MINCHING-HAMPTON, a town of Gloucestershire,
20 miles from Bath and Bristol, and near 90 from Lon-
don, with a market on Tuesdays, and two fairs. The
parish is pretty large, being bounded on the north by
the Stroud, and on the south by the brook Avon; and
has 12 hamlets belonging to it, with a common
called Amberley. Here is a good large rectory church,
built in form of a cross. In 1821 the inhabitants
amounted to 3419, many of whom are employed in
the woollen manufacture. W. Long. 2. 14. N. Lat.
51. 38.