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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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CHEDWORTH, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Northleach district, Gloucester. The village stands near the river Churn, 4½ miles SW of Northleach, and 6¾ N of Cirencester r. station; has a post office under Cheltenham; and gave the title of Baron to the family of Howe. The parish comprises 4, 589 acres. Real property, £5, 604. Pop., 954. Houses, 220. The property is much subdivided. Part of the land is occupied by Chedworth wood. A barrow occurs on high ground; and a Roman bath was discovered in 1760. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £302.* Patron, Queen's College, Oxford. The church has a fine sculptured stone pulpit; and is good. There are an Independent chapel, and charities £41.—The sub-district contains sixteen parishes and a chapelry. Acres, 36, 449. Pop., 5, 253. Houses, 1, 127.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Chedworth CP/AP Chedworth SubD Northleach RegD/PLU Gloucestershire AncC |
| Place: | Chedworth |
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