BERRY HILL, 1mile north of Coleford, has a scattered population, who are mostly employed in and around Coleford, of which place it forms a suburb : it was, with Joyford, Hillersland and Lane Ends, formed into an ecclesiastical parish in 1844; it is in the Western division of the county, Monmouth union and county court district, South Forest rural deanery, Gloucester archdeaconry and Gloucester and Bristol diocese.

Christ Church is a stone building of modern date, having a chancel, aisle, tower and 1 bell. The register dates from the year [ ]. The living is a vicarage, yearly value, £167, in the gift of the Crown and held by the Rev. William Henry Taylor, B.A. of St. John’s College, Cambridge.

The area is 3,149 acres; the population in 1871 was 1,928.

Parish Clerk, Alfred Gwynn.

Letters arrive from Coleford.

SCHOOLS:-

National (Mixed), William Edward Walker, master; Mrs. Harriet Louisa Walker, mistress

Lane Ends Isaac Newton, master; Mrs. Newton mistress

RESIDENTS

Berry Hill

Hodgson Rev. Alfred Edmund, M.A. [curate]

Taylor Rev. William Henry, B.A. vicarage

COMMERCIAL

Beach Peter, shopkeeper

Brown Joseph, blacksmith

Cooper John, shopkeeper, Joyford

Cullis Edward, beer retailer

Davis Benj. Farmer & coal proprietor

Ebborn William, farmer Shortstanding

Fox George, shopkeeper, Joyford

Godwin Edward, beer retailer

Gwilliam Benjamin, coal proprietor

Gwilliam Edwin, shopkeeper

Gwilliam James, The Rock & grocer

Gwilliam Milson, shoe maker

Harrison Charlotte(Mrs.), beer retailer, Joyford

Hughes Edward, beer retailer & shopkeeper, Joyford

Jones Amelia (Miss) beer retailer

Jones James, sculptor & stonemason

Jones Richard, horse dealer, Hillersland

Jones Thomas, farmer, Five acres

Nelmes William, grocer

Powell James, shopkeeper

Short John, farmer, Whitehall

Stephens Isaiah, shopkeeper & shoe maker, Short standing

Teague, Edward, farmer

Tomlins Geo. New Inn, Short standing

Webb Charles, nail maker

Williams William, shopkeeper

Young James, Rising Sun, five acres

Lane Ends

Baglin Daniel, beer retailer

Forest of Dean Chemical Works, naptha manufacturer (Thomas Nicholas, proprieter), Canop works

Gwynn James, beer retailer

Herbert William, grocer

Matthews Samuel & Co. carpenters & builders

Morgan William, beer retailer

Simmons Edmund, wheelwright

Smith Amos, beer retailer

Smith John, grocer

Smith John, colliery proprietor, Edenwall colliery

Whittingham Ben, grocer

Williams Priscilla (Mrs.), Royal Forest inn.