
Gaunt's Earthcott, sometimes spelt Gaunts Earthcott, is a
hamlet
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in the
civil parish
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of
Almondsbury
Almondsbury () is a large village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England. It is situated on the A38 road in the Avon Green Belt north of Bristol city centre. It is adjacent to junction 16 of the M5 motorway and Almondsbury Interc ...
in
South Gloucestershire, England.
Geography
It is located approximately from
Rudgeway and the
A38 road and about the same distance from
Frampton Cotterell and
Winterbourne. The village is located close to the interchange between the
M4 and
M5 motorways.
Gaunt's Earthcott should not be confused with
Earthcott, a couple of miles away on the
B4059 road between the A38 and Yate.
Amenities
Gaunt'e Earthcott consists of a ruined chapel, a few houses and two farms, Green Farm and Court Farm. There is no real industry as such and the main economic activity in the area is farming.
References
Villages in South Gloucestershire District
Hamlets in Gloucestershire
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