Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TAYNTON

TAYNTON, a parish in Newent district, Gloucester; 2½ miles SSE of Newent, and 4 ENE of Mitcheldean-Road r. station. Post town, Gloucester. Acres, 2,501. Real property, £4,352. Pop., 689. Houses, 141. The property is much subdivided. T. House is the residence ofB. Atherton, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £450.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester. The church was restored in 1866. There are a national school, and charities £24.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Taynton CP/AP       Newent RegD/PLU       Gloucestershire AncC
Place: Taynton

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