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Berkeley (hundred)
The hundred of Berkeley was one of the ancient hundreds of Gloucestershire, England. Hundreds originated in the late Saxon period as a subdivision of a county and lasted as administrative divisions until the 19th century. Berkeley Hundred was divided into two separate parts, the Lower Division and the Upper Division. The Lower Division consisted of several detached parts, including the ancient parishes of * Elberton *Filton *Hill *Horfield *Almondsbury (part) *Henbury (part) The Upper Division consisted of the parishes of *Arlingham (a detached part of the hundred, separated from the rest of the hundred by the hundred of Whitstone) * Ashleworth *Berkeley *Beverston *Cam *Coaley * Cromhall Abbotts *Dursley * Kingscote *Newington Bagpath *North Nibley *Nympsfield *Owlpen *Ozleworth *Slimbridge *Stinchcombe *Uley *Wotton-under-Edge *Rockhampton (part) The meeting place was at Berkeley. References National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868){{Hundreds of Gloucestershir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloucestershire 1832 Map
Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a Counties of England, county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. The county town is the City status in the United Kingdom, city of Gloucester and other principal towns and villages include Cheltenham, Cirencester, Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, Kingswood, Bradley Stoke, Stroud, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, Thornbury, Yate, Tewkesbury, Bishop's Cleeve, Churchdown, Brockworth, Winchcombe, Dursley, Cam, Gloucestershire, Cam, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, Berkeley, Wotton-under-Edge, Tetbury, Moreton-in-Marsh, Fairford, Lechlade, Northleach, Stow-on-the-Wold, Chipping Campden, Bourton-on-the-Water, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, Stonehouse, Nailsworth, Minchinhampton, Painswick, Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, Winterbourne, Frampton Cotterell, Coleford, Gloucestershire, Coleford, Cinderford, Lydney and Rodborough and Cainscros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beverston
Beverston is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 132, decreasing to 129 at the 2011 census. The village is about two miles west of Tetbury. Beverston (also spelled Beverstone) is an example of a typical unaltered Gloucestershire Cotswold village. It is home to Beverston Castle dating to the 12th Century, a Norman Church St Mary's Church, Beverston, and some examples of Cotswold architecture. See also *RAF Babdown Farm Royal Air Force Babdown Farm or more simply RAF Babdown Farm is a former Royal Air Force relief landing ground located west of Tetbury, Gloucestershire, and south of Stroud, Gloucestershire, England. It was open between 1940 and 1948 as a relie ... References External links Villages in Gloucestershire Cotswold District {{Gloucestershire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uley
Uley is a village and civil parish in the county of Gloucestershire, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Elcombe and Shadwell and Bencombe, all to the south of the village of Uley, and the hamlet of Crawley to the north. The village is situated in a wooded valley in the Cotswold escarpment, on the B4066 road between Dursley and Stroud. The population of the civil parish is around 1,100, but was much greater during the early years of the industrial revolution, when the village was renowned for producing blue cloth. The placename (recorded as ''Euuelege'' in the Domesday Book) probably signifies 'clearing in a yew wood'. History The Romans built a temple at West Hill, near Uley, on the site of an earlier prehistoric shrine. Following the laying of a water main pipe there in 1976, many discoveries were made including numerous Roman writing tablets or lead curse tablets from the temple area. These writing tablets appear often to relate to theft, and here the mention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stinchcombe
Stinchcombe is a small village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England on the B4060 road between Dursley and North Nibley. The church is called Saint Quiricus and Saint Julietta, St Cyr's and its churchyard contains 40–60 gravestones. The population taken at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 480. It gives its name to the nearby Stinchcombe Hill () which is a , a nearly detached part of the Cotswold Edge, which was SSSI notification, notified as a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1966. Stinchcombe Hill Stinchcombe Hill lies west of Dursley and forms part of the ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slimbridge
Slimbridge is a village and civil parish near Dursley in Gloucestershire, England. It is best known as the home of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust's WWT Slimbridge, Slimbridge Reserve which was started by Sir Peter Scott. Canal and Patch Bridge The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal runs through the village, and under Patch Bridge which must be crossed to reach the Wildfowl Trust. Damage to the decking of Patch Bridge in October 2007 resulted in a temporary repair being made using steel plates. This had the effect of unbalancing the bridge, which warped and jammed on 23 October 2007. The swing bridge was replaced in early 2009. Nearby there is a caravan park and pub. The name of the bridge is echoed by the locals abandoning the "Tudor Arms" name and merely referring to the pub as "The Patch." https://www.thetudorarms.co.uk . On the canal towpath, next the bridge, is the Slimbridge Boat Station, which is a cafe, general store and boating resource centre. Church The village church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ozleworth
Ozleworth is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, approximately south of Gloucester. It lies in the Cotswolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. History Ozleworth was known as in 940, derived from the Old English words + . meaning either "enclosure of a man named Ōsla" or "enclosure frequented by blackbirds". It was listed as ''Osleworde'' in the Domesday Book of 1086. Governance Ozleworth is part of the Grumbolds Ash ward of the district of Cotswold and is currently represented by Councillor Carolyn Nicolle, a member of the Conservative Party. Ozleworth is part of the constituency of Cotswold, represented at parliament by Conservative MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown. It was part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament prior to Britain leaving the European Union in January 2020. Geography Ozleworth is in the county of Gloucestershire, and lies within the Cotswolds, a range of hills designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owlpen
