Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STONE

STONE, a chapelry in Berkeley parish, Gloucester; 4 miles SW by S of Berkeley-Road r. station. It has a post-office under Berkeley. Real property, £2,192. Pop., 277. Houses, 62. The manor belongs to Lord Fitzhardinge. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £80. Patron, the Vicar of Berkeley. The church is decorated English, and was recently repaired. Charities, £30.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Berkeley CP/AP       Gloucestershire AncC
Place: Stone

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