Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ABINGHALL, or Abbenhall

ABINGHALL, or Abbenhall, a parish in Westbury on-Severn district, Gloucester; in Dean forest, 1¾ mile SSW of Longhope r. station, and 5 N of Newnham. Post Town, Longhope under Newnham. Acres, 751. Real property, £1,718. Pop., 228. Houses, 48. The property is not much divided. There is a mineral spring. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £142.* Patron, J. F. Sevier, Esq. The church is an old Norman edifice, in good condition and contains some ancient tombs.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Abenhall CP/AP       Westbury on Severn RegD/PLU       Gloucestershire AncC
Place names: ABBENHALL     |     ABINGHALL     |     ABINGHALL OR ABBENHALL
Place: Abenhall

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