ROCKHAMPTON is a parish and village in Thornbury union, containing, by the census of 1861, 248, and in 1871, 219 inhabitants, and 1206 acres; in the deanery of Dursley, archdeaconry of Gloucester, diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, hundred of Langley, West Gloucestershire; 6 miles south-west from Berkeley Road Station on the Bristol and Birmingham Railway, and 3 north-east from Thornbury. The rectory, in the incumbency and patronage of the Rev. William Unett Coates, M. A., is valued at £289 per annum, with residence and 15 acres of glebe land. The church, dedicated to St. Oswald, consists of chancel, aisle, and porch, with tower and one bell. There is a school for children of both sexes. The poor have charitable bequests producing about £13 15s.0d. per annum. The Rev. Charles Pierrepoint Peach is lord of the manor. The rateable value of this parish is £2341.

 

Clergy and Gentry:-

COATES Rev. William Unett, M. A., The Rectory

GROVE Mrs. Elizabeth, Newton

JONES Mr. Charles

PINNELL Mr. William

WICKHAM Mrs. Sarah, Newton cottage

Trades and Professions:-

ADAMS Mrs. Ruth, beer retailer, Newton

ADAMS Mrs. Sarah, farmer

ADAMS William, farmer, Newton

CHILDS William, farmer

CORNOCK Nicholas, farmer, Newton villa

CULLIMORE Amos, farmer, Rockhampton lodge

CULLIMORE James, farmer

CULLIMORE Leonard, farmer

FORD Matthew, farmer, Court farm

LIMBRICK John, mason

PINNELL William, jun., yeoman, Brick house

PONTING Mrs. Fanny, farmer, Newton

PRITCHARD Joseph, farmer

RICKETTS Betsy, grocer

RICKETTS William, cattle dealer

SMITH Elizabeth, shopkeeper

WORDEN Mrs. Ann, farmer

Letters through Falfield, which is the nearest money order office.

 

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