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Wootton or Wotton St Mary Within, Gloucestershire

Historical Description

Wootton, or Wotton, St Mary Within, a hamlet and a ville in Gloucester St Mary de Lode parish, Gloucestershire, adjacent to Gloucester city, and almost entirely within the borough of Gloucester. Acreage, 308; population, 3564. The old county and city lunatic asylum is here.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyGloucestershire 
HundredDudstone and Kings Barton 
Poor Law unionGloucester 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

The Gloucestershire Parish Registers are available online at Ancestry, in association with Gloucestershire Archives.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Wootton or Wotton St Mary Within from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Gloucestershire is available to browse.


Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of the county of Gloucester, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.