DaglingworthExtract from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England, 1831.Transcribed by Mel Lockie, © Copyright 2010 Lewis Topographical Dictionaries DAGLINGWORTH, a parish in the hundred of CROWTHORNE-AND-MINETY, county of GLOUCESTER, 2 miles (N.W.) from Cirencester, containing 253 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester, rated in the king's books at £8. 6. 3., and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to the Holy Rood. The Roman road, called Ermin-street, passes through the parish, and a tesselated pavement has been discovered. There is a school for poor children, supported by an annuity of £4. 10., arising from a bequest of £100 by Jeremiah Hancock, in 1729. |
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