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Church Street is one of the main streets in Tetbury with a mention in documents as early as 1398. By the C16th it was built up, and consisted of shop and trade premises primarily. One of the oldest houses is Talboys House which was built c.1620 for Richard Talboy, a Yorkshire woollen merchant. |
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NOTABLE PROPERTY ON CHURCH STREETInns, hostelries: |
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At the time of the 1860 Poor Rates the following were property owners: Benjamin, Cole, Cook, County of Gloucester Bank, Crew, Dixon, Dyke, Fisher, Fowles, Gardener, Saunders, Sealy, Slade, Slatter, Trustees of Chapel, Warn & Witchell. and the residents: Barrett, By, Collett, Coole, Cove, Cox, Davies, Dixon, Fisher, Foster, Fowles, Gardener, Kiddle, Lloyd, Pegler, Pool, Saunders, Sealy, Smith, Spearink Street, Tuck, Tugwell, Walker, Weare, Witchell, Withers. renting the following types of property: 8 cottages, 3 inns, 23 houses & 1 parcel of land. |
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SHOPS AND TRADE ON CHURCH STREET extracted from contemporary directories |
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SOURCES:Victoria County History GLS vol 11 Trade Directories GLOUCESTERSHIRE ARCHIVES: Tetbury Poor Rates: P328a/OV1/32 Gloucestershire Parish Deeds D2957/300/21/1 - date: 18 November 1740 Messuage with appurts, in Church Street, Tetbury, messuage of (1) with Janet G and Hester G on one side; messuage of Thomas HILL on the other side D2957/300/21/2 - date: 4 June 1746 Messuage with appurts. in Church Street, Tetbury, described D2957/300/21/1 D2957/300/21/3 - date: 27 January 1779 Condition: the freehold possession of three adjoining messuages in Church Street, Tetbury, position described D2957/300/21/1 D191/11 - date: 1613-1728 Capital messuage and Manor of Doughton, Stephens House and other messuages and lands in Doughton including house called the Hare and Hounds (some in the common fields; field names and abuttals), including Home Close, two messuages in Church Street, Tetbury, two messuages in Harpurs Street, Tetbury, with marriage settlements between Benjamin Talboys of Doughton and Alice Garrard of Broadtowne [Broad Town], Wilts., 1659, and between Benjamin Talboys of Minchinhampton, gent., and Hester Greenway of Cirencester, 1686, copies of the wills of Benjamin Talboys of Doughton, gent. [1687/8] and of Richard Talboys of Tetbury, esq., [1663]. K/884/2/26 - date: April-June 1987 Includes application for conversion of schoolroom adjoining Baptist Chapel, Church Street, Tetbury to hotel bedrooms for County Hotel, Long Street, Tetbury; K/937/2/2 - date: April-June 1987 Sign applications, accompanied by photographs, 14 Church Street, Tetbury (3 coloured) K/1183/2/12 - date: 1980 Old Brewery yard and 27 and 29 Church Street, Tetbury: demolition of middle block of brewery, conversion of other existing buildings and erection of new houses and flats to produce 19 dwellings (CT.4719/N) Cotswold Life, no. 203, November 1984, p. 30-31 [ Illustrations include then and now postcards of Chipping Steps and Church Street. ] |
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