PUCKLECHURCH, (Gloucestershire) near the source of the Boyd r. N. E. of Bristol, is a p. 10 m. in com. which abounds in
coal. It was once a royal village, and the residence of some of the Saxon Ks. of whose great buildings some ruins are yet
visible. Edmund K. of the West-Saxons was stabbed here with a dagger by an outlawed robber, whom he seized with his own
hand, because he would not obey the usher, that carried the order for him to quit the place. The manor anciently bel. to
the abbey of Glastonbury, and afterwards to the see of Bath and Wells, to which a great part of it still remains; but the
rest of it was for some time in the hands of the Dennis's, who had a large seat here, called the Court-House; but it was
sold by the heiresses in the south-sea year to Mr. Knight. The Bp. of Bath had formerly a large park here, which in the R.
of Edw. VI. was granted to Sir Will. Herbert, and was the estate of the late Sir Rich. Whitmore of Slaughter. A wake used
to be kept here the first Sunday in July. The water of St. Aldam's-Well in this p. is cried up much for sore eyes and
diet-drinks. Here is a ch. sc.