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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Longford like this:
LONGFORD-ST.CATHERINE, a hamlet in St. Catherine parish, Gloucestershire; contiguous to Gloucester city, 1 mile N of Gloucester r. station. Acres, 200. Real property, with Longford-St. Mary, £4,735. Pop.. 213. Houses, 37. The manor belongs to the Bishop of Gloucester; and most of the land, to the Dean and Chapter. A Roman settlement is supposed to have been here.
Longford is now part of GLOUCESTER District. Click here for graphs and data of how GLOUCESTER has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Longford itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Longford, in Gloucester and Gloucestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10955
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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