Tetbury
Tetbury | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | TETBURY | |
Postcode district | GL8 | |
Dialling code | 01666 | |
Police | Gloucestershire | |
Fire | Gloucestershire | |
Ambulance | South Western | |
UK Parliament | ||
Tetbury is a town and
History
During the
The Tetbury Woolsack Races, founded 1972, is an annual competition where participants must carry a 60-pound (27 kg) sack of wool up and down a steep hill (Gumstool Hill). The Tetbury Woolsack Races take place on the "late May Bank Holiday", the last Monday in May each year.
Tetbury has won five consecutive Gold awards in the Regional "Heart of England in Bloom" competition in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 and was category winner "Best Small Town" in 2008, 2009 and 2010. In 2010 Tetbury was Overall Winner of Heart of England in Bloom and won a Judges Discretionary Award for Community Achievement. Tetbury won Silver Gilt as a first-time entrant in the National Britain in Bloom Campaign in 2009 and a second Silver Gilt in Britain in Bloom in 2011.[4][5]
Geography
Tetbury is situated in a landscape of gently rolling hills primarily used for farmland, including grazing of sheep and grain production. Its location is associated with a nearby major east–west trade or drovers trail, which would account for its early importance as a wool trade centre. Nearby to the west are
Governance
Most of Tetbury falls in the Tetbury parish, although some of the northern parts of the town are officially in Tetbury Upton.
Tetbury is in the Cotswold district, and amenities are run by
Nationally, Tetbury has been in the
Economy
Tetbury is renowned for its antique and
A Tesco supermarket branch was opened a quarter of a mile from the town centre in July 2002. The town's high street is the home to a number of specialist shops selling cheese, breads, meats, dairy and frozen products, entertainment supplies, among others.
The town has pubs and hotels, including the Royal Oak Inn which was featured in the 1971 film
Culture
Events in the town include
Hospital
Tetbury Hospital is a privately run facility which funds itself from government funding and charitable donations. The hospital, which homes a
Education
The town has two schools, St Mary's Primary School and
Some Tetbury children travel further afield, with students at the two grammar schools, Marling School for boys and Stroud High School for girls, both in Stroud, and some at the comprehensive Deer Park School in Cirencester.
Transport
Tetbury has bus services which serve local towns.
Tetbury is on the A433, with easy access to the M4 and M5 motorways. The A4135 originates in Tetbury and proceeds westerly through Beverston.
Notable people
Present
- Jet Black, drummer and founder member of rock band The Stranglers
- King Charles III, has a private residence of Highgrove Houseat Highgrove, Doughton, near Tetbury
- Anne Hooper, journalist, author and counsellor
- Jake Meyer, the youngest British person to climb Mount Everest
- Josh Kumra, singer/songwriter
- Neil Woodford, investment fund manager
- David Mabberley, Professor of botany, writer, and educator
- Gaynor Norris, Regional salsa championships winner, North West England, 1994
Past
- Charlotte Eliza Collins, the noted diarist, married Edward Tenney Bousfield at Tetbury in 1853.
- Cecil "Sam" Cook, Gloucestershire cricketer and umpire, died 1996
- Robert Crowley, stationer, poet and Protestant clergyman in the 16th century
- Alice in Wonderland
- Ester Lewis, poet (1716–1794), married Robert Clark of Tetbury in 1760 and is buried there.
- Laurens van der Post, a writer, owned a nearby farm in the 1930s, died 1996
- Brian Trubshaw, first British test-pilot of Concorde, died 2001
See also
References
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- ^ "The Market House". Feoffees of Tetbury. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ^ "RHS Britain in Bloom". Archived from the original on 28 October 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
- ^ "Tetbury in Bloom". Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "History". The Parish Church of St Mary The Virgin and St Mary Magdalen, Tetbury. Archived from the original on 15 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ Ross, David. "Tetbury - St Mary the Virgin". Britain Express. Archived from the original on 15 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
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- ^ "School Places Strategy 2018-2023" (PDF). Gloucestershire Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.