EDGEWORTH, Gloucestershire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"EDGEWORTH, a parish in the hundred of Bisley, county Gloucester, 5 miles N.W. of Cirencester, its post town and nearest railway station, and 6 E. of Stroud. The surface is hilly, and the soil a light clay, alternated with stone brask. The village, which is small, is situated within 1½ mile of the Thames and Severn canal. Stone is quarried for building purposes. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £321. The church is an ancient structure, dedicated to St. Mary. The parochial charities produce about £6 per annum. Edmund Hopkinson, Esq., is lord of the manor. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £265, and the glebe comprises 42 acres."

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