Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ASTON-BLANK, or Ashton-Blank

ASTON-BLANK, or Ashton-Blank, a parish in Northleach district, Gloucester; under the Cotswolds, near the Fosse-way and the Windrush river, 4 miles NNE of Northleach, and 8 SW by W of Addlestrop r. station. It has a post office under Cheltenham. Acres, 2,250. Real property, £2,381. Pop., 325. Houses, 68. The property is not much divided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £186.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good; and there are charities £39.


(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: Aston Blank CP/AP       Northleach RegD/PLU       Gloucestershire AncC
Place names: ASHTON BLANK     |     ASTON BLANK     |     ASTON BLANK OR ASHTON BLANK
Place: Aston Blank

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