Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868: PUCKLECHURCH, a parish in the hundred of Pucklechurch, county Gloucester, 8 miles N.E. of Bristol, its post town, and 2 E. of the Mangotsfield railway station. It is situated near the line of the Bristol and Gloucester railway, and contains the hamlet of Shortwood. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture and in the collieries. The soil is of a loamy description, with a subsoil of clay and rock. The village, which is considerable, was formerly a market town.  The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £765 8s., and there are about 60 acres of glebe.

The living is a vicarage* with the curacies of Abson, Wick, and Westerleigh annexed, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £765, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Wells. The church, dedicated to St. Thomas-a-Becket, is an ancient stone structure with a square tower containing six bells. The church has been partly restored. The parochial charities produce about £65 per annum, of which £53 goes to Barrow's school. There is a National school for both sexes. There are places of worship for the Independents and Wesleyans. The Earl of Radnor is lord of the manor."

1813 May 7: Contents: Lease in reversion - James Jefferis of Pucklechurch, Robert Jefferis of Siston and Isaac Leonard Jefferis of Siston to James Smith of Bitton of cottage, garden and land in manor of Geemoor, Bitton. Rent 6/- a year.

1825 June 7  Lease for a year - 1) John Bick of Coaley, Glos., yeoman; James Jefferis of Pucklechurch, Glos., yeoman; Robert Jefferis of Warmley, Glos., gent; Isaac Leonard Jefferies of Warmley, timber merchant and Charles Jefferis Bryant of Warmley, malster