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SWELL (Lower), a parish, with a village, in Stow-on-the-Wold district, Gloucester; 1 mile NW by N of Stow-on-the-Wold r. station. Post town, Stow-on-the Wold, under Moreton-in-Marsh. Acres, 1,670. Real property, £3,600. Pop., 449. Houses, 99. The property is much subdivided. Swell Bowl was the residence of the county historian, Sir R. Atkyns. There are a mineral spring and three barrows. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £170.* Patron, Christchurch, Oxford. The church is Norman, with a modern pointed aisle. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Lower Swell Parish Swell Parish Stow on the Wold Poor Law Union/Registration District Gloucestershire Ancient County |
| Place names: | LOWER SWELL | SWELL | SWELL LOWER |
| Place: | Lower Swell |
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