In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Gretton like this:

GRETTON, a chapelry in Winchcombe parish, Gloucester; 2 miles NNW of Winchcombe, and 4½ SSE of Beckford r. station. Post town, Winchcombe, under Cheltenham. Real property, £2, 171. Pop. returned with the parish. The living is a p. curacy, Annexed to the vicarage of Winchcombe, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. There are a church and a Wesleyan chapel.

Gretton through time

Gretton is now part of TEWKESBURY District. Click here for graphs and data of how TEWKESBURY has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Gretton itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gretton, in Tewkesbury and Gloucestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25997

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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