Aston Blank

Contents & Site Map

Where is it In Gloucestershire

ASTON BLANK, Gloucestershire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"ASTON BLANK, (or Cold Aston), a parish in the hundred of Bradley, in the county of Gloucester, 3 miles to the N. of Northleach, its post town. It is situated on the river Windrush, not far from the borders of Oxfordshire and the old Fosse Way. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, of the value of £186, and in the gift of the lord chancellor. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. The charitable endowments, among which is £5 a year to a school, amount to £39. The estate called Little Aston Farm, belongs to Pembroke College, Oxford."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

© Copyright Colin Hinson, GENUKI and Contributors 1999-2007, &c.
GENUKI is a registered trade mark of the charitable trust GENUKI, see About GENUKI as an Organisation

Are you lost in the Genuki hierarchy or arrived here from a Search Engine?
If so, use the up-arrow(s) at the top of the page to go up the hierarchy.

URL of this page: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/AstonBlank/Gaz1868.html