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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Barnwood like this:
BARNWOOD, a parish in the district and county of Gloucester; on the Fosse-way and Cheltenham railway, 2 miles ESE of Gloucester. Post Town, Gloucester. Acres, 1,471. Real property, £5,133. Pop., 507. Houses, 110. The property is much subdivided. Barnwood Court and Barnwood House are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol.-Value, £195. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester. The church is tolerable.
Barnwood is now part of GLOUCESTER District. Click here for graphs and data of how GLOUCESTER has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Barnwood itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Barnwood, in Gloucester and Gloucestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10356
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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