Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PRESTON

PRESTON, a parish in Cirencester district, Gloucester; on the river Churn, 1½ mile S E of Cirencester r.station. Post-town, Cirencester. Acres, 2, 190. Real property, £3, 262. Pop., 217. Houses, 46. The man-or belongs to the representatives of the late Lady Carteret. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £350.* Patron, Miss Master. The church is Norman, and has a low tower.


(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: Preston AP/CP       Cirencester RegD/PLU       Gloucestershire AncC
Place: Preston

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