RISSINGTON (GREAT), a parish in the lower division
of the hundred of SLAUGHTER, county of GLOUCESTER,
5 miles (S.) from Stow on the Wold, containing
446 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Gloucester, rated in the king's
books at £22. 0. 5., and in the patronage of Lord
Dynevor. The church is dedicated to St. John the
Baptist. The parish is bounded on the west by the river
Windrush, and on the east by Oxfordshire.