A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Painswick, market town and par., Gloucestershire, 3½ miles NE. of Stroud and 7 SE. of Gloucester, 5614 ac., pop. 4044; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Thursday. The town stands on the southern declivity of Spoonbed Hill, one of the Cotswold range. Quarries of excellent building stones are in the neighbourhood, and give employment to a number of the inhabitants. In vicinity of town is Painswick House, seat.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town and parish" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Painswick CP/AP Gloucestershire AncC |
| Place: | Painswick |
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