Weston-sub-Edge
Weston-sub-Edge | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | CHIPPING CAMPDEN | |
Postcode district | GL55 6 | |
Dialling code | 01386 | |
Police | Gloucestershire | |
Fire | Gloucestershire | |
Ambulance | South Western | |
UK Parliament | ||
Weston-sub-Edge (also known as Weston Subedge) is a village in Gloucestershire, England.
History
This Cotswold village, recorded in the
The Romans occupied Weston from the 2nd Century AD, a date based on coins and pottery found in the village.
The manor house, next to the church, was built in the late 17th century.[9] The village has some stone houses and a public house, called the Seagrave Arms which was built in the 17th century.[10] In 1981 a Civil War coin hoard (the Weston-sub-Edge hoard) comprising 309 coins sealed in a lead pipe was found in a building then used as the village hall.[11] The school, built in 1852, was closed in 1985,[12] and the small post office closed in 2008.[13]
Name
The exact spelling of the name is inconsistent, with several variants being used. The Domesday Book refers to Westone,[2] but the Ordnance Survey currently use the spelling Weston Subedge,[14] and that is the spelling used by the government in its statutory instruments.[15] However the Parish Council now uses the hyphenated version.[16]
The hyphenated version appeared on all of the railway timetables when the
Industry
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As well as a few local businesses, Weston Industrial Estate just north of the village provides a number of specialist businesses.
Religious sites
The church of St Lawrence was built in the 13th century. It underwent
Exclave
The civil parish of Weston-sub-Edge is one of the few left in England to have a detached portion. The northern part of the parish is separated by a narrow strip of
References
- ^ "Note – Parish population 2011 - Includes Saintbury". Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Doomsday Entry Weston Subedge". Open Domesday. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ "Scanned copy of original book". Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ "An historical summary of Trust acquisitions". National Trust. p. 10. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ "Weston Subedge". Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester Iron Age and Romano-British Monuments in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds. London: HMSO. 1976. pp. 123–124. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Kiftsgate Stone (330605)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Kiftsgate Stone (1003590)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Boundary stone at south end of Weston- Sub Edge (1342024)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Manor House (1341774)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Seagrave Arms (1171397)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Mayhew, Nicholas; Viner, David (1987). "A Civil War Coin hoard from West-sub-Edge, Gloucestershire" (PDF). Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. 105: 213–222.
- ^ "Record of archive of material relating to Weston Sub Edge C. of E. School". National Archives. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ "Gloucestershire Post Offices six months on". Gloucester Citizen. 15 October 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ "Weston Subedge". Linked data. Ordnance Survey. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ "The District of Cotswold (Electoral Changes) Order 2001" (PDF). The Stationery Office. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ "Parish and town councils-Weston-sub-Edge". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ^ Crowder, Ian (2014). "Chronology". GWR - Gloucestershire's mainline heritage railway. Archived from the original on 2 August 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2015. Contains a list of the stations on the line
- ^ GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. "History of Weston Subedge, in Cotswold and Gloucestershire | Map and description". A Vision of Britain through Time. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ "Postcode: GL55 6QH". Address Postcode Finder. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ^ "Business Directory". Weston Industrial Estate. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St. Lawrence (1171337)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ "Weston Subedge - MapIt". Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
External links
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