SLAUGHTER (UPPER), a parish in the lower
division of the hundred of SLAUGHTER, county of
GLOUCESTER, 3 miles (S. W. by W.) from Stow on
the Wold, containing 245 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester,
rated in the king's books at £14. 14. 2., and in the
patronage of Walter Lawrence Lawrence, Esq. The
church is dedicated to St. Peter. Two brooks run
through the parish, and afterwards fall into another,
all which uniting form the river Windrush. There is
a small endowment by the late rector, the Rev. F. T.
Travell, for the support of a Sunday school.