Syde, often in the past spelt Side, is a small village and
civil parish in
Gloucestershire, England. It lies in the
Cotswolds
The Cotswolds (, ) is a region in central-southwest England, along a range of rolling hills that rise from the meadows of the upper Thames to an escarpment above the Severn Valley and Evesham Vale.
The area is defined by the bedrock of Jur ...
, near the source of the
River Frome, some six miles north west of
Cirencester and seven miles east of
Painswick.
There is a
Church of England parish church called
St Mary's.
The principal house is Syde Manor, a
listed building which dates from the 16th and 17th centuries, built of stone rubble with a
Cotswold stone
The Cotswolds (, ) is a region in central-southwest England, along a range of rolling hills that rise from the meadows of the upper Thames to an escarpment above the Severn Valley and Evesham Vale.
The area is defined by the bedrock of Jur ...
roof and gables. Some of its mullioned windows have unusual three-centred arches at their heads. The front of the house which has the main entrance was added in the late 18th or early 19th century.
History
''The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland'' (1868) says of Side (as it spelt the name):
John Marius Wilson's
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales
The ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' is a substantial topographical dictionary first published between 1870 and 1872, edited by the Reverend John Marius Wilson. It contains a detailed description of England and Wales. Its six volumes h ...
(1870-1872) says:
Governance
Because of its small population, Syde has a
parish meeting, at which all electors can attend and vote, rather than a
parish council. It forms part of the Ermin ward of
Cotswold District, which together with
Gloucestershire County Council
Gloucestershire County Council is a county council which administers the most strategic local government services in the non-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire, in the South West of England.
The council's principal functions are county road ...
provides all
local government services.
Syde Parish Meeting
at gloucestershire.gov.uk, accessed 25 November 2013
The parish is part of the parliamentary constituency of Cotswold
The Cotswolds (, ) is a region in central-southwest England, along a range of rolling hills that rise from the meadows of the upper Thames to an escarpment above the Severn Valley and Evesham Vale.
The area is defined by the bedrock of Juras ...
, represented in parliament by the Conservative Geoffrey Clifton-Brown.
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Villages in Gloucestershire
Cotswold District
