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BROCKWORTH, Gloucestershire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"BROCKWORTH, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Dudstone and King's Barton, in the county of Gloucester, 3 miles to the S.E. of Gloucester. It is situated at the foot of the Cotswold hills, and is crossed by the ancient Ermine Street. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £150, in the patronage of J. Watts, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. George. The charitable endowments produce £5 a year. The village is a meet for the Cotswold hounds."

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

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