BARNWOOD, a parish in the upper division of the
hundred of DUDSTONE-and-KING'S-BARTON, county of
GLOUCESTER, 1 mile (E. S. E.) from Gloucester, containing
392 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester,
endowed with £30 per annum private benefaction, and
£400 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Dean
and Chapter of Gloucester. .The church is dedicated to
St. Lawrence. The Gloucester and Cheltenham railway
passes through the parish, which is also intersected by
the Roman Foss-way. There is a small endowment for
the instruction of poor children.