Hillesley and Tresham

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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. 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.[1] The family also held Boxwell, Chipping Sodbury and other places in Gloucestershire.[2]

The parish was formed in 1991 from part of the Hawkesbury parish in the Northavon district of Avon, which was transferred to Stroud in Gloucestershire at the time. [1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hawesbury Local History Society
  2. ^ Inquistions and Assessments relating to feudal Aids, Gloucestershire, Great Britain Public Record Office, 1900
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