In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wickwar like this:
WICKWAR, a small town and a parish in Chipping-Sodbury district, Gloucester. The town stands on the Birmingham and Bristol railway, 4 miles N of Chipping-Sodbury; is a borough by prescription, governed by a mayor and 12 aldermen; and has a post-office‡ under Wotton-under-Edge, a r. station, a mechanics' institute, with reading room and library, an early English church, an Independent chapel, an endowed school with £180 a year, a Church girls' school, charities £60, four malthouses, an extensive brewery, and fairs on 6 April, 2 July, and the first Monday of Nov. ...
The parish comprises 2,307 acres. Real property, £5,501. Pop., 949. Houses, 211. The manor belongs to Earl Ducie. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £436.* Patron, Earl Ducie.
Wickwar through time
Wickwar is now part of South Gloucestershire district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Gloucestershire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wickwar itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wickwar in South Gloucestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11464
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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