LONGBOROUGH, Gloucestershire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"LONGBOROUGH, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Kiftsgate, county Gloucester, 3 miles N.W. of Stow-on-the-Wolds, its post town, and 9 S.W. of Shipston-on-Stour. The Moreton station on the West Midland line of railway is about 3 miles N.E. from the village, which is considerable. It is situated on the old Roman Fosse Way, and near to a long camp, from which circumstance the place is supposed to have derived its name. The surface is hilly, and the soil in parts sterile. There is a considerable stone quarry, which the inhabitants claim the right of working. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value with the rectory of Seasoncote annexed, £221. The church, dedicated to St. James, is an old stone edifice of the Anglo-Saxon period, with a tower surmounted by pinnacles. It has been enlarged and repaired. The charities produce about £5 per annum. There is a parochial school. Lord Leigh is lord of the manor."

"BANKS FEE, a hamlet in the parish of Longborough, and hundred of Upper Kiftsgate, in the county of Gloucester, 2 miles from Stow-on-the-Wolds."

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