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A vision of Britain through time
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HORTON, a village and a parish in Chipping-Sodbury district, Gloucester. The village stands among the Cotswolds, 3 ¼ miles NE of Chipping-Sodbury, and 4¾ ENE of Yate r. station.—The parish comprises 3, 540 acres; and its post town is Chipping-Sodbury under Chippenham. Real property, £4, 751. Pop., 454. Houses, 98. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged once to the Pastons; and part of the old manor house still stands, and belongs now to Mrs. E. Fayle. Parts of the Cotswolds here command fine views. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £657. * Patron, the Rev. T. R. Brooke, The church is early English; was restored in 1865; consists of nave, aisle, and chancel, with porch and embattled tower; and contains tombs of the Pastons, and several old monuments. There is a national school, an ornate structure of 1860. Charities, £5.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Horton CP/AP Chipping Sodbury RegD/PLU Gloucestershire AncC |
| Place: | Horton |
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