Hillesley and Tresham is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

in the Stroud District of

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. It had a population of 591 according to the 2001 census, decreasing to 391 at the 2011 census. The parish contains the villages of Hillesley and

Tresham Tresham is a village in Gloucestershire, England. It was transferred back from the county of Avon in 1991, having been in Gloucestershire before 1972. It is now in Stroud District, and forms part of the civil parish of Hillesley and Tresham. I ...

. The Lyvett (

Levett Levett is a surname of Anglo-Norman origin, deriving from eLivet, which is held particularly by families and individuals resident in England and British Commonwealth territories. Origins This surname comes from the village of Livet-en-Ouche, no ...

) family, an Anglo-Norman family prominent in Sussex, were lords of the manor of Hillesley in 12th and 13th centuries. The family also held

Boxwell Boxwell is a hamlet in Gloucestershire, England, near the village of Leighterton Boxwell Court is a Grade II* listed Listed may refer to: * Listed, Bornholm, a fishing village on the Danish island of Bornholm * Listed (MMM program), a televi ...

, Chipping Sodbury and other places in Gloucestershire. The parish was formed in 1991 from part of the

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parish in the Northavon district of Avon, which was transferred to Stroud District in Gloucestershire at the time.The Avon and Gloucestershire (County Boundaries) Order 1991
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Civil parishes in Gloucestershire Stroud District {{Gloucestershire-geo-stub