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[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"SALPERTON, a parish in the hundred of Bradley, county Gloucester, 5 miles N.W. of Northleach, its post town, and 9 E. of Cheltenham. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the Cotswold hills, and is chiefly agricultural. The surface is undulating, and the soil shallow, but of a loamy description. The tithes were commuted for land under an Enclosure Act in 1780. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £107. The church is dedicated to All Saints. There is a day school. Salperton Park is the principal residence. T. B. Browne, Esq., is lord of the manor and chief landowner."

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

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