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Ashleworth
Ashleworth (sometimes formerly spelled ‘Ashelworth’) is a village and civil parish in the Tewkesbury (district), Tewkesbury district of Gloucestershire, England, with a population of 614 (United Kingdom Census 2021), about six miles north of Gloucester. It has a riverside pub, the Boat Inn. The oldest part of the village is Ashleworth Quay, on a flood plain on the west bank of the River Severn. History The origins of the settlement go back at least to the Roman occupation; in recent years a number of Romano-British culture, Romano-British artefacts have been excavated in the area around the Quay dating from A.D.69 to A.D.390. An ancient ferry, which used to link Ashleworth Quay to Sandhurst village on the east bank of the river closed in the 1950s. In medieval times the Quay was a major crossing point for the river as the flood meadows here are narrower than they are for many miles upstream. Consequently, Ashleworth would have been the last place from which to cross before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashleworth Tithe Barn
Ashleworth Tithe Barn is a large 15th-century tithe barn located at Ashleworth, Gloucestershire, England, standing close to the River Severn. It is a Grade II* listed building, and has been scheduled as an ancient monument. It is close to, and associated with Ashleworth Court and the local Anglican church. History The barn was built about 1500 by the canons of St Augustine's, Bristol while John Newland, (1481–1515) was the abbot. A tithe barn was a type of barn built in the Middle Ages for storing rents and tithes. Farmers were required to give one-tenth of their produce to the established Church. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries the barn passed into secular use. In the 19th century it was converted into a barn for cows. It was acquired by the National Trust in 1956. They have undertaken restoration work to the Buttresses and other stonework, but need to manage this to reduce the effects on the bat population which includes common pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus pipis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashleworth Court
Ashleworth Court is a grade I listed house close to the River Severn in Ashleworth, Gloucestershire, England. The site has revealed pottery from Roman Britain. Ashleworth was donated to the church in the 12th century. The blue lias stone house was built around 1460 for Bristol Abbey. It has been revised several times including the division of the great hall with a new upper floor in the 17th century. The thatched roof has been replaced with tiles. The house is close to, and associated with Ashleworth Tithe Barn and the local Anglican church forming an example of an Augustinian rectorial manor. History The estate was donated by the Earl of Berkeley in the 12th century. The house was completed around 1460 for Bristol Abbey while John Newland, (1481–1515) was the abbot. The building was altered in the 16th and 17th centuries. The hall was revised and an upper floor created, and then in the 18th century internal partitions were added, although these have since been removed. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashleworth Ham
Ashleworth Ham () is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is a large area of grassland on the Severn floodplain, north of Ashleworth in Gloucestershire, England. It is registered as a Site of Special Scientific Interest and was notified in 1974 and renotified in 1985. Ashleworth Ham received this designation because it is one of three sites in the Severn Vale where migratory waterfowl winter. The site has three units of assessment and is part managed as a nature reserve by the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. The nature reserve is unit 1 () and is a area. Unit 2 () is a site and unit 3 () is a site, and are areas to the east of the nature reserve. The site is fen, marsh, swamp lowland, open water ditches, neutral grassland and hedges divide many of the fields. Access to the reserve is prohibited in winter, but the birds may be viewed from hides in Meerend Thicket. The Thicket is a steep wooded bank and indicates the former much higher boundary of the Severn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Fulljames
Thomas Fulljames Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, FRIBA (4 March 1808 – 24 April 1874) was an architect active in Gloucestershire, England, in the first half of the nineteenth century. As diocesan surveyor from 1832 until 1870, latterly in partnership with Frederick Sandham Waller, he designed, reconstructed or extended a number of churches in Gloucestershire. He is known for designing the former psychiatric asylum at Denbighshire (1842-1844) in Jacobean style and the Gloucester Court of Probate (1858) in the Gothic style. He also designed a barrage across the River Severn, which was never built. He built Foscombe house for his own use in Ashleworth, Gloucestershire, Ashleworth, Gloucestershire, which has been classified as a grade II* heritage building. Early life and family Thomas Fulljames was born in Walworth, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest Of Dean (UK Parliament Constituency)
Forest of Dean is a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency in Gloucestershire represented in the British House of Commons, House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Matt Bishop, of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. Boundaries 1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Coleford, Lydney, Newent, and Newnham. 1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Awre, Coleford, Newnham, and Westbury-on-Severn, the Rural Districts of East Dean and United Parishes, Lydney, Newent, and West Dean, and part of the Rural District of Gloucester. 1997–2010: The District of Forest of Dean, and the Borough of Tewkesbury wards of Haw Bridge and Highnam. 2010–present: The District of Forest of Dean, and the Borough of Tewkesbury ward of Highnam with Haw Bridge. The constituency boundaries remained unchanged by the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies. The 2023 review of Westminster constituencies also left the boundaries unchanged. History This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berkeley (hundred)
