BARNWOOD, Gloucestershire
- Original source material relating to Barnwood, and other parishes in
Diocese of Gloucester may be found at the
Gloucestershire Archives.
- "BARNWOOD, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Dudstone and
King's Barton, in the county of Gloucester, 2 miles to the E. of
Gloucester. The old Fosse Way and the Gloucester and Cheltenham railway
cross the parish. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and
Bristol, value £195, in the gift of the dean and chapter. The church is
dedicated to St. Lawrence. There is a small endowment for education. The
principal seats are Barnwood Court and Barnwood House."
[Description from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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