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BROADWELL, or Bradle, a parish in Stow-on-the-Wold district, Gloucester; on the Fosse way, 1½ mile NNE of Stow-on-the-Wold, and 2 miles WNW of Addlestrop r. station. It has a post office under Moreton-in-the-Marsh. Acres, 1,600. Real property, £3,713. Pop., 398. Houses, 92. The property is much subdivided. Broadwell House is the seat of Lord Leigh. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Addlestrop, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £643.* Patron, Lord Leigh. The church is good; and there are a national school and charities £16.
(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: | Broadwell CP/AP Stow on the Wold RegD/PLU Gloucestershire AncC |
Place names: | BRADLE | BROADWELL | BROADWELL OR BRADLE |
Place: | Broadwell |
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