Bromsberrow, Gloucestershire

Description
Bromsberrow or Bromsborough, a parish in Gloucestershire, on the verge of the county, 4 miles SE of Ledbury station on the G.W.R. It has a post office, Bromsberrow Heath, under Gloucester, money order office, Redmarley; telegraph office, Eastnor. Acreage, 1810 ; population, 282. The manor was granted by Cromwell to Colonel Yate for his services in the Civil War, and passed to the Ricardo family, in whose possession it remains. Bromsberrow Place, tbs manor house, is an extensive mansion in a good situation. Perry is made in this parish. The living is a rectory in thf diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; gross value, £309 with residence. The church is ancient and excellent, and contains-two standards belonging to a regiment of cavalry of the Parliamentarian army commanded by Colonel Yate.