Longford St Catherine, Gloucestershire

Historical Description

Longford St Catherine, a township in Gloucester, St Catherine, and St Mary-de-Lode parishes, Gloucestershire, contiguous to Gloucester city, 1 mile N of Gloucester railway station. It has a post office under Gloucester; money order and telegraph office, Gloucester. Acreage, 907; population, 521. The manor belongs to the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. A Roman settlement is supposed to have been here.

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

Church Records

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Land and Property

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

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