In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Gatcombe like this:
GATCOMBE, a railway station in Gloucestershire; on the South Wales railway, adjacent to the Severn, 5¼ miles SSW of Newnham. Gatcombe Park, in the vicinity, is the seat of the Ricardo family.
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Gatcombe through time
Gatcombe 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 Gatcombe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gatcombe, in Forest of Dean and Gloucestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24711
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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