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[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"HARNHILL, a parish in the hundred of Crowthorne, county Gloucester, 3½ miles S.E. of Cirencester, its post town. The village, which is small, is situated between the roads to Fairford and Cricklade. The soil is in general clayey, and the surface slightly undulating. The land is nearly evenly divided between arable and pasture, with a small proportion of woodland. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £155. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is a small ancient structure, and has two bells. On the N. outer wall is the carving of St. Michael combating the Dragon. There is a small charity, which goes to the support of the parish school, with that of Driffield. George Bengough, 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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