SLIMBRIDGE, a parish in the upper division of the
hundred of BERKELEY, county of GLOUCESTER, 4 miles
(N. by W.) from Dursley, containing 807 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Gloucester, rated in the king's books at £28. 2. 11.,
and in the patronage of the President and Fellows of
Magdalene College; Oxford. The church, dedicated to
St. John the Evangelist, is a handsome structure with a
fine spire. There is a place of worship for Independents.
The Gloucester and Berkeley canal passes through the
parish, and the Severn is navigable along the northwest
boundary. Dr.'Jenner, who discovered and introduced
the practice of vaccination, was a native of this
parish.