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Stow on the Wold, market town, par., and township with ry. sta., Gloucestershire, on the Fosse Way, 3½ miles NE. of Bourton on the Water and 4 miles SW. of Moreton in the Marsh - par., 3130 ac., pop. 1969; township, pop. 1266; town (comprising Stow on the Wold township and part of Maugersbury township), 48 ac., pop. 1636; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Thursday. Stow on the Wold has an ancient church, a grammar school, and a town hall. The mfr. of woollen has been discontinued, but there is a large malting trade.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town, parish and township, with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Stow on the Wold Parish Gloucestershire Ancient County |
| Place: | Stow on the Wold |
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