Randwick

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]

"RANDWICK, a parish in the upper division of Whitstone hundred, county Gloucester, 1½ mile N.W. of Stroud, its nearest railway station and post town, and 8 miles S. of Gloucester. The village, which is considerable, is situated on the slope of a hill on the line of the Great Western railway, and near the Thames and Severn canal.

A portion of the inhabitants are engaged in the woollen mills. Oolite stone is quarried for building. The surface is hilly, and the soil light and stony, but there is some rich pasture land. From the summit of Randwick Ash a view is obtained over the valley of the Severn, Wales, and the surrounding counties. The rectorial tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £84, and those of the incumbent for £72, and there are 56 acres of glebe.

The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £124, in the patronage of the Vicar of Standish. The church, dedicated to St. John, is an ancient stone structure with a tower containing four bells. The church has lately been enlarged and restored. The parochial charities produce about £50 per annum. There is an endowed school for both sexes. The Primitive Methodists and the Connexion of the Countess of Huntingdon have each a place of worship. The Rev. R. Morris is lord of the manor."

"HAYWARD'S FIELD, an extra parochial place in the lower division of the hundred of Whitstone, county Gloucester, 3 miles S.W. of Stroud. [Hayward's Field is listed under Randwick on the 1851 Census -RL 2003]"

 

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