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"EDGEWORTH, a parish in the hundred of Bisley, county Gloucester, 5 miles N.W. of Cirencester, its post town and nearest railway station, and 6 E. of Stroud. The surface is hilly, and the soil a light clay, alternated with stone brask. The village, which is small, is situated within 1½ mile of the Thames and Severn canal. Stone is quarried for building purposes. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £321. The church is an ancient structure, dedicated to St. Mary. The parochial charities produce about £6 per annum. Edmund Hopkinson, Esq., is lord of the manor. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £265, and the glebe comprises 42 acres."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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- Original source material relating to Edgeworth, and other parishes in Diocese of Gloucester may be found at the Gloucestershire Archives.
- Francis MARSH was baptised in Edgeworth Church in October 1626. He was educated at Emmanuel College Cambridge, going to Ireland during the Cromwellian period, to become subsequently the Archibishop of Dublin (1682-93). He opposed Tyrconnel, and withdrew to England in 1689, but returned to Ireland after the Battle of the Boyne, 1690 [q.v. Alumni Cantabriensis]. His name was first on the the Act of Attainder List of King James II, prior to the Battle.
He married Bishop Jeremy TAYLOR's daughter, Mary, and died in Dublin on 16th Nov 1693. He is buried in Christ Church Cathedral, and his wife Mary was apparently buried with him a few years later.
He had a brother Henry, who had at least two daughters. Their father was also named Henry, and his father was also Francis MARSH; the latter is said to have been buried in Edgeworth Church. Grandfather Francis had married Anne AYLESBURY/AILESBURY and they had several children in or around Edgeworth; he also had a number of men serving in the Militia. [Information supplied by Marjorie Marsh]
- The transcription of the section for Edgeworth from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
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