CAM, a parish in the upper division of the hundred
of BERKELEY, county of GLOUCESTER, half of a mile (N.
by E.) from Dursley, containing 1885 inhabitants. The
living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Gloucester, rated in the king's hooks at £ 6. 13. 4., endowed
with £800 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage
of the Bishop of Gloucester. The church is
dedicated to St. George. Several of the inhabitants
are employed in the manufacture of woollen cloth; and
the place is also, noted'for the superiority of its cheese;
A great part of .the parish lies very low, and frequently
sustains considerable injury by the inundations of the
Severn. In 1730, Mrs-. Frances Hopton bequeathed an
estate for the erection of a school, and the education
and clothing of ten boys and ten girls: the income is
£163 per annum. In the reign of Edward the Elder, a
battle was fought here between the Danes and the
Saxons.