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Prout Chas. Wm. farmer, Elmcote Smith Jas. Lusty, farmer, Field farm Smith Robert, Swan P.R. &; farmer Prout Robart, farmer, Corner farm Smith Jesse, farmer &; cattle dealer, Thomas Leonard &; Co. edge tool mfrs Prout Wm. A. farmer, Silver St. frm Church farm Webb Thomas, grocer, Post office Smith Charles,farmer,Pidgeon Ho.frm Smith J olln, blacksmith Wilkins William, cattle deal2r Smith George, Fox &; Hounds P.R COALPIT HEATH is an ecclesiastical parish, includ­ Wilts. The soil is clay. The chief crops are wheat, ing the hamlet of Nibley, formed April 29, 1845, from the barley, oats and pasture. The population in 1891 was- parishes of Westerleigh and Frampton Cotterell; it is 2 1,78r. miles south-west from Yate station on the Bristol and NIBLEY is a hamlet, I mile north, on the river Frome. Birmingham section of the Midland railway and 4 west­ Sexton, .A.lbert Williams. by-south from Chipping Sodbury, in the Southern divi­ Post Office. Joseph Newman, sub-postmaster. Letters sion of the county, petty sessional division of Lawford',g arrive from Bristol at 8,40 a.m. &i 5 p.m.; dispatched Gate, Chipping Sodbury union and county court district, at 3.15 &; 5.45 p.m. Postal orders issued here. but not rural deanery of Bitton, and archdeaconry and diocese of paid Frampton Cotterell is the nearest money order &; Bristol. The church of St. Saviour is a building of stone telegraph office. Letters for Mays Hill received through in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave of Bristol, via Frampton Cotterell three bays, aisles, south porch and a small western tower containing one bell: there are sittings for 320 persons, Wall Letter Boxes, Mays Hill, cleared at 9 a.m. &; 5.25 all free. The register dates from the year 1845. The p.m. week days only; Nibley, cleared at 5.10 p.m. week living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £150, with resi­ days only dence, in the gift of the Bishop of Bristol, and held since Manor School (mixed), erected. with master's residence. 1881 by the Rev. Frederick William Griffiths B.A. of by the lords of the manor in 1868, for 340 children; University College, Durham. In this parish are exten­ average attendance, 49 boys, 41 girls &; 57 infants; &; sive collieries. The principal landowners are Sir John is supported in part by Sir John Henry Greville Smyth Henry Greville Smyth bart. M.A. of Ashton Court, Long bart. & Charles Edward H. Athole Colston esq. M.P.; Ashton, Somerset, and Charles Edward Hungerford Athole Lambert Moss Weston, master; Miss Frances Dunster, Colston esq. M.P., D.L.• J.P. of Roundway Park, Devizes, infants' mistress COALPIT HEATH. Flook Henry, farmer Payne William Henry, baker &; grocer Griffiths Rev.Fdk.Wm.,B.A. Vicarage F~rd Henry, farmer Shepherd Christopher, frmr.Mays hill Hewitt Geo.Colthurs't Serridge house GIbbs .Alb~rt, farmer, Oxbridge farm, Skinner George, farmer, Henfield , May's hIll Smith Francis Jesse, farmr.Mays hill Hewitt Miss, Heath cottage H.G roJ~ld H t P H K d I h arrIS eo.\JV en ar .. en e Ram hill .A.lsop J'Oseph, shopkeeper Cdbb John, farmer Newman Jsph. shopkeeper, }'!ast office }<'arthing John, Bell P.H Eames Frank R. certificated mana- Newman Thomas, farmr. Kendelshire Griffiths MaryElizh. (Mrs.),Swan P.H ger to Coalpit Heath Colliery Co Prior Henry Thomas, New inn P.H. Sherborne William, farmer Eley George, farmer, Kendelshire Mays hill Wadley J'oseph, shopkeeper COATES is a parish and village, between the Stroud Crook Gibbs M.A. of Trinity College, Oxford. Trews­ and Tetbury roads, It miles north-west from Tetbury bury, the residence of Edwards Spencer esq. is a modern Road goods station (which is in this parish) and 4 miles mansion, standing on the site of an ancient encampment, north-west from Kemble Junction station on the Glou- and is about I mile south-east