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[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"CROMHALL ABBOTS, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Berkeley, union of Thornbury in the county of Gloucester, 3 miles E. of Thornbury, and 2 from the Wickwar station of the Gloucester and Bristol section of the Great Western railway. It anciently formed part of the possessions of St. Augustine's Abbey at Bristol. Coal and limestone are worked, and there is a large tract of heath. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £468, in the patronage of Oriel College, Oxford. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. The parochial charities produce £5 per annum. The principal residence is Cromhall Park.""CROMHALL LYGON, a tything in the parish of Cromhall Abbots, in the upper division of the hundred of Berkeley, union of Thornbury in the county of Gloucester."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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- Original source material relating to Cromhall, and other parishes in Diocese of Gloucester may be found at the Gloucestershire Archives.
- Photographs of, and Inscriptions on the Cromhall War Memorial.
- Transcription by Leslie Mahler from Bishops Transcripts, 1571-1640 for Cromhall.
- Transcription by Geoff Peacey of Burials from Bishops Transcripts, 1770-1812 for Cromhall.
- The transcription of the section for Cromhall Abbots from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
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- Abstracts from Cromhall, Rangeworthy, Tytherington & Wickwar WILLS 1544 - 1567, 1568 - 1589, 1590 - 1599, 1600 - 1614, 1615 - 1624, 1625 - 1635 and 1636 - 1650, transcribed by Leslie Mahler.