HUNT & CO.'S CITY OF GLOUCESTER AND CHELTENHAM DIRECTORY & COURT GUIDE; Containing the Names of the NOBILITY, GENTRY, CLERGY, In each Place, and in the SURROUNDING VILLAGES, PRECEDED BY AN Historical & Descriptive Account of the Towns, MISCELLANEOUS LOCAL INFORMATION, &c. ALSO A GENERAL DIRECTORY OF THE NOBILITY, GENTRY & CLERGY IN THE TOWNS OF BERKELEY, CIRENCESTER, COLEFORD, DURSLEY, FRAMPTON, WITH A GUIDE TO THE SIGHTS OF LONDON. 1847. PRINTED FOR E. HUNT & CO. BY B. W. GARDINER, ROYAL BLUE BOOK OFfice, Price Six Shillings and Sixpence. 1 8 MAR1954 LIBRARY Names received too late for Insertion In their regular Alphabetical Order, in the "Cheltenham Court Guide." Alexander, Mrs. General, 12, Bay's hill terrace. Courtenay, Mrs. Sarah, 1, Ormond villas, Montpellier. Nichol, Miss Ann, 47, Montpellier terrace. Tomkis, Mrs. Elizabeth, 4, Grafton terrace. Young, Mrs. Admiral, 21, Lansdowne crescent. [Entered at Stationers' Hall.] ADDRESS. There are some subjects on which a writer cannot expect to acquire celebrity; he must be satisfied if he is usefully employed, and receives the approbation of his readers. Dr. Johnson justly remarks, that "in all places, where there are objects worthy of detail or observation, there should be a short printed Directory, for the use of the stranger." What Dr. Johnson suggests, the Publishers have endeavoured to accomplish for the Inhabitants and Visiters of Gloucester and CHELTENHAM, by giving plain, but accurate descriptions of each place, followed by copious lists of the commercial and private residents; detailing not only interesting objects and customs of past times, but also directing their attention to the present state of each locality, thus furnishing "A Guide for the Visiter," and "A Book of daily Reference for the Resident.” In presenting this DIRECTORY, the Compilers return their sincere thanks to their numerous Patrons for the very liberal encouragement they have been pleased to bestow on them. They also beg leave to acknowledge the courtesy with which they and their Agents have been received while collecting the necessary materials ; and tender their grateful acknowledgments to those Gentlemen who have contributed so largely from their valuable stores of local information. With the most sanguine feelings they now submit the product of their labour to public opinion; and should it be favourably received, they propose publishing a new edition for next year (with considerable additions and improvements), when it will be their study, regardless of time or expense, to leave nothing undone that may render it worthy of general acceptance. LONDON, FEBRUARY 1817. |