Place:Northleach with Eastington, Gloucestershire, England

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NameNorthleach with Eastington
Alt namesEastington (near Northleach)source: from redirect
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates51.822°N 1.822°W
Located inGloucestershire, England     (1935 - )
See alsoBradley Hundred, Gloucestershire, Englandhundred in which the area was situated
Northleach, Gloucestershire, Englandcivil parish from which Northleach with Eastington was formed in 1935
Eastington (near Northleach), Gloucestershire, Englandcivil parish from which Northleach with Eastington was formed in 1935
Northleach Rural, Gloucestershire, Englandrural district in which the parish and its predecessors were located 1894-1974
Cotswold District, Gloucestershire, Englandadministrative district in which the parish has been located since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
source: Family History Library Catalog


Northleach with Eastington is a modern civil parish in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England which was formed either in 1935 (Wikipedia) or 1950 (A Vision of Britain through Time) from the town of Northleach, the hamlet and civil parish of Eastington and the intervening countryside. Northleach and Eastington were separate civil parishes within Northleach Rural District prior to 1935.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Northleach.

Research Tips

Online sources which may also be helpful:

  • Northleach from A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 9/Bradley hundred] in the Victoria County History series provided by the website British History Online
  • GENUKI gives pointers to other archive sources as well as providing some details on each parish in the county. The emphasis here is on ecclesiastical parishes (useful before 1837)
  • A listing of all the Registration Districts in England and Wales since their introduction in 1837 and tables of the parishes that were part of each district and the time period covered with detailed notes on changes of parish name, mergers, etc. Respect the copyright on this material.
  • The FamilySearch Wiki for Gloucestershire provides a similar but not identical series of webpages to that provided by GENUKI
  • A Vision of Britain through Time has a group of pages of statistical facts for almost every parish in the county