Hillesley and Tresham explained

Hillesley and Tresham is a civil parish in the Stroud District of Gloucestershire, England. It had a population of 591 according to the 2001 census, decreasing to 391 at the 2011 census.^[1] The parish contains the villages of Hillesley and Tresham. The Lyvett (Levett) family, an Anglo-Norman family prominent in Sussex, were lords of the manor of Hillesley in 12th and 13th centuries.^[2] The family also held Boxwell, Chipping Sodbury and other places in Gloucestershire.^[3]

The parish was formed in 1991 from part of the Hawkesbury parish in the Northavon district of Avon, which was transferred to Stroud District in Gloucestershire at the time.^[4] Between 1935 and 1971, as part of Hawkesbury parish, Hillesley and Tresham formed part of Sodbury Rural Districtin Gloucestershire.^[5]

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51.6125°N -2.3194°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Civil parish population 2011. 30 March 2015.
2. http://www.hawkesburylocalhistorysociety.co.uk/walks21-30.html Hawesbury Local History Society
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=BuMrAAAAIAAJ&dq=inquisitions+and+assessments+lyvett+sodbury&pg=PA269 Inquistions and Assessments relating to feudal Aids, Gloucestershire, Great Britain Public Record Office, 1900
4. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1991/uksi_19910271_en_1.htm The Avon and Gloucestershire (County Boundaries) Order 1991
5. Web site: View map: Ordnance Survey, Diagram of Gloucestershire showing Administrative Boundaries - Administrative Areas revised: 11/11/1... - Half-Inch to the mile, England, Wales. Administrative . 2024-11-16 . maps.nls.uk.