Coberley is a village and
civil parish in the
Cotswold District of
Gloucestershire in
England, south of
Cheltenham
Cheltenham (), also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a spa town and borough on the edge of the Cotswolds in the county of Gloucestershire, England. Cheltenham became known as a health and holiday spa town resort, following the discovery of mineral s ...
. It lies at the confluence of several streams (
Seven Springs) that form the
River Churn, a tributary of the
River Thames. The medieval village was closer to the main road, near a spring to the east of Coberley Court. The sites of the medieval and modern villages of Upper Coberley are a short distance to the east.
History
The parish has two
long barrows: one about west of the parish church and the other about west-north-west of the church.
[Verey, 1970, page 192] A skeleton was discovered in the latter before 1779.
[
The valley north of Coberley is the site of a Roman villa complex. It has been the source of numerous archaeological finds, including coins, tiles, pottery and mosaics.][
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 ...
of Saint Giles
Saint Giles (, la, Aegidius, french: Gilles), also known as Giles the Hermit, was a hermit or monk active in the lower Rhône most likely in the 6th century. Revered as a saint, his cult became widely diffused but his hagiography is mostly lege ...
had Norman
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Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries
** People or things connected with the Norm ...
features until the architect John Middleton rebuilt it in 1869-72.[Verey, 1970, p. 190] Middleton retained the Decorated Gothic south chapel, built in 1340 as a chantry to Saint Mary
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...
.[ He retained also the ]Perpendicular Gothic
Perpendicular Gothic (also Perpendicular, Rectilinear, or Third Pointed) architecture was the third and final style of English Gothic architecture developed in the Kingdom of England during the Late Middle Ages, typified by large windows, four-c ...
bell tower
A bell tower is a tower that contains one or more bells, or that is designed to hold bells even if it has none. Such a tower commonly serves as part of a Christian church, and will contain church bells, but there are also many secular bell tower ...
.[
Dowmans Farm house was built in the 17th century. The present rectory was designed by ]Richard Pace
Richard Pace (c. 148228 June 1536) was an English clergyman and diplomat of the Tudor period.
Life
He was born in Hampshire and educated at Winchester College under Thomas Langton. He attended the universities of Padua and Oxford. In 1509, ...
and built in 1826.[Verey, 1970, page 191] Its predecessor sheltered the future Charles II of England
Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651, and King of England, Scotland and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.
Charles II was the eldest surviving child of ...
for the night on 10 September 1651, as he was fleeing from defeat in the Battle of Worcester, disguised as a groom.
The village school was designed by David Brandon and built in 1857.[ It is now Coberley Church of England Primary School.Coberley C of E Primary School]
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References
Sources
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External links
GENUKI: Coberley, Gloucestershire
- UK genealogy page
Coberly/Cubberley/Cobley/Cobleigh DNA Project
Coberley Primary School Gloucester
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Villages in Gloucestershire
Cotswold District
