COMPTON ABDALE, Gloucestershire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"COMPTON ABDALE, a parish in the hundred of Bradley, in the county of Gloucester, 32 1 miles W. of Northleach, its post town. It is situated on the river Colne. There was an extensive heath at Compton Scrubs, but the greater part is now enclosed. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £81, in the patronage of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Oswald, is an ancient stone edifice. Here are week-day and Sunday schools."

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