Hillesley and Tresham

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, decreasing to 391 at the 2011 census.[1] 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.[2] The family also held Boxwell, Chipping Sodbury and other places in Gloucestershire.[3]

The parish was formed in 1991 from part of the Hawkesbury parish in the Northavon district of Avon, which was transferred to Stroud District in Gloucestershire at the time.[4]

  1. ^ "Civil parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  2. ^ Hawesbury Local History Society Archived 2009-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Inquistions and Assessments relating to feudal Aids, Gloucestershire, Great Britain Public Record Office, 1900
  4. ^ The Avon and Gloucestershire (County Boundaries) Order 1991