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SPOONBED, a tything in Painswick parish, Gloucestershire; adjacent to Painswick. Real property, £2,850. Pop., 669. Houses, 168. S. hill is crowned with a Roman camp; was held by Earl Godwin in 1052, and by the royalists in 1643; and commands an extensive view of the Severn's valley.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a tything" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Gloucestershire Ancient County |
| Place: | Spoonbed |
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