LONGNEY, a parish in the upper division,of the
hundred of WHITSTONE, county of GLOUCESTER, 6
miles (S. W. by W.) from Gloucester, containing 443
inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in
the archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester, rated in
the king's books at £12. 1. 8., and in the patronage
of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Lawrence.
The navigable river Severn runs on the west of
this parish.