STOWELL, a parish in the hundred of BRADLEY, county of GLOUCESTER, 2 miles (W. S. W.) from North Leach, containing 33 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, annexed, in 1660, to that of Hampnett, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester, rated in the king's books at £5. 17. 1. The church is dedicated to St. Leonard. Sir William Scott, Judge of the court of Admiralty, was created Baron Stowell, of Stowell Park, in 1821.