DOYNTON, a parish in the upper division of the
hundred of LANGLEY-AND-SWINEHEAD, though locally
in the hundred of Pucklechurch, county of GLOUCESTER,
7 miles (S. byW.) from Chipping-Sodbury, containing
415 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Gloucester, rated in the king's
books at £ 14. 11. 3., and in the patronage of the Crown.
The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity; the chancel
was rebuilt about 1768. On the summit of some lofty
rocks, between which runs the river Boyd, are intrenchments,
supposed to be Roman. Veins of leadore
are found here,but they are not sufficiently productive
to pay the expense of working. The Rev. William
Langton, about 1666, gave certain money in trust for
the purchase of lands, now producing £30. 6.2. a year;
this bequest has been consolidated with two smaller legacies
amounting to £6 per annum, making together
£36. 6. 2., of which income, £14 is paid to a schoolmistress
for teaching children, and the residue is laid out
in books, &c. for the school, and in apprentice fees",-according
to the directions of the testator.