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Cainscross is a village, in the parishes of Stonehouse, Randwick and Stroud, and with Ebley, Dudbridge, and parts of Pakin Hill and Westrip forms an ecclesiastical district, 102 ½ miles west from London, 1 from Stroud, and 12 from Gloucester. In the Whitstone Hundred, Stroud Union, Gloucester archdeaconry, and Gloucester and Bristol bishopric. It is situated near the Thames and Severn Canal, and South Wales railway. The church of St. Matthew is a pretty stone building of recent erection, in the mixed style; has tower, nave, aisles, porch, chancel, organ, 1 bell, monuments, and font. The living is a perpetual curacy, supported by pew rents, with residence. John Geale Uwins, M.A., is the incumbent. There is a National school for boys and girls. The charities amount to £10 yearly.

Ebley is an adjoining village.

Cainscross.

Apperly John, esq

Barnard Mr. Thomas

Billingsley Samuel, esq

Croome Thomas Clutterbuck, esq

Hallewell Mrs. Clare villa

King Mrs.

Mason Misses

Mills Mr. Richard

Mosley Mr. John

Uwins Rev. John Geale, M.A. Parsonage house

Traders

Apperly John, boot & shoe maker

Bird Samuel, grocer & draper

Carpenter Edward & Co. brewers

Chandler Benjamin, butcher

Cooke Jsph. tea dlr. & boot & shoe ma

Croome & Harris, solicitors & agents to the Royal Farmers’ fire & life & Law life offices

Curtis William, hairdresser

Darke Richd. ‘White Horse,’ & butcher

Davis Danl. auctionr. & land & estate agt

Dickman Benjamin, tailor

Dudbridge John, tailor

Ellary Eliza (Miss), seminary

Evans Charles James, agent to the Kent Mutual fire & life office

Giles Elizabeth (Miss), milliner

Gobey William & James, plasterers

Godsell Thomas, maltster

Hall John, baker & grocer

Harper John, carpenter

Hayward Joseph, ‘Golden Cross’

Hill James, livery stables

Hoskins Daniel, blacksmith

Lucas William, pork butcher

Mabbett Henry, wheelwright & carpntr

Meridith Samuel, beer retailer

Neate William, cabinet maker

Nurse Frederick, coal merchant

Phipps Samuel, solicitor, perpetual commissioner for taking acknowledgments of married women, & agent to the Protector fire & life office

Poole & Soule, chemists, druggists & stationers

Rodway Daniel, boot & shoe maker

Smith Henry Chas. Grocer & postmaster

Stephens James, boarding & day school

Vizer Maria (Miss), milliner & dress ma

Watts Jane (Mrs.), bookseller & statnr

Woodward Henry, shopkeeper & baker

Post Office. – Henry Charles Smith, receiver. Letters through Stroud arrive at 8 a.m.; & are dispatched at ¼ to 5 p.m., & 20 min. past 8 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Stroud.

Insurance Agents: -

Kent Mutual Fire & Life, Charles James Evans

Law Life, Croome & Harris

Protector Fire & Life, Samuel Phipps

Royal Farmers’ Fire & Life, Croome & Harris

St. Matthew’s Church, Rev. John Geale Uwins, M.A.

National School (for boys & girls), George Jesson Davis, master; Miss Harriet Wright, mistress

Reading Rooms & Library, James Stephens, secretary

Savings Bank (open on Mondays, from 11 morn. Till 1 aft.); Edwin Bucknall, actuary

Public Notary Office, Thomas Clutterbuck Croome

Commissioners for taking acknowledgements of married women, Thomas Clutterbuck Croome, & Samuel Phipps

Carrier – Edwin Jones, by van to Stonehouse, Eastington, Frampton-on-Severn, & Arlingham, every Friday

Omnibus to & from Stroud & Stonehouse four time daily, from the White Horse inn

Source: Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire with Bath and Bristol. Printed and Published by Kelly and Co., 19, 20 & 21, Old Boswell Court, St. Clement’s, Strand, London. 1856.