Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ROCKHAMPTON

ROCKHAMPTON, a parish, with a village, in Thornbury district, Gloucester; 2 miles N N E of Thornbury, and 4¾ W by N of Charfield r. station. Post-town, Thornbury, under Bristol. Acres, 1, 206. Real property, £2, 740. Pop., 248. Houses, 50. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Major Peach. R. Lodge is the seat of F. Brooks, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £289.* Patron, Mrs. Coates. The church was partlyrebuilt in 1862. Charities, £14.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Rockhampton AP/CP       Thornbury RegD/PLU       Gloucestershire AncC
Place: Rockhampton

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