Eastington, Northleach

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Eastington
Gloucestershire
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Eastington
Location
Grid reference: SP129131
Location: 51°48’59"N, 1°48’51"W
Data
Local Government
Council: Cotswold

Eastington is a hamlet in Gloucestershire, about 1½ miles southeast of the town of Northleach, with which it shares a civil parish (known as "Northleach with Eastington").

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.

References

  • David Verey, Gloucestershire: the Cotswolds, The Buildings of England edited by Nikolaus Pevsner, 2nd ed. (1979) ISBN 0-14-071040-X, p. 343
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