0\u00a0Blakeney is the nearest money order office.<\/span><\/p>\n

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SCHOOLS :-<\/span><\/p>\n

There are two mixed schools for boys and girls in this district, with residences for teachers, one situated at Viney Hill and the other at Blakeney Woodside.\u00a0\u00a0These schools are supported by an annual grant from the Office of Woods and Forests, and also by voluntary subscriptions.<\/span><\/p>\n

National<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(All Saints), Arthur J Wood, schoolmaster<\/span><\/p>\n

Infants\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(Woodside), Miss Phoebe Bailey, mistress<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Smith Rev. Edward Samuel [vicar]. Vicarage<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Morse Sarah (Mrs.), grocer<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Warren John, nailer<\/span><\/p>\n

Wilce George,\u00a0Albion<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Willetts Isaac, beer retailer & shoe maker<\/span><\/p>\n

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YORKLEY<\/span><\/strong>,<\/span>\u00a04 miles north from Lydney station, and 5 south-east from Coleford, is a large hamlet, the swellings in which are scattered over rising ground, in some parts being very steep;\u00a0\u00a0all the houses are detached and built in positions of grotesque irregularity;\u00a0\u00a0the inhabitants are chiefly employed at the coal works in the neighbourhood.\u00a0There are places of worship here for Primitive Methodists, Wesleyans, Baptists, and Bible Christian.<\/span><\/p>\n

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POST OFFICE.\u2014Thomas Brown, receiver.\u00a0\u00a0Letters arrive from Lydney at 8.30 a.m.; dispatched at 5.45 p.m.\u00a0Whitecroft is the nearest money order office.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Beddington James, mason<\/span><\/p>\n

Brain William, shopkeeper<\/span><\/p>\n

Brown Thomas, tailor<\/span><\/p>\n

Edwards William, haulier<\/span><\/p>\n

Hatton John,\u00a0Stag<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

James Alvin, shoe maker<\/span><\/p>\n

James Ann (Mrs.), beer retailer<\/span><\/p>\n

James James, carpenter & contractor<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Johnson Brothers, grocers & drapers<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Johnson William, wood cutter<\/span><\/p>\n

Kear Emma (Mrs.), shopkeeper<\/span><\/p>\n

Morgan Thomas, jun. Grocer & baker<\/span><\/p>\n

Morse Arthur, carpenter & shopkeeper<\/span><\/p>\n

Morse Isaac, haulier<\/span><\/p>\n

Morse William,\u00a0Nag\u2019s Head<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Parry Joseph, beer retailer<\/span><\/p>\n

Phillips William, butcher<\/span><\/p>\n

Phipps Samuel, mason & shopkeeper<\/span><\/p>\n

Price Henry, shopkeeper<\/span><\/p>\n

Price Josiah, baker & grocer<\/span><\/p>\n

Powell George Prout, butcher<\/span><\/p>\n

Sterry Jane (Mrs.), grocer & draper<\/span><\/p>\n

Thomas Eliza (Mrs.), shopkeeper<\/span><\/p>\n

Thorne George, shoe maker<\/span><\/p>\n

Vicary William, beer retailer<\/span><\/p>\n

Vimpany Edwd. Farmer, Yorkley court<\/span><\/p>\n

Watkins William, shoe maker<\/span><\/p>\n

Worgan Thomas, grocer & baker<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VINEY HILL,\u00a0but scantily populated, is 3 miles north-east from Park End and 1 mile from Blakeney.\u00a0\u00a0Viney Hill was, with Yorkley, formed into an ecclesiastical parish in 1866 from the townships of East & West Dean, in the Western division of the county, Monmouth union and county court district, South Forest deanery, 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-220","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/220","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=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53323,"href":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/220\/revisions\/53323"}],"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=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}