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Hope Mansel, Herefordshire
Extract from Littlebury's Directory and Gazetteer of Herefordshire, 1876-7
with Private and Commercial Residents
Transcribed by Rosemary Lockie, © Copyright 2004
HOPE MANSEL, or MANELL, is a small village and parish situated on
the borders of Gloucestershire, in a pleasant valley or amphitheatre, about 5
miles S.E. of Ross, 14 W. of Gloucester, 18 S.E. of Hereford, and 3 S.W.
of Mitcheldean Road station on the Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester branch
of the Great Western railway. It is in Greytree hundred, Linton polling
district, Ross union, county court district, and petty sessional division.
The population in 1861 was 205; in 1871, 203; inhabited houses, 42;
families or separate occupiers, 43; area of parish, 1,170 acres; annual
rateable value, £2,053. The Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol is
lord of the manor; Thomas Holt, Esq., of Gloucester, is lord farmer; and
Thomas Bennett Brain, Esq., the Rev. John Herbert, and Messrs. Osman
Barrett, William B. Jones, James Street, and Mrs. Evans, are the principal
landowners. The soil is loamy; subsoil, clay and rock; chief produce,
wheat, beans, roots, &c. The parish is surrounded by hills, the tops of which
are well wooded. The Mitcheldean and Forest of Dean junction railway,
now in course of construction, will have a tunnel through this parish into
Gloucestershire. Hope Mansel is in the diocese and archdeaconry of
Hereford and rural deanery of Ross; living, a rectory; value, £196, with
residence and 32 acres of glebe; patron, the Lord Chancellor; rector,
Rev. Edward Murray Tomlinson, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge,
who was instituted in 1874. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is an
ancient edifice; in a plain style, with nave, chancel, very old stone font,
two monuments, and small belfry containing two bells. The chancel was
restored in 1868. The earliest register is dated 1556. The national school
for boys and girls was built in 1868 at a cost of £400. It has an average
attendance of 40 children. Euroclydon, the property and residence of
Thomas Bennett Brain, Esq., colliery proprietor, is a handsome mansion
recently erected, and beautifully situated on an eminence commanding
charming views of the Wye, the Forest of Dean, and an immense range of
fruitful country.
POSTAL REGULATIONS.- William James, Sub-Postmaster. Letters arrive
by messenger from Ross about 8.30 a.m.; despatched thereto at 5.45 p.m.
Letters can be registered here. Mitcheldean and Drybrook are the nearest
money order and telegraph offices. Post town, Ross.
Parish Church (St. Michael's).- Rev. Edward Murray Tomlinson, M.A.,
Rector; Mr. Cornelius Marfell and Alfred J. Brain, Esq., Churchwardens;
George Robins, Parish Clerk.
National School (boys and girls).- Mr. John Louch, Master.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
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Brain Alfred Jas., Esq., The Hawthorns
Brain Thomas Bennett, Esq., Euroclydon
Gee Thomas, Esq., Beechwood
Jones Mr. William Bennett, Sutton
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Lodge Mrs., Church field
Stephens Mrs., Yew Tree cottage
Tomlinson Rev. Edward Murray, M.A. (rector), The Rectory
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COMMERCIAL.
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Bennett James, farmer, Hope's Ash farm
Bennett John, farmer, Moat farm and Twilling farm
Brain Alfred James, solicitor and landowner, The Hawthorns
Bennett William, miller, Hope's Ash mill
James William, carpenter, wheelwright, and sub-postmaster, Post office
Jones James C., farmer and landowner, Upper end
Jones William B., farmer and landowner, Sutton and Upper house farms
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Louch John, schoolmaster
Marfell Cornelius, farmer, Street farm
Marfell James, farmer, Hawthorns
Marfell John, farmer, Springfield
Robins George, parish clerk
Rudge William, farmer, Green farm
Taylor Alfred, Crown Inn, Hawthorne
Tommey Richard, blacksmith
Vaughan Mrs. Susanna, farmer, Hill farm
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OCR/Transcription by Rosemary Lockie in April 2004.
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