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Shipton Moyne
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[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"SHIPTON-MOYNE, a parish in the hundred of Longtree, county Gloucester, 2½ miles S.E. of Tetbury, its post town, and 9 from Tetbury Road railway station. The village, which is of small extent, is chiefly agricultural. The soil is loam and clay, upon a subsoil of stiff clay and oolitic rock. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £345, and the glebe comprises 173 acres. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £442. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is an ancient stone structure, with a low square embattled tower. The parochial charities produce about £18 per annum. There is an endowed National school for both sexes. The Beaufort bounds meet in this parish. T. S. Estcourt, Esq., is lord of the manor."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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