Horton, Gloucestershire

Description
Horton, a village and a parish in Gloucestershire. The village stands among the Cotswolds, 3 1/2 miles NE.of Chipping Sodbnry, and 5 ENE of Yate station, at the junction of the Yate and Thornbury branch with the Bristol and Birmingham section of the M.R It has a post office under Chipping Sodbury; money order and telegraph office, Chipping Sodbury. The parish comprises 3582 acres; population, 342. There are remains of a Roman outwork, now called the " Castle" (probably a corruption of castrum) ^ The manor belonged once to the Fastens, and part of the old. manor house still stands. Parts of the Cotswolds here command fine views. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; net value, ££440 with residence. The church is Early English, was restored in 1865, and contains tombs of the Pastons and several old monuments.