Bulley

Village in Gloucestershire, England

Human settlement in England
  • Churcham
DistrictShire county
  • Gloucestershire
Region
  • South West
CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townGloucesterPostcode districtGL2Dialling code01452PoliceGloucestershireFireGloucestershireAmbulanceSouth Western UK Parliament
  • Forest of Dean
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51°52′33″N 2°20′51″W / 51.8758°N 2.3476°W / 51.8758; -2.3476

Bulley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Churcham, in the Forest of Dean district, in Gloucestershire, almost 7 miles (11 km) west of the city of Gloucester and about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the village of Churcham. In 1931 the parish had a population of 134.[1]

Parish church

The Church of England parish church of St Michael and All Angels has been a dependent chapelry of St Andrew's parish church, Churcham since at least AD 1100.[2] Both St Andrew's and St Michael's are now members of the Forest Edge group of churches.[3]

St Michael's building is Norman.[4] A Perpendicular Gothic window on the south side of the nave is a fifteenth-century addition.[5] In 1886 the building was restored under the direction of the architect Sidney Gambier-Parry.[4] The church is a Grade I listed building.[5]

Secular history

Bulley has had a long association with Churcham. When a parish school was founded for Churcham and Bulley in 1856 it was built at Bulley.[6] Under the Local Government Act 1894 Bulley was made a separate civil parish, but on 1 April 1935 it was merged with Churcham.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "Population statistics Bulley Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  2. ^ Elrington et al. 1972, pp. 25–28.
  3. ^ "St Michael and All Angels Church". Our Churches. Forest Edge group of churches. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  4. ^ a b Verey 1970, p. 117.
  5. ^ a b Historic England. "Church of St Michael (1078688)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  6. ^ Elrington et al. 1972, p. 28.
  7. ^ "Relationships and changes Bulley Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  8. ^ Elrington et al. 1972, pp. 11–17.

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