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Coln Rogers is a village and parish in Northleach union, containing, by the census of 1861, 116, and in 1871, 90 inhabitants, and 1508 acres; in the deanery of Cirencester, archdeaconry of Bristol, diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, hundred of Bradley, East Gloucestershire; 3 ½ miles south-west from Northleach and 7 north-east from Cirencester, on the banks of the small river Coln, from whence its name. The rectory, in the incumbency of the Rev. Henry Brooks Foster, M. A., rural dean of Cirencester and honorary canon of Gloucester, is valued at £248 per annum, with residence and 40 acres of glebe land, and is in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester, who are also lords of the manor and chief owners of the soil. The church is an ancient edifice, dedicated to Saint Andrew, in the Norman style, consisting of nave, chancel, and tower with three bells.

Goldie Rev. George, M.A., curate in charge, The Rectory

Trades and Professions

Barton Charles, farmer, Lower farm

Barton John, farmer, Upper farm

Baylis Joseph, parish clerk

Simpkins Henry, blacksmith

Wilson Cornelius, farmer, Pindrup farm

Letter box cleared at 2.50 p.m. on week-days, and 11.30 a.m. on Sundays. Northleach is the post town and nearest money order office.

Morris & Co.’s Commercial Directory & Gazetteer of Gloucestershire with Bristol and Monmouth. Second Edition. Hounds Gate, Nottingham. 1876.