Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for OZLEWORTH

OZLEWORTH, a parish in Tetbury district, Gloucester; among the Cotswolds, 2½ miles E of Wotton-under-Edge, and 5 E N E of Charfield r. station. Post-town, Wotton-under-Edge. Acres, 1, 1 14. Real property, £1, 627. Pop., 130. Houses, 19. The property is divided among a few. The manor, with Newark Park, belongs to the Rev. L. B. Clutterbuck. The mansion of Newark Park belonged once to a monastery; was restored, in the time of Edward VI., with stones from Kingswood abbey; and stands on an eminence, commanding extensive views. Ozleworth Park is the seat of J. Rolt, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £130.* Patron, the Rev. L. B. Clutterbuck. The church is Norman, ingood condition; is bisected by a beautiful Norman arch; and consists of nave and chancel, with central octagonaltower.


(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: Ozleworth AP/CP       Tetbury RegD/PLU       Gloucestershire AncC
Place: Ozleworth

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