Dymock, Gloucestershire

Description
Dymock, a village and a parish in Gloucestershire. The village stands on the river Leadon, and on the Ledbury and Gloucester railway, near the boundary with Herefordshire, 4 miles S of Ledbury and 4 NNW of Newent, was once 9 market-town, has a station on the G.W.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Gloucester. The parish is divided into Leadington, Ryland, and Woodend, and comprises 7009 acres; population of the civil parish, 1401; of the ecclesiastical, 1278. The manor is supposed to have belonged anciently to the Dymocks, champions of England. Dymock Grange was a residence of the abbots of Flaxley before the dissolution, and passed to the Wynniatt family. Boyce Court, dating from the time of James I., was formerly the seat of the Chamberlaynes. An artificial elevation called the " castle tump " is a military work supposed to be of Roman or Saxon date. An old seat of the Wyntours here was garrisoned for Charles I. Apples and pears are grown in great quantity, and oaks and elms attain a great age. Earl Beau-champ is lord of the manor. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; net value, £248 with residence. Patron, Earl Beauchamp. The church was originally Norman, but has many later additions. It possesses a low massive tower with obtuse spire, and contains monuments to the Wyntour, Chamberlayne, Wynniatt, and other families. John Kyrle, better known as " the man of Ross," was a native.