Owlpen is a small village and civil parish in the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England, set in a valley in the Cotswold hills. It is about east of Uley, and east of Dursley. The Owlpen valley is set around the settlement like an amphitheatre of wooded hills open to the west. The landscape falls within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, so designated in 1966. The population of the parish in mid-2010 was 29 (est.), the smallest in Gloucestershire. A key feature of the village is a Tudor manor house, Owlpen Manor, of the Mander family. The main economic activities in the village are agriculture, forestry and tourism. Name Owlpen (pronounced locally "Ole-pen") derives its name, it is thought, from the Saxon thegn, Olla, who first set up his ''pen'', or enclosure, by the springs that rise under the foundations of the manor, about the 9th century. Archaeology There are several signs of early settlement in the area. Round barrows and standing stones are within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nympsfield
Nympsfield is a village and civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire. It is located around four miles south-west of the town of Stroud. As well as Nympsfield village, the parish contains the hamlet of Cockadilly. The population taken at the 2011 census was 382. Sights Nympsfield is on the path of a former Roman road, which ran from Cirencester to Arlingham. The village has a pub, the Rose and Crown, a working men's club, both Catholic (St Joseph's) and Church of England (St Bartholomew's) churches and a Catholic primary school (St Joseph's). Nearby Woodchester Mansion, an unfinished gothic mansion, has always been associated with the village, as Nympsfield's history of Catholicism tied it to the Leigh family, who built the mansion. Parking is just outside the village and a free minibus to the mansion is operated by volunteers on days when it is open to the public. A Neolithic burial site known as the Nympsfield Long Barrow is located adjacent to the nearby Coaley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Nibley
North Nibley is a village in Gloucestershire, England about northwest of Wotton-under-Edge. Name The village is commonly known as ''Nibley'', but the official name distinguishes it from the village of Nibley, just outside Yate, about away in South Gloucestershire. Nibley Green is an associated hamlet to its northwest at . History The Battle of Nibley Green, fought on 20 March 1469/1470, is notable as the last battle fought in England entirely between the private armies of feudal magnates. The Tyndale Monument was built in honour of William Tyndale, who was born nearby, possibly at Melksham Court, Stinchcombe. Tyndale was responsible for translating the New Testament into English, for which he was sentenced to death and burned at the stake in Vilvoorde, Flanders. Nibley House, next to the church, was the home of John Smyth (1567–1641), steward of Berkeley Castle and the estates of the Berkeley family, author of ''Lives of the Berkeleys'' and historian of the early se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newington Bagpath
Newington may refer to several places: Places United Kingdom * Newington, London, a district of central London, England, and part of the London Borough of Southwark * Newington, Swale, Kent * Newington, Folkestone & Hythe, Kent * Newington, Thanet, Kent * Newington, Oxfordshire * Newington, Shropshire, Craven Arms * Newington, Nottinghamshire *Newington, Belfast, Antrim Road, Northern Ireland * Newington, Edinburgh, Scotland * Newington, a ward of Hull City Council United States * Newington, Connecticut, a town in Hartford County * Newington, Georgia, a town in Screven County * Newington, New Hampshire, a town in Rockingham County * Newington, Virginia, a census-designated place in Fairfax County Other countries * Newington, New South Wales, Australia * Newington, Victoria, Australia * Newington, Ontario, South Stormont, eastern Ontario, Canada * Newington, Mpumalanga, South Africa Historical sites * Newington Archaeological Site, King and Queen Courthouse, King and Queen Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingscote, Gloucestershire
Kingscote is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England, set on the uplands near the south western edge of the Cotswold hills. It is situated about two miles (3 km) east of Uley, five miles (8 km) east of Dursley and four miles (6 km) west of Tetbury. The landscape is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The hamlet of Newington Bagpath lies to the west of the village; the parish lands extend near to the small village of Owlpen. History From the medieval period in the 12th century until 1956, the manor with about , was the property of the Kingscote family, originally tenants of the Berkeley family of Berkeley Castle, whose principal residence was Kingscote Park. The manor is mentioned in the Domesday Book as 'Chingescote'. This, on the site of the old manor house, was demolished in the 1960s. The house today known as Kingscote Park was formerly known as Kingscote Cottage, the dower house where John Wedgwood (1766– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dursley
Dursley is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in southern Gloucestershire, England, almost equidistant from the cities of Bristol and Gloucester. It is under the northeast flank of Stinchcombe#Stinchcombe Hill, Stinchcombe Hill, and about southeast of the River Severn. The town is adjacent to Cam, Gloucestershire, Cam which, though a village, is a slightly larger community in its own right. The population of Dursley was 7,463 at the 2021 Census. History Dursley once had a castle, built by Roger de Berkeley in 1153.Dursley Location Information Dursley gained borough status in 1471 and lost it in 1886. From 1837 to 1851 it was the administrative centre of Dursley Registration District which recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
