Naunton

"NAUNTON, (or Naunton In The Vale), a parish chiefly in the lower division of Slaughter hundred, but partly in the hundred of Bradley, county Gloucester, 5 miles S.W. of Stow-on-the-Wold, its post town, and 12 N.E. of Cheltenham. The village, which is irregularly built, is situated on the river Windrush. The parish includes the hamlets of Aylworth and Harford. It lies in a valley on the high road between Cheltenham and Stow-on-the-Wold, and is chiefly agricultural. The sub-soil consist of the oolite and marlstone. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £504, in the patronage of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is an ancient ivy-mantled structure, with a tower containing three bells. The parochial charities produce about £2 per annum! There is a school for both sexes. The Baptists have a place of worship."

"AYLWORTH, a hamlet in the parish of Naunton, lower division of the hundred of Slaughter, in the county of Gloucester, 6 miles to the S. W. of Stow. It lies at the southern foot of the Cotswold Hills."

"HARFORD, a tything in the parish of Naunton, county Gloucester, 4 miles N. of Northleach. It is situated near the river Windrush."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]