Tirley
TIRLEYis a parish situated on the west bank of the River Severn, on the Worcestershire border, 9 miles north-east from Newent, 6 south-west from Tewkesbury, 9 north from Gloucester and 113 from London, in the Eastern division of the county, lower division of Deerhurst hundred, Tewkesbury union and county court district, rural deanery of North Winchcombe, archdeaconry of Gloucester and diocese of Gloucester & Bristol.
The church of St. Matthew is an ancient stone building in the Decorated style, and consists of chancel, nave, porch and low embattled tower, with four pinnacles at the west end and containing 6 bells : on one of the monuments in the chancel the name of G Hurdman is recorded, as being the grandson of Edward Hurdman first Mayor of Worcester. The register dates from the year 1653. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £417, with good residence and 200 acres glebe, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor and held by the Rev. Joseph Frederick Hone, M.A. of University College, Oxford. Here is a Wesleyan chapel. The charities are of £100 yearly value.
The common lands were enclosed by virtue of an Act of Parliament passed in 1795. The HAW hamlet is a member of this parish. Vessels are freighted and discharged on the Severy banks at the Haw. At this spot the river Severn was formerly crossed by a ferry boat, but now by a handsome iron girder bridge resting on stone piers, consisting of three arches, completed in September, 1825, at a cost of £24,348 18s 10d.; this bridge connects the parish with Deerhurst. The Earl of Coventry is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is clay of a light nature; subsoil gravel and clay. The chief crops are wheat and barley, and there is much pasturage ground of excellent quality, a considerable portion of which is fertilised by the overflowing of the river Severn. The area is 1,840 acres; rateable value, £3.893; and the population in 1871 was 517
Parish clerk, Thomas Humphrey.
PILLAR LETTER BOX.—Letters arrive from Tewkesbury at 9.o a.m. ; dispatched thereto at 4.20 p.m. Tewkesbury is the nearest money order office
Assistant Overseer, William Bishop
National School (boys and girls) Miss Mary Smith, mistress
RESIDENTS
Brown The Misses
Hone Rev. Joseph Frederick, M.A. Vicarage
Marsden Mrs.
COMMERCIAL
Ball Chas. Boat owner, hay & Coal dealer
Ball William, hay & coal dealer
Banks Enoch, wheelwright, Knoll
Barnfield Frederick, farmer, The Flats
Baylis John, coal dealer, The Haw
Baylis Samuel, shopkeeper, The Haw
Baylis Saml. Jun. Coal dealer, The Haw
Baylis Wm. Farmer, Little Cumberwood
Brotheridge George, farmer, Great Cumberwood
Brotheridge Jsph. Farmer Gt. Sandpits
Bundy John, shoe maker, Knoll
Carter Joseph, carpenter & wheerwright
Chamberlain John, jun. Blacksmith & shopkeeper
Chamberlain Thos. farmer & beer retlr.
Chamberlain William, shopkeeper
Clifton, Levi, shopkeeper
Dunn Samuel fisherman
Fowler Henry, farmer, Tirley court
Fuger Thomas, fisherman
Greening Wm. Henry, farmer, The Haw
Hartland Charles, boat owner
Hartland William, boat owner, hay & coal dealer, The Haw
Hopkins Thomas, farmer, Town street
Humphrey Thos. Private schl. Trinley cot
Niblett Minot,carrier by water, & coal merchant
Pitcher Timothy, farmer, The Hill
Ruck John, farmer, New Pool
Starling Thomas, carrier by water, & coal merchant
Strawford Henry, carrier
Strawford Thomas & Son, shoe makers & shopkeepers
Surman Henry, beer retailer, The Haw
Watts Caroline (Mrs.), farmer, Town st
White George, Haw Bridge inn
Whitmore Charles, builder