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CRANHAM, a parish in Stroud district, Gloucester; under the Cotswolds, 2½ miles NE by N of Painswick, and 5½ NNE of Stroud r. station. It contains the hamlet of Potteries; and its post town is Painswick, under Stroud. Acres, 1,859. Real property, £2, 011. Pop., 424. Houses, 90. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Brimpsfield, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is good; and there is a Baptist chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Cranham Parish Stroud Poor Law Union/Registration District Gloucestershire Ancient County |
| Place: | Cranham |
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