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LOWER LEMINGTON, 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)]
"LOWER LEMINGTON, a parish in the hundred of Tewkesbury, county Gloucester, 2 miles N.E. of Moreton-in-the-Marsh, its nearest railway station and post town, and 5 from Shipston-on-Stour. The parish, which is of small extent, is situated on the Strafford railway and the ancient Fosse Way, where coins, &c., have been found. There is no village, only a few farmhouses. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £27. The church, dedication unknown, is a very small ancient edifice, with a turret containing one bell. The charities produce about £16 per annum, chiefly the bequest of Dr. Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury. Lord Redesdale is lord of the manor."

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