Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Painswick within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Painswick, market town and par., Gloucestershire, 3½ miles NE. of Stroud and 7 SE. of Gloucester, 5614 ac., pop. 4044; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Thursday. The town stands on the southern declivity of Spoonbed Hill, one of the Cotswold range. Quarries of excellent building stones are in the neighbourhood, and give employment to a number of the inhabitants. In vicinity of town is Painswick House, seat.
A village in Bisley hundred, in the county of Gloucestershire.