Gorsley and Kilcot is a

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forming part of the district of the

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in the

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. The single parish of Gorsley and Kilcot came into being in 2000; until then it had been part of

Newent Newent (; originally called "Noent") is a market town and civil parish about 10½ miles (17 km) north-west of Gloucester, England. Its population was 5,073 at the 2001 census, rising to 5,207 in 2011, The population was 6,777 at the 2021 Census. ...

civil parish. The parish, which contained 166 households in 2011, borders on the county of

Herefordshire Herefordshire () is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council. It is bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Monmouthshire ...

and is bisected by the

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. Adjoining parishes are

Oxenhall Oxenhall is a village and civil parish north west of Gloucester, in the Forest of Dean district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 243. The parish touches Dymock, Gorsley and Kilcot, Kempley, Newen ...

to the north;

to the east;

Aston Ingham Aston Ingham is a village in south-eastern Herefordshire, England, near Newent and about east of Ross-on-Wye. The population of the village at the 2011 census was 398. There is a church, dedicated to St John the Baptist, which has been a Grade ...

to the south;

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to the west; and Upton Bishop to the north-west. Of these, Oxenhall and Newent are in the Forest of Dean district, the others are in Herefordshire. The main settlements are

Gorsley Gorsley is a small village in the Forest of Dean district of Gloucestershire, forming part of the civil parish of Gorsley and Kilcot in the South West England. Nearby Gorsley Common and Little Gorsley are both in Herefordshire. Location and ame ...

and the

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of Kilcot. The similarly named settlement of

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is across the county border in Herefordshire. Kilcot is the home of The Kilcot Inn. The name Kilcot has historically been given as Killicote (1283), Kyllicote, Kylcote (1281), Killecote, Kylcot, and Kulkotte (1307) It has been suggested that the name originates from "Cyllingcocotan" meaning ''the cots (dwellings) of the people of Cylla''."Origins of the Place-name Hawkesbury" at awkesburylocalhistorysociety.co.uk
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{{Commons category Civil parishes in Gloucestershire Forest of Dean 2000 establishments in England