The hundred of Berkeley was one of the ancient hundreds of Gloucestershire, England. Hundreds originated in the late Saxon period as a subdivision of a county and lasted as administrative divisions until the 19th century. Berkeley Hundred was divided into two separate parts, the Lower Division and the Upper Division. The Lower Division consisted of several detached parts, including the ancient parishes of * Elberton *Filton *Hill *Horfield *Almondsbury (part) * Henbury (part) The Upper Division consisted of the parishes of *Arlingham (a detached part of the hundred, separated from the rest of the hundred by the hundred of Whitstone) *Ashleworth *Berkeley *Beverston *Cam *Coaley * Cromhall Abbotts *Dursley * Kingscote * Newington Bagpath *North Nibley *Nympsfield *Owlpen *Ozleworth *Slimbridge *Stinchcombe *Uley *Wotton-under-Edge *Rockhampton (part) The meeting place was at Berkeley. References National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868){{Hundreds of Gloucestersh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foscombe House
Foscombe is a grade II* listed country house in Ashleworth, Gloucestershire. It was built around 1860 in the Gothic Revival style for the personal use of the architect Thomas Fulljames. Notable former residents include the family of industrialist Joseph Bramah, the novelist Derek Marlowe, and Rolling Stone drummer Charlie Watts Charles Robert Watts (2 June 1941 – 24 August 2021) was an English musician who was the drummer of the Rolling Stones from 1963 until his death in 2021. Originally trained as a Graphic designer, graphic artist, Watts developed an interest i .... As of September 2023, it is on sale for an estimated price of £7.95 million. References External links Grade II* listed houses in Gloucestershire Country houses in Gloucestershire Thomas Fulljames buildings Gothic Revival architecture in Gloucestershire Borough of Tewkesbury {{Gloucestershire-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preaching Cross
A preaching cross is a Christian cross sometimes surmounting a pulpit, which is erected outdoors to designate a preaching place. In Great Britain and Ireland, many free-standing upright crosses – or high crosses – were erected. Some of these crosses bear figurative or decorative carvings, or inscriptions in runes. There are surviving free-standing crosses in Cornwall and Wales, in the island of Iona and in the Hebrides, as well as those in Ireland. Other stone crosses are found in Lancashire, Cumbria and the Scottish Borders, some of these in the Anglo-Saxon cross making tradition, like the famous Ruthwell Cross. Whether these were especially associated with preaching is uncertain. Later market crosses were generally not, although all sorts of public announcements, no doubt sometimes including preaching, took place beside them. See also * Khatchkars *Celtic knot *High cross *Hill of Crosses *Iconography *Pulpit A pulpit is a raised stand for preachers in a Chr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Trust For Places Of Historic Interest Or Natural Beauty
The National Trust () is a heritage and nature conservation charity and membership organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Trust was founded in 1895 by Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Hardwicke Rawnsley to "promote the permanent preservation for the benefit of the Nation of lands and tenements (including buildings) of beauty or historic interest". It has since been given statutory powers, starting with the National Trust Act 1907. Historically, the Trust acquired land by gift and sometimes by public subscription and appeal, but after World War II the loss of country houses resulted in many such properties being acquired either by gift from the former owners or through the National Land Fund. One of the largest landowners in the United Kingdom, the Trust owns almost of land and of coast. Its properties include more than 500 historic houses, castles, archaeological and industrial monuments, gardens, parks, and nature reserves. Most properties are open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grade I Listed Buildings
In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland. The classification schemes differ between England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland (see sections below). The term has also been used in the Republic of Ireland, where buildings are protected under the Planning and Development Act 2000, although the statutory term in Ireland is " protected structure". A listed building may not be demolished, extended, or altered without permission from the local planning authority, which typically consults the relevant central government agency. In England and Wales, a national amenity society must be notified of any work to be done on a listed building w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire ( , ; abbreviated Glos.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Herefordshire to the north-west, Worcestershire to the north, Warwickshire to the north-east, Oxfordshire to the east, Wiltshire to the south, Bristol and Somerset to the south-west, and the Wales, Welsh county of Monmouthshire to the west. The city of Gloucester is the largest settlement and the county town. The county is predominantly rural, with an area of and a population of 916,212. After Gloucester (118,555) the largest distinct settlements are Cheltenham (115,940), Stroud (26,080), and Yate (28,350). In the south of the county, the areas around Filton and Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, Kingswood are densely populated and part of Bristol Built-up Area, Bristol built-up area. For Local government in England, local government purposes Gloucestershire comprises a non-metropolitan county, with six districts, and the Unitary authorities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
