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[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"EASTINGTON, a hamlet or chapelry in the parish of Northleach, hundred of Bradley, county Gloucester, 1 mile S.E. of Northleach. It is situated on the river Leach. In the neighbourhood are some remains of Norbury Camp. Here was formerly a chapel, dedicated to St. Mary, but which has long since gone to decay."

"ALKERTON, a tything in the parish of Eastington, in the hundred of Whitstone, in the county of Gloucester, 4 miles to the W. of Stroud. Alkerton House is the principal residence."

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

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Historical Geography

  • "Eastington, a tithing of the ancient parish of Northleach, formed a separate civil parish from 1894 until 1950, when a new parish was formed by the union of Northleach, Eastington and part of Hampnett."
    (Ref: Guide to the Parish Records of the City of Bristol and the County of Gloucester; I. Gray & E. Ralph, 1963)

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