Oldbury on Severn, Gloucestershire

Description
Oldbury-upon-Severn, a parish in Gloucestershire, on the Severn, 3 miles WNW of Thornbury railway station. It contains the hamlets of Cowhill and Shepherdine, and has a post and money order office under Thornbury (R.S.O.); telegraph office, Thornbury. Since the last census the ecclesiastical parish of Oldbury has been made a civil parish, and has a parish council consisting of seven members. Oldbury House and Shepherdine House are the chief residences. There are two Roman camps. The ecclesiastical parish was constituted in 1863. Population, 672. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; net value, £192 with residence. Patron, Christ Church, Oxford. The church is an old stone building in the Early English style, and was restored in 1886. There is a Wesleyan chapel.