DAGLINGWORTH, a parish in the hundred of
CROWTHORNE-AND-MINETY, county of GLOUCESTER,
2 miles (N.W.) from Cirencesler, containing 253 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Gloucester, rated in the king's books at
£8. 6. 3., and in the patronage of the Crown. The
church is dedicated to the Holy Rood. The Roman road,
called Ermin-street, passes through the parish, and a
tesselated pavement has been discovered. There is a
school for poor children, supported by an annuity of
£4. 10., arising from a bequest of £100 by Jeremiah
Hancock, in 1729.