Taynton, Gloucestershire

Taynton is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as being a manor of 6 hides, previously held by the Saxon lord Alwin and since the Norman Conquest by William Goizenboded. The manor then passed to the Du Boys family and then, by marriage, to the Ferrers family (later Viscount Hereford). In 1601, the Crown reclaimed the manor, following the execution of Sir Christopher Blount. The manor was later sold to a succession of owners, including Sir Robert Parkhurst (d.1636) and Thomas Pury MP (d.1693). The first village school was founded in 1712, and a dedicated school building was erected in 1883. In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson recorded the population as 689;