Eastington, Cotswold Explained

Official Name:	Eastington
Country:	England
Region:	South West England
Coordinates:	51.8164°N -1.8143°W
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Eastington is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Northleach with Eastington, in the Cotswold district, in the English county of Gloucestershire, 1.5 miles from Northleach, near Cirencester. In 1931 the parish had a population of 334.^[1]

The manor of Eastington (or "Northleach Foreign") was held by St Peter's Abbey, Gloucester, until the Reformation, then passed to the crown and subsequently the Dutton family.

Eastington Manor is a 15th-century hall house with later additions.

Governance

Eastington was formerly a tything in Nothleach parish,^[2] from 1866 Eastington was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 October 1950 to form "Northleach with Eastington".^[3]

References

David Verey, Gloucestershire: the Cotswolds, The Buildings of England edited by Nikolaus Pevsner, 2nd ed. (1979), p. 343

Notes and References

Web site: Population statistics Eastington Tg/Ch/CP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 6 December 2022.
Web site: History of Eastington, in Cotswold and Gloucestershire. A Vision of Britain through Time. 6 December 2022.
Web site: Relationships and changes Eastington Tg/Ch/CP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 6 December 2022.