Nympsfield, Gloucestershire

Description
Nymphsfield, a village and a parish in Gloucestershire. The village stands among the Cotswolds, 2 1/2 miles SSE of Frocester station on the M.R., and 4 NE of Dursley, and has a post office under Stonehouse; money order and telegraph office, Uley. The parish comprises 1546 acres; population, 235. An ancient British burial-place is on an eminence overlooking the valley of the Severn, and was explored in 1861 by the Cotswold Naturalist Club. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; net value, £227 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was rebuilt in 1863, is in the Early English style; comprises nave, N aisle, and chancel, with porch and vestry; and retains the old tower, which is fine Later English. There are Roman Catholic and Baptist chapels.