Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for EDGEWORTH

EDGEWORTH, a parish in Cirencester district, Gloucester; near Ermine-street, 3½ miles NE of Brimscombe r. station, and 5½ NW of Cirencester. Post town, Bisley, under Stroud. Acres, 1, 566. Real property, £1, 734. Pop., 139. Houses, 28. The property is divided among a few. The surface is hilly. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £321.* Patron, the Rev. G. F. E. Shaw. The church has Norman traces, and is good. Charities, £6.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Edgeworth Parish       Cirencester Poor Law Union/Registration District       Gloucestershire Ancient County
Place: Edgeworth

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