Drybrook - Harrow Hill (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Sunday, December 05, 2010, 10:11 (5107 days ago) @ lodnles

Quarry Hill and Harry Hill are used almost interchangeably for Harrow Hill - many quarries on Harry Hill !

Building on Harrow (or Harry) hill began on the north side towards Drybrook before 1787 (fn. 44) and the hamlet of Harrow Hill contained c. 24 cottages in 1832. (fn. 45) Holy Trinity church, standing to the south-west on Quarry hill, was opened in 1817 (fn. 46) and a parsonage house was completed, to the southeast, a few years later. (fn. 47) Cottages were built in old inclosures on the main part of Harrow hill from the mid 19th century (fn. 48) and scattered houses and bungalows were built in the area in the later 20th century.

From: 'Forest of Dean: Settlement', A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5: Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, The Forest of Dean (1996), pp. 300-325. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23266 Date accessed: 05 December 2010.

The Stenders is more west of Mitcheldean way....

To the west, above the town, was the extraparochial Forest of Dean, into which the parish made a substantial indent, rising steeply up Stenders hill and reaching 275 m. at the Wilderness in the south-eastern corner

From: 'Mitcheldean', A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5: Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, The Forest of Dean (1996), pp. 173-195. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23259 Date accessed: 05 December 2010.

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