NAUNTON, a parish partly in the hundred of
BRADLEY, but chiefly in the lower division of the hundred
of SLAUGHTER, county of GLOUCESTER, 5 miles
(W. S. W.) from Stow on the Wold, containing, with the
chapelry of Eastington, and the hamlets of Aylworth
and Harford, 691 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester, rated in
the king's books at £16. 13. 4., and in the patronage of
the Bishop of Worcester. The church is dedicated to
St. Andrew. There is a place of worship for Baptists.