Ancient parish in Gloucester archdeaconry of the diocese of Worcester until 1541 when the archdeaconry became the diocese of Gloucester
Painswick [centre-right, pink] surrounded by (clockwise from the north) Upton St Leonard [green], Prinknash Park [pink], Cranham [yellow], Miserden [blue], Bisley with Lipyatt [yellow], Uplands [orange], Stroud [blue], Whiteshill [yellow], Pitchcombe [blue], Harescombe [orange] and Brookthorpe [yellow]. These were all separate ancient ecclesiastical parishes, except for Prinknash Park (extra-parochial), Uplands (part of Stroud) and Whiteshill (formed from parts of Standish and Stroud).
12 January 1854: A Correct List of the Poll, at the Election of a Knight of the Shire, for the Eastern Division of the County of Gloucester. Bisley Polling District: Parish of Miserdine: Abode: Painswick: Thomas Baldwin, Anthony William Freston (Hawthorn Cottage, Painswick). Cheltenham Polling District: Parish of Swindon: Abode: Painswick: Henry Cox Goodlake. Parish of Cirencester: Abode: Painswick: Edmund Slatter. Gloucester Polling District: Parish of Brockthrop: Abode: Painswick: Samuel Gardner (duplicate). Parishof Brockworth: Abode: Painswick: William Savory (duplicate).
27 October 1866: The Register of Electors to Vote in the Choice of a Member or Members to Serve in Parliament, for the City of Gloucester, for 1866-7. The List of Freemen entitled to vote in the election of members to serve in Parliament for the City of Gloucester: Joseph Davis, William Henry Hyett and Edward Wood Mason, Painswick. Occupiers of property in the parish of St Michael: Oliver Estcourt of Painswick for counting house, warehouse and premises in Brunswick Road; Robert Wilton of Painswick for counting house and offices, jointly, in Brunswick Road. Occupiers of property in South Hamlet: John Bowly of Painswick for counting house and warehouse in High Orchard, Samuel Bowly of Painswick for a house in High Orchard, and William Savory of Painswick for a warehouse and office (jointly with Paul Haines Savory of Upton St Leonards) in High Orchard.
28 August 1891: For Sale: Crystoleum painting, 2 bottled mediums, 3 cakes, wax, 4/-. Tipping, Painswick, Gloucestershire.