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SANDHURST, a parish, with a straggling village, in the district and county of Gloucester; near the river Severn, 3 miles N of Gloucester r. station. It has a postal letter-box under Gloucester. Acres, 2, 227. Real property, £5, 507. Pop., 549. Houses, 117. The property is much subdivided. Wallsworth Hall is the seat of Capt. De Winton. Brickmaking is carried on; and manysalmon are caught. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £310.* Patron, the Bishop of G. and B. The church is Norman, and was restored and enlarged in 1858. Charities, £25.
(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: | Sandhurst Parish Gloucestershire Ancient County |
| Place: | Sandhurst |
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