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RANGEWORTHY, a chapelry in Thornbury parish, Gloucester; near the Bristol and Gloucester railway, 3 miles S W of Wickwar r. station. Post-town, Chipping-Sodbury. Real property, £1, 989; of which £50 are in mines. Pop., 250. Houses, 67. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to W. D. Phelps, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £80.* Patron, the Vicar of Thornbury. The church has a Norman arch, and was restored in 1851 There are chapels for Independents and Wesleyans, and an endowed school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Rangeworthy CP/Ch Thornbury AP/CP Gloucestershire AncC |
Place: | Rangeworthy |
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