Hazleton (otherwise Haselton) (fn. 1) lies high on the Cotswolds 14 km. south-east of Cheltenham. The variant spellings reflect variations in the local pronunciation of the name. (fn. 2) The ancient parish, which included the chapelry of Yanworth, (fn. 3) comprised 2,829 a. in two parts. Hazleton, the larger part, occupied a compact but irregular area of 1,566 a. (634 ha.) centred on Hazleton village and bounded on the west, south-west, and south by ancient roads and on parts of the east by streams. Yanworth, 4 km. to the south and separated from the rest of the parish by land belonging to Compton Abdale and Hampnett, was a compact and roughly rectangular area of 1,263 a. (511 ha.) bounded on the south by the winding course of the river Coln and on part of the east by a tributary stream.