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Breadstone

Village in Gloucestershire, England

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Breadstone is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hamfallow, in the Stroud district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. In 1931, the parish had a population of 95.

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Breadstone was formerly a tything in Berkeley parish, from 1866 Breadstone was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1935 and merged with Hamfallow.

The Parish Church of St Michael, constructed from corrugated iron, was demolished in 2006 after falling into disrepair.

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