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EAST LEACH-TURVILLE, Gloucestershire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"EAST LEACH-TURVILLE, a parish in the hundred of Brightwells Barrow, county Gloucester, 5 miles N.W. of Lechlade, its post town, and 5 N.E. of Fairford. It is situated on the river Leach, and the old Roman highway called Icknield Street passes through the parish. The village is considerable, but chiefly agricultural. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £66, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is an ancient structure. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel. There is a National school. The charities produce about £1 per annum."

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