In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Slaughter like this:
SLAUGHTER, a hundred in Gloucestershire, adjacent to Oxfordshire; containing 21 parishes, and 2 parts; and cut into two divisions, lower and upper. Acres, 23,739 and 15,198. Pop. in 1851, 4,838 and 4,805; in 1861, 9,365. Houses, 2,104.
Slaughter through time
Slaughter is now part of Cotswold district. Click here for graphs and data of how Cotswold has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Slaughter itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Slaughter, in Cotswold and Gloucestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21076
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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