Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LITTLETON-UPON-SEVERN

LITTLETON-UPON-SEVERN, a parish in Thornbury district, Gloucester; on the river Severn, 3 miles W of Thornbury, and 4¼ NNE of New Passage r. station. Post town, Almondsbury, under Bristol. Acres, 1,665; of which 690 are water. Real property, £1,793; of which £15 are in fisheries. Pop., 195. Houses, 41. The property is divided among a few. The manor and most of the land belong to R.Lippincott, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £52.* Patron, R.Lippincott, Esq. The church is early English, in good condition; consists of nave, aisle, and chancel, with porch and tower; and has a Norman font.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Littleton upon Severn CP/AP       Thornbury RegD/PLU       Gloucestershire AncC
Place: Littleton upon Severn

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