Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MORETON-IN-THE-MARSH

MORETON-IN-THE-MARSH, a small town and a parish in the district of Shipston-on-Stour and county of Gloucester. The town stands on the Fosse way and on the West Midland railway, near the meeting-point of the counties of Gloucester, Oxford, Warwick, and Worcester, 7 miles SW by S of Shipston-on-Stour; consists chiefly of one street; has, within the last few years, been considerably improved; publishes a weekly newspaper; and has a head post office,‡ a railway station with telegraph, two banking offices, two chief inns, a police station, a public reading room, a church, an Independent chapel, and national and British schools. The church is ancient; was restored in 1861, at a cost of £2,000; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with tower and lofty spire. The Independent chapel is a handsome edifice. A weekly market is held on Tuesday; cattle fairs are held on the second Tuesday of every month; cheese fairs are held on the second Tuesday of April, Aug., and Oct.; and there are two linen manufactories. The parish comprises 900 acres. Real property, £5,090; of which £80 are in gasworks. Pop. in 1851,1,512; in 1861,1,420. Houses, 302. The manor was given; at the Norman conquest, to Westminster abbey. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Bourton-on-the-Hill, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol.


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

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Feature Description: "a small town and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Moreton in Marsh CP/Ch       Gloucestershire AncC
Place: Moreton in Marsh

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