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[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"LONGNEY, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Whitstone, county Gloucester, 6 miles S.W. of Gloucester, its post town, and 7 N.W. of Stroud. It is situated on the banks of the river Severn, which is here navigable, and the Haresfield station on the Gloucester and Bristol railway is about 3½ miles S.E. from the village. This place is famous for the growth of the russet apples. A considerable portion of the parish is in orchard grounds. The tithes were commuted for land and corn rents under an Enclosure Act in 1812. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £100. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is an ancient stone edifice with a tower. The parochial charities amount to about £30 per annum. The Independents have a chapel."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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