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ASHTON (Cold), a parish in Chipping-Sodbury district, Gloucester; on the verge of the county, under the Cotswolds, 5¾ miles N of Bath r. station. It includes the village of Pensylvania; and its Post Town is Marshfield under Chippenham. Acres, 2,300. Real property, £4,284. Pop., 503. Houses, 99. The property is sub divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £492. Patron, the Rev. E. Sayres. The church has a stone pulpit, and is very good. Charities, £10. Bishop Latimer was for some time rector.
(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: | Cold Ashton Parish Gloucestershire Ancient County |
| Place names: | ASHTON | ASHTON COLD | COLD ASHTON |
| Place: | Cold Ashton |
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