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Ashleworth

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[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"ASHLEWORTH, (or Ashelworth), a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Berkeley, in the county of Gloucester, 4 miles to the N.W. of Gloucester. It is situated on the north-western bank of the river Severn, which is navigable here. It contains the hamlets of Longridge, Knight's Green, and several others. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £280, in the patronage of the bishop. The church, which has a tower and spire, is mostly in the perpendicular style, and is dedicated to St. Andrew. Near it is the manor-house, portions of which are very ancient; and the parsonage, a good example of a timbered residence, now occupied as a farmhouse. The parochial charities, including some parish lands, amount to £33. There is a large common in this parish."

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

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