from the church. Coates cester and South Wales branch of the Great W~stern Manor House is the residence of Francis Frederic Daniell railway, 14 south-east from Gloucester and 3t west from esq. William Tombs Dewe esq. is lord of the manor. Cirencester, in the Eastern division of the county, hun- Earl Bathurst, Michael Biddulph esq. M.P. of Ledbury, dred of Crowthorne and Minety, Cirencester union, petty .A.lbemarle Cator esq. H. HowelI esq. and the rector are ,sessional division and county court district, and in the the principal landowners. The soil is various, principally rural deanery and archdeaconry of Cirencester and diocese stone brash; subsoil, rock. The chief crops are wheat. of Gloucester. The Thames and Severn canal passes oats, barley and turnips. The area is 2,514 acres; rate­ through the parish. One of the sources of the Thames is able value, £4,°7°; the population in 1891 was 450. at a. place in this pari.sh cap-ed "~hame~ ~ead." The T.A.RLTON is a hamlet, It miles south-west, partly in ~hurch of St..~atthew IS an mterestIng ~uildmg of stone, this and partly in Rodmarton parish; for residents see I~ the TransltIOnal:N?rman, lEarly English and Perpen- the latter. The small chapel of ease is a building of dlCular .styles. consIstmg of chancel, nave of three baya, stone in the Normlln style, and consisting of nave and so.uth aIsle, s.outh porch an~ .an embattled western tower chancel: it has been restored at the expense of the late WIth lofty pmna~les, contamIn~ 2 bells: No~an south Miss Gordon, of Kemble, and affords 70 sittings. doorway has zIg-zag mouldmgs: there IS a fine Parish Clerk George Roberts. trefoil-headed pis.cina in the aisle, and the rich tracery Post, M. O. &; 'T. 0., S. B. &; Annuity &; Insurance Office. and b~aded carvmg ?f the rood screen have been pre- -Mrs. Mary Ann Robens, sub-postmistress. Letters 1Served. the font conslsts of a ~orman bowl on a modern arrive from Cirencester at 7. 10 a.m.· dispatched at pedestal: the church was entlrely restored and reseated 6 m ' in 1860, and several of the windows have since been filled .~o p. . .. . with stained glass: there are 270 sittings. The register NatIOnal School (mIxed), built In 1~49, for 80 children; dates from the year 1566. The living is a rectory, net average a~tendance, 6o; t~ere IS a house for the yearly value £300, derived from 483 acres of glebe, with master; Rlchard Taylor Robmson, master residence, in the gift of the trustees of the late John King Railway Goods Station, Tetbury road, Samuel W. Een- Farlow esq. and held since 1847 by the Rev. Thomas nett, agent Daniell Francis Frederic,TheManor ho Blackwell William, farm bailiff to Mrs. Robert'S Samuel, carrier. Gibbs Rev. Thos.Crook M.A. Rectory Kilminster Savory Hy. gardener to F.Daniels esq Kilmister Mrs. Old Manor hous& Bond George Will.iam, carrier Smith Lewis, coal merchant &; far- Leighton Bryan Baldwin, The Elms Elkins Daniel, head gardener to .A.. mer, Tlhames Head wharf Mansergh Mrs. Glebe house Cator esq Smith William, farm bailiff to the Parson Edgcombe, Southfields Lawrence Georgiana (Miss), beer re- Rev. T. C. Gibbs Spencer Edwards, Trewsbury tailer &; shopkeeper Tye Richard, farm bailiff to E. Par­ COMMERCIA.L. Messenger Thomas William,blacksmth son esq. &; assistant overseer Avery Mary Ann (Mrs.), Railway Roberts Elizabeth (Miss), laundry Williams Robt. gardener at The Lodge hotel, Tetbury road Roberts John, rustic worker COLD ASHTON is a parish and village, on the Bath 10 east from Bristol and 8 south from Chipping Sodbury, and Gloucester road. near the London and Bristol road, in the Southern division of the county, Pucklechurch and bounded on the south by Somersetshire, si miles hundred, Chipping Sodbury union, Bath county court north from Bath, which is the nearest railwa.y station, district, Sodbury petty sessional division, rural deanery