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WESTON-SUB-EDGE, a parish, with a village, in the district of Evesham and county of Gloucester; 2¼ miles S of Honeybourne r. station, and 2¼ NW of Chipping-Campden. It has a post-office under Broadway. Acres, 2,632. Real property, £5,036. Pop., 369. Houses, 82. Burnt-Norton is a seat of the Earl of Harrowby. Norton Hall is the seat of J. Fenton, Esq. There was formerly a splendid moated residence of the Bishops of Worcester. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £850.* Patrons, the Executors of Mrs. Bourne. The church was restored in 1861. There are an endowed school with £10 a year, and a charity for widows £20.
(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: | Weston Subedge AP/CP Gloucestershire AncC |
Place: | Weston Subedge |
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