Sherborne

"SHERBORNE, a parish in the lower division of Slaughter hundred, county Gloucester, 3½ miles E. of Northleach, its post town, and 6 N.W. of Burford. The village is situated on a branch of the river Windrush, and is chiefly agricultural. Sherborne formerly belonged to Winchcombe Abbey, and now to the Dutton family, who take from it the title of baron. The soils consist of clay and gravel, upon a subsoil of oolite rock. The Cheltenham and Oxford turnpike road passes through the parish. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment under an Enclosure Act in 1777.

The living is a vicarage* with that of Windrush united, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £194. The church, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, has a tower, containing a clock and six bells. The church was rebuilt at the expense of Lord Sherborne, of whose family it contains monuments. There are two schools for both sexes, supported by Lord Sherborne, who is lord of the manor and principal landowner."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]