In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Selsey like this:
SELSLEY, a chapelry in Kingstanley parish, Gloucester; 2 miles S S W of Stroud r. station. It was constituted in I862; and its post town is Kingstanley, under Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Pop., about 600. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £192. Patron, S. S. Marling, Esq. The church was built in 1862; and is in the early geometric style.
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Selsey through time
Selsey is now part of Stroud district. Click here for graphs and data of how Stroud has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Selsey itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Selsey, in Stroud and Gloucestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24332
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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