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SHIPTON-OLIFFE, a parish, with a village, in Northleach district, Gloucester; 7 miles ESE of Cheltenham r. station. Post town, Andoversford, under Cheltenham. Acres, 1,050. Real property, £1,683. Pop., 255. Houses, 56. The manor belongs to G Fletcher, Esq. Limestone is plentiful. The living is a rectory, united with Shipton-Sollars, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £450.* Patron, W. Peachy, Esq. The church is Norman and good. There is a free school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Shipton Oliffe CP/AP Gloucestershire AncC |
Place: | Shipton |
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