Didbrook, Gloucestershire

Description
Didbrook, a village and a parish in Gloucestershire. The village lies under the Cotswolds, near the river Isborne, 3 miles NE of Winchcomb, and 6 1/4 SE of Beckford station on the Evesham and Ashchurch branch of the M.R. The parish includes also the hamlets of Coscomb and Wormington Grange. Acreage, 536; population of the civil parish, 141; of the ecclesiastical, 298. Post town, Winchcomb (R.S.O.) Wormington Grange, the seat of the Gist family, is a fine mansion surrounded by extensive grounds. The living is a vicarage, united with the rectory of Pinnock-cum-Hyde and the chapelry of Hailes, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; gross value, £203 with residence. The church was built in 1475, has a pinnacled square tower, and contains the tomb of the founder, the last Abbot of Hailes.