TWINING, a parish in the lower division of the
hundred of KIFTSGATE, though locally in the, lower division
of that of Tewkesbury, county of GLOUCESTER,
2 miles (Nrhy E.) from Tewkesbury, containing,with
Mythe <and.Mythe-hook, 849 inhabitants. The living
is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Gloucester, rated inthe king's books at £7. 0. 7.
endowed with £400 private benefaction, £200 royal
bounty, and £ 900 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage
of the Dean and Canons of Christ Church,
Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene,
exhibits portions in the Norman style of architecture,
and has lately received an addition of one hundred free
sittings, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement
of churches and chapels having granted £30 towards defraying
the expense. The navigable river Avon, which
is here crossed by a ferry, separates this parish from
Worcestershire.