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[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"QUENINGTON, a parish in the hundred of Brightwells Barrow, county Gloucester, 2 miles N. of Fairford, its post town. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the river Coln. In the vicinity are traces of a commandery of Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem, founded by Agnes de Laci in John's time. Its revenue at the Dissolution was valued at £137 78. Id., and the site given to the Kingstones. The tithes were commuted for a money payment in 1754, and there are 75 acres of glebe.The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £192. The church, dedicated to St. Swithin, is an ancient edifice built by the Lacys; it has two Norman doorways. The windows have been altered in a later style. The parochial charities produce about £10 per annum There are Church of England day and Sunday schools. The Baptists have a place of worship. Various Roman coins have been found on the line of the ancient Fosse Way which passed through the parish."
[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 Quenington, and other parishes in Diocese of Gloucester may be found at the Gloucestershire Archives.
- Transcription of the Census for Quenington of 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, and 1891 forwarded by Glen Hicks on behalf of the transcriber, Steve Kirby.
- Transcription of the Census for Quenington of 1901 by Brian Harringman.
- Transcription of the Census for Quenington of 1911 forwarded by Glen Hicks on behalf of the transcriber, Steve Kirby.
There are Surname Indexes for each of the above years, plus an overall Master Surname Index.
- Here are transcriptions of Quenington Baptisms 1841-1891, Marriages 1841-1891, and Burials 1841-1911 forwarded by Glen Hicks on behalf of the transcriber, Steve Kirby.
- The transcription of the section for Quenington from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
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