Barnwood is an eastern suburb of
Gloucester, lying about from the centre of the city, and former
civil parish, now in the
unparished area of Gloucester, in the
Gloucester district, in the county of
Gloucestershire, England.
Barnwood was originally a small village on the
Roman road
Roman roads ( la, viae Romanae ; singular: ; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Re ...
that links Gloucester with
Hucclecote,
Brockworth
Brockworth is a village and parish in the Borough of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, situated on the old Roman road that connects the City of Gloucester with Barnwood. It is located 4 miles (6.5 km) southeast of central Gloucester ...
and
Cirencester. The
Church of England parish church
A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within each Church of England parish (the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative unit; since the 19th century sometimes ca ...
is dedicated to St Lawrence.
The Generation Design and Construction Division of the
CEGB became the centre of a new office development when it moved here in the early 1970s. This then became the corporate headquarters of
Nuclear Electric, and later the English offices of the (nominally Scottish-based)
British Energy, which in 2009 became part of
EDF Energy. Other major companies in Barnwood include
Claranet,
Cheltenham & Gloucester and InterCall. There is also a
Holiday Inn,
Sainsbury's,
Virgin Active and
Tenpin Ltd in the area.
Barnwood Park School is a
secondary school
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...
.
Arboretum
Barnwood
Arboretum
An arboretum (plural: arboreta) in a general sense is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees of a variety of species. Originally mostly created as a section in a larger garden or park for specimens of mostly non-local species, man ...
is set on the grounds of the
Barnwood House Hospital which was closed in 1968 and finally demolished in 2000. The arboretum consists of an enclosed woodland area that is cared for and conserved by
Gloucester City Council in conjunction with the Friends of Barnwood Arboretum (FOBA). The Arboretum's main entrance is off Church Lane, Barnwood. It has with various habitats including
grassland and
wetland, and is set amongst a collection of mature native and exotic specimen trees.
The Friends of Barnwood Arboretum & Park organise events throughout the year to encourage local citizens to use the area in an educational manner.
Football
Barnwood United Football Club plays its home games at Walls Club, Barnwood. The club's first team compete in Gloucestershire Northern Senior 2, and the reserve side compete in Stroud League 3.
Notable people
Samuel and Anne Bubb, who were grandparents of the inventor Sir
Charles Wheatstone (1802–75), lived at Barnwood Manor House. Biographical notes of 1887 say that Sir Charles stated that he was born in the house and lived there as a young child, and this was the scene of some of his earliest experiments. In later years Wheatstone often returned to Barnwood. A local
public house is named The Wheatstone Inn after him.
The architect
Frederick S. Waller
Frederick Sandham Waller (1822 – 22 March 1905) was a British architect and antiquarian of Gloucester, where he was the resident architect to the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester Cathedral.
Career and family
Waller was articled to the civil en ...
(1822–1905), sometime resident architect at
Gloucester Cathedral
Gloucester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity, in Gloucester, England, stands in the north of the city near the River Severn. It originated with the establishment of a minster dedicated to S ...
, lived and died at Barnwood.
Civil parish
On 1 April 1966 the parish was abolished and became part of Gloucester, Hucclecote and
Upton St. Leonards
Upton St Leonards is a village in the English county of Gloucestershire. Forming part of the district of Stroud, it is a mile or so north of the A46 road between Stroud and Cheltenham.
Facilities
The village has two four-star hotels (Hatton Co ...
. In 1961 the parish had a population of 2160.
References
External links
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{{Areas of Gloucester
Areas of Gloucester
Former civil parishes in Gloucestershire