Forest of Dean FHT Forum - Designations In Gloucestershire / Forest

Designations In Gloucestershire / Forest (reply)

admin — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:04:46 +0000

The above details which I noted above have been put into a PDF file which is available in our Miscellaneous Documents section of the Web site. I will update the file and include the additions you have added.

http://www.forest-of-dean.net/joomla/resources/documents-and-articles

Designations In Gloucestershire / Forest (reply)

maurice — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:31:27 +0000

Yes there were certainly Wimberries in the FoD.I picked them as a boy near Edge Hill Lodge adjacent to where the current communication masts are sited but haven't been there recently,hopefully there may be some still there.
Maurice

Designations In Gloucestershire / Forest (reply)

10noyrum — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:43:41 +0000

Tump, of course, is a mispelling for Twymp as in Twmbarlwm Twymp in the glorious county of Monmouthshire. Lol.

Whilst on linguistic similarities between Monmouthshire and the FOD, I have lived all over South East England and been greeted with mystified stares when I mentioned the word Wimberry. However, I noticed a Wimberry Hill in the FOD. In Monmouthshire as a child I can rememmber many a glorious hour in July picking these glaucous black edible berries growing on the prostrate shrub Vaccinium Vitus-ideaus. These grew on Wimbery mountains of which there were many in the County (including Twmbarlwm crowned by the Iron Age Fort or Twymp).

Chris Morgan

Designations In Gloucestershire / Forest (reply)

slowhands — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:38:26 +0000

I though I'd add a few others, which seem to be specific to this region :-
< I suspect over time this might expand>

Meend

A village Common or Green

Tump

A mound or barrow, hillock

Locality Designations In England

admin — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:04:43 +0000

Archdeaconry
A subdivision of a Diocese under the jurisdiction of an Archdeacon.

Borough
A town sending a member to Parliament, and governed by a municipal charter. It may be a county itself.

Chapelry
A part of a parish, with its own church; sometimes it has its own separate register.

City
The head of a Diocese, with a cathedral church.

County Town
Capital city of a county or shire.

Deanery
A sub-division of an archdeaconery under the jurisdiction of a rural dean.

Diocese
An ecclesiastical division, consisting of a number of parishes, under the jurisdiction of a Bishop.

Extra-Parochial District
A special district with certain independent jurisdiction.

Hamlet
A group of houses; a small village.

Hide Of Land
A portion of land sufficient for the support of one family. (in old English law 80-120 acres)

Hundred
A sub-division of a shire; ten or twelve tithings.

Liberty
A special division of a parish or town having certain priviledges or immunities.

Manor
A landed estate of varying size.

Parish
(1) An ecclesiastical division of the Church of England with a clergyman.

(2) Also, a local civil district for administration of poor law, roads, etc. The boundaries are not necessarily the same as the ecclesiastical parish. (also called township)

Registration District
A political unit for government registration of births, marriages and deaths since July 1, 1837.

Shire
A county

Tithing
A unit of civil administration originally consisting of ten householders (10 hides of land); anciently, a unit for ecclesiastical rates.

Town
A populous place.

Township
A civil parish. (having no parish registers)

Union
Two or more parishes consolidated for joint administration of poor relief in the workhouse system.

Village
A group of houses and associated buildings, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town, situated in a rural area.