In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hailes like this:
HAILES, or HAYLES, a parish in Winchcomb district, Gloucester; under the Cotswolds, 2 miles NE of Winchcomb, and 6 SE of Beckford r. station. Posttown, Winchcomb under Cheltenham. Acres, 1, 520. Real property, £2, 705. Pop., 102. Houses, 17. The manor belonged anciently to Osgot, the Saxon; and belongs now to Lord Sudeley. ...
A Cistertian abbey was founded here, in 1246, by Richard, Earl of Cornwall; was given, at the dissolution, to Sir Thomas Seymour: and passed to the Marquis of Northampton and the Tracies. Some interesting remains of the abbey are still standing. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Didbrook, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol.
Hailes through time
Hailes is now part of Tewkesbury district. Click here for graphs and data of how Tewkesbury has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hailes itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hailes, in Tewkesbury and Gloucestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10810
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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