Bulley

Bulley

St Michael & All Angels parish church
Bulley
Bulley shown within Gloucestershire
OS grid reference SO761196
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Gloucester
Postcode district GL2
Dialling code 01452
Police Gloucestershire
Fire Gloucestershire
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament

Bulley is a hamlet 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.

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.[1] Both St Andrew's and St Michael's are now members of the Forest Edge group of churches.[2]

St Michael's building is Norman.[3] A Perpendicular Gothic window on the south side of the nave is a 15th-century addition.[4] In 1886 the building was restored under the direction of the architect Sidney Gambier-Parry.[3] The church is a Grade I listed building.[4]

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.[5] Under the Local Government Act 1894 Bulley was made a separate civil parish, but in 1935 it was merged with that of Churcham.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Elrington, Herbert & Pugh 1972, pp. 25–28.
  2. ↑ "St Michael and All Angels Church". Our Churches. Forest Edge group of churches. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  3. 1 2 Verey 1970, p. 117.
  4. 1 2 Historic England. "Church of St Michael (1078688)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  5. ↑ Elrington, Herbert & Pugh 1972, p. 28.
  6. ↑ Elrington, Herbert & Pugh 1972, pp. 11–17.

Sources

  • Elrington, C.R.; Herbert, N.M.; Pugh, R.B. (eds.); Morgan, Kathleen; Smith, Brian S. (1972). A History of the County of Gloucester, Volume 10: Westbury and Whitstone Hundreds. Victoria County History. pp. 11–29.
  • Verey, David (1970). Gloucestershire: The Vale and the Forest of Dean. The Buildings of England. 2. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 117–118.
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