Ancient parish in Gloucester archdeaconry of the diocese of Worcester, to 1541: then in the newly-formed diocese of Gloucester
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. Avening Polling District: Parish of Shipton Moyne: Abode: Weston Birt: Robert Stayner Holford and Robert Windbow. Parish of Weston Birt and Lasborough: Abode: Weston Birt: Robert Stayner Holford, Charles Norfolk and Edwin Ratcliffe