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Stone Bench

Other OS name in the Parish of Elmore

Historical Forms

  • Stanbench 1654 GR123

Etymology

, 1729 Will , Stanbench 1654GR 123 , a rock shelf running out into the Severn on the boundary of Elmore and Quedgeley , v. stān , benc .