Local History
Historical Development
Summary : Known as Moises Frampton in the Domesday Book, it was held by Robert de Todens as part of the manor of Sapperton; in the mid thirteenth century it passed, by marriage, into the Mansell family and became an independent Manor and thereafter became known as Frampton Mansell. Agriculture was the main employer and there were at least two mills; the cloth industry providing some employment from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Even up to the 1970s agriculture was still to the fore, but the attractive situation of the village led to more professional people moving into the area. The oldest part of the village lies in the Golden Valley to the north, and contains a number of houses dating from the 17th century including Lower Manor Farm and Little Hattons. In the centre, one of the oldest buildings in the village is the Crown Inn dating from 1633. Frampton House was greatly enlarged and altered in the 19th century to make a Gothic-style dwelling. A school house was built in 1833 for 20 children but was closed by 1879, the Church of St.Luke was built for Lord Bathurst in 1843 in the neo-Norman style with an Italianate bell tower. (With edits, from information-britain.co.uk)
Author Sue Jones
Available Dec 2023, hardback 200 pages, cost £15 (Sue Jones, 01285 760102)
Village Camera :
Although primarily about the village of Sapperton, there is an interesting book written by Pat Pinnell and the children of Sapperton school, which has many items about village life in the surrounding area over the last century or so. Local farms, the canal and railway together with the Sapperton craftsmen of the Arts & Crafts movement are covered with many interesting original photographs. Still available from Amazon.
Village Camera : ISBN 0-86299-791-7
A detailed historical view can be found in the two extracted documents from 'A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 11', published by Victoria County History, shown below.
Home Guard 1940-1945
A short history of 'D' company can be found here