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PRESTON, a parish in Newent district, Gloucester; adjacent to Herefordshire, 3 miles S W of Ledbury r. station. Post-town, Ledbury. Acres, 884. Real property, £1, 227. Pop., 78. Houses, 13. Nearly all the property is held-by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £140.* Patron, the Bishop of G. and B. The church has a Saxon doorway.
(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: | Preston Parish Newent Poor Law Union/Registration District Gloucestershire Ancient County |
| Place: | Preston |
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