Compton GreenfieldExtract from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England, 1831.Transcribed by Mel Lockie, © Copyright 2010 Lewis Topographical Dictionaries COMPTON-GREENFIELD, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of HENBURY, county of GLOUCESTER, 6 miles (N. by W.) from Bristol, containing 42 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Bishop of Bristol, rated in the king's books at £7, and in the patronage of John Ward, Esq. The navigable river Severn flows on the western side of this parish. |
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