In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Coaley like this:
COALEY, a parish in Dursley district, Gloucester; on the Gloucester and Berkeley canal, 2½ miles SSE of Frocester r. station, and 3 NNE of Dursley. It has a post office under Dursley. Acres, 2, 463. Real property, £5, 695. Pop., 777. Houses, 187. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £158.*-Patron, the Bishop of G. and B. The church is recent. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a n. school, and charities £12.
Coaley through time
Coaley is now part of Stroud district. Click here for graphs and data of how Stroud has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Coaley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Coaley, in Stroud and Gloucestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10547
Date accessed: 02nd November 2024
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