Down Hatherley

"DOWN HATHERLEY, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Dudstone, county Gloucester, 3 miles N.E. of Gloucester, and 6 S.W. of Cheltenham. The parish is watered by a rivulet which rises in Badgeworth, and falls into the Severn at Sandhurst. The soil is a mixture of clay and sand, and the land nearly evenly divided between pasture and arable; the chief crops being wheat and beans. The tithes were commuted for land and corn rents under an Enclosure Act in 1807. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £245, in the patronage of the lord chancellor. The church, dedicated to St. Mary and Corpus Christi, is an ancient structure with a strong parapeted tower at the W. end. It contains several monuments. There is a National school for boys and girls, supported by Sir W. P. Wood, Bart., who is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The charities produce about £11 per annum. [Recorded as HATHERLEY-DOWN in Gazetteer -RL 2003]"

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]