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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Gorsley like this:
Gorsley, hamlet, Newent par., W. Gloucestershire, and eccl. dist. (Gorsley and Clifford's Mesne), partly in Linton par., Herefordshire -- dist., pop. 1209; the hamlet is 2 miles SW. of Newent.
Gorsley is now part of FOREST OF DEAN District. Click here for graphs and data of how FOREST OF DEAN has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Gorsley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gorsley, in Forest of Dean and Gloucestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23934
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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