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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Acton Turville like this:
ACTON-TURVILLE, a parish in Chipping-Sodbury district, Gloucester; near the Fosse way and under the Cotswold hills, 5½ miles E by S of Chipping-Sodbury, and 7½ E of Yate r. station. Post Town, Chipping-Sodbury. Acres, 1,009. Real property, £1,424. Pop., 310. Houses, 68. The manor belongs to the Duke of Beaufort. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Tormarton, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is early English, restored and enlarged. There are a Baptist chapel and a free school of 1862.
Acton Turville is now part of SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Acton Turville itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Acton Turville, in South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10309
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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