SAINTBURY, Gloucestershire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"SAINTBURY, a parish in the upper division of Kiftsgate hundred, county Gloucester, 2 miles W. of Chipping-Campden, its post town, and 7 from Evesham. The surface is diversified with hills and valleys, and in the latter are some rich meadows. The village, which is of small extent, is chiefly agricultural. It was designated Suineberie, after King Sweyne, who -had a camp at Castle Bank, communicating with a larger one upon the summit of the same hill in the adjoining parish of Willersley. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £415. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. The parochial charities produce about £6 per annum."

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