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Barnwood in Gloucestershire, England is on the old Roman road that links the City of Gloucester with Hucclecote, Brockworth and Cirencester. In 1966 Barnwood was abolished as a parish and the area was divided between the City of Gloucester, Hucclecote and Upton St. Leonards. Barnwood was originally a small village. The Church of England parish church of St Lawrence, about two miles east of the city centre of Gloucester, is known for The Barnwood Guild of Church Bellringers, inaugurated in 1952. However, bell ringing has a long history in the Gloucester area and Barnwood had long been a part of it when its activities were disrupted by World War II. Samuel and Anne Bubb, who were grandparents of the inventor Sir Charles Wheatstone (1802–75), developer of the Wheatstone Bridge, used to measure electrical resistance, lived at Barnwood Manor House. Biographical notes of 1887 say that Sir Charles stated that he was born in the house and lived there as a young child, and this was the scene of some of his earliest experiments. In later years Wheatstone often returned to Barnwood. The architect Frederick S. Waller (1822–1905), sometime resident architect at Gloucester Cathedral, lived and died at Barnwood. [edit] Registration DistrictsGloucester Original (1837 - 1937)
The parish was abolished in 1966 and later registrations will be found under the parishes of Gloucester, Hucclecote, and Upton St. Leonards.
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