Taynton (St. Lawrence)
TAYNTON (St. Lawrence), a parish, in the union of Newent, hundred of Botloe, W. division of the county of Gloucester, 3½ miles (S. S. E.) from Newent; containing 634 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £9. 6. 8.; net income, £321; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester. The church was rebuilt in 1647.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.