Syde, often in the past spelt Side, is a small village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It lies in the Cotswolds, near the source of the River Frome, Stroud, River Frome, some six miles north west of Cirencester and seven miles east of Painswick.
There is a Church of England parish church called Church of St Mary the Virgin, Syde, 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 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 (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 councils in England, parish council. It forms part of the Ermin ward of Cotswold District, which together with Gloucestershire County Council 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 (UK Parliament constituency), Cotswold, represented in Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament by the Conservative Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (born 1953), Geoffrey Clifton-Brown.
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Villages in Gloucestershire
Cotswold District