Place:Nympsfield, Gloucestershire, England

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NameNympsfield
Alt namesNimdesfellesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 114
Nymphsfieldsource: Family History Library Catalog (spelling error)
Cockadillysource: hamlet in parish
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates51.7°N 2.283°W
Located inGloucestershire, England
See alsoBerkeley Hundred, Gloucestershire, Englandhundred in which the parish was located
Dursley Rural, Gloucestershire, Englandrural district in which it was situated 1894-1974
Stroud District, Gloucestershire, Englandmunicipal district of which it has been a part since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Nympsfield is a village and civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire. It is located around six miles southwest of the town of Stroud. As well as Nympsfield village, the parish also contains the hamlet of Cockadilly.

Nympsfield is on the path of a former Roman road, which ran from Cirencester to Arlingham. Nearby Woodchester Mansion, an unfinished gothic mansion, has always been associated with the village, as Nympsfield's history of Catholicism tied it to the Leigh family, who built the mansion.

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Online sources which may also be helpful:

  • GENUKI gives pointers to other archive sources as well as providing some details on each parish in the county. The emphasis here is on ecclesiastical parishes (useful before 1837)
  • A listing of all the Registration Districts in England and Wales since their introduction in 1837 and tables of the parishes that were part of each district and the time period covered with detailed notes on changes of parish name, mergers, etc. Do respect the copyright on this material.
  • The FamilySearch Wiki for Gloucestershire provides a similar but not identical series of webpages to that provided by GENUKI
  • A Vision of Britain through Time has a group of pages of statistical facts for almost every parish in the county
  • Unfortunately, A History of the County of Gloucester in the Victoria County History series provided by the website British History Online does not cover this part of the county
  • Ancestry.co.uk has recently added Gloucestershire Burials, 1813-1988; Confirmations, 1834-1913; Baptisms, 1813-1913; Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813; and Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938. (entry dated 1 Aug 2015)
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