Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CERNEY (North)

CERNEY (North), a parish in Cirencester district, Gloucester; near Ermine-street, 4 miles N of Cirencester r. station. It includes the tythings of Calmsden and Woodmancote; and has a post office under Cirencester. Acres, 4,158. Real property, £5,194. Pop., 692. Houses, 153. The property is divided among a few. Cerney House is the seat of the Croomes. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £654.* Patron, University College, Oxford. The church is very good; and there is a national school.


(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: North Cerney AP/CP       Cirencester RegD/PLU       Gloucestershire AncC
Place names: CERNEY     |     CERNEY NORTH     |     NORTH CERNEY
Place: North Cerney

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