CROMHALL (ABBOT'S), a parish in the upper
division of the hundred of BERKELEY, locally in the
lower division of the hundred of Thornbury, county of
GLOUCESTER, 2 miles (N. W. by W.) from Wickwar,
containing, with the tything of Lygon-Cromhall, 703
inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Gloucester, rated in the king's
books at £16. 9. 2., and in the patronage of the Provost
and Fellows of Oriel College, Oxford. The church,
dedicated to St. Andrew, is partly in the early and
partly in the later style of English architecture. The
prefix to the name of this parish arises from its having
belonged to the abbot and convent of St. Augustine, in
Bristol, to which society it was given by Lord Berkeley,
in 1148. A coal mine has been lately opened in the
neighbourhood.