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[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"OLDBURY-ON-THE-HILL, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Grumbald's Ash, county Gloucester, 5 miles S.W. of Tetbury. Chippenham is its post town. The village, which is of small extent, is situated among the Cotswold hills. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £245. The living is a rectory with the rectory* of Didmarton annexed, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, joint value £387. The church, dedicated to St. Arild or St. Ariva, is a small ancient structure. There is a village school supported by the Duchess of Beaufort."
[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 Oldbury on the Hill, and other parishes in Diocese of Gloucester may be found at the Gloucestershire Archives.
- The transcription of the section for Oldbury on the Hill from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
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- "(Rectory, united with Didmarton since 1735). In civil parish of Didmarton since 1883."
(Ref: Guide to the Parish Records of the City of Bristol and the County of Gloucester; I. Gray & E. Ralph, 1963)
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