Parish Chapels at Coleford and Newland (General)

by Roger Griffiths , Wednesday, January 06, 2010, 17:18 (5510 days ago) @ slowhands

Just to add a bit more. All Saints Newland, being a large parish had several 'chapels of ease' ie not so far to walk to and from. These were:-

Bream, Coleford, Clearwell and possibly Redbrook.

Bream (St James') became a parish in it's own right in 1813.

Coleford Parish records exist from 1768. New building 1821 - 1882. Demolished 1882 as too small, clocktower still in existence. My greatgrandfathers sister Mary was baptized there in 1829. New church (St Johns) then built on edge of Town. Don't know when it became parish in own right.

Clearwell My greatgrandfather was baptized there 1831. Still there but new building from 1866. Clearwell became a parish in it's own right in 1830. New church dedicated to St Peter.

Redbrook looks as though it was a Chapel of Ease to Newland going back to the 13th Century. List of incumbents include Henry Douglas and George Ridout of Newland. Henry Douglas compiled an index of parish registers for Newland which is very useful for researchers and George Ridout lived in the age of photography so pics. of him.

Roger