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COWLEY, a parish in Cheltenham district, Gloucester; on Ermine-street, under the Cotswolds, 5½ miles S by E of Cheltenham. Post town, Colesborne, under Cheltenham. Acres, 1,834. Real property, £2, 427. Pop., 311. Houses, 68. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £322.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old but good.
(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: | Cowley Parish Cheltenham Poor Law Union/Registration District Gloucestershire Ancient County |
| Place: | Cowley |
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