Uley, Gloucestershire

Description
Uley, a village and a parish in Gloucestershire. The village stands among the Cotswold Hills, 2 1/2 miles ENE of Dursley, and 4 S of Frocester station on the M.R. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Dursley. The parish comprises 1512 acres; population of the civil parish, 929; of the ecclesiastical, with Owlpen, 1032. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. Stouts Hill, Angeston, Bencombe, Uley House, Uley Lodge, Rockstowes House, and the Rectory are chief residences. Uley Bury was a Roman camp, and has yielded many Roman coins. West Hill is crowned by a Roman tumulus. Woollen cloth manufacture was at one time largely carried on. The living is a rectory, with the chapelry of Owlpen annexed, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; net value, £165 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was rebuilt in 1858. There are Baptist and Congregational chapels.