TORTWORTH, a parish in the upper division of the
hundred of GRUMBALD'S-ASH, county of GLOUCESTER,
4 miles (w.) from Wotton under Edge, containing 277
inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Gloucester, rated in the king's
bopks at £ 16. 3. 9., and in the patronage of the Provost
and Fellows of Oriel College, Oxford. The church is
dedicated to St. Leonard.