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Bledington
Archives and Libraries
- Original source material relating to Bledington, and other parishes in Diocese of Gloucester may be found at the Gloucestershire Archives.
Bibliography
- Ashby, M K - The Changing English Village: A History of Bledington, Gloucestershire, in its setting 1066-1914. Roundwood Press, May 1974. ISBN: 0900093358. [Information supplied by Steve Milton]
Churches
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Gazetteers
- "BLEDDINGTON, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Slaughter, in the county of Gloucester, 3 miles to the S.E. of Stow-on-the-Wold. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, of the value of £88, in the patronage of the Dean and Canons of Christ Church, Oxford. The church is dedicated to St. Leonard."
[Description from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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Historical Geography
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Maps
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- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
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