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Fretherne with Saul is a
civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in the
Stroud Stroud is a market town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It is the main town in Stroud District. The town's population was 13,500 in 2021. Below the western escarpment of the Cotswold Hills, at the meeting point of the Five Va ...
district of
Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. The county town is the city of ...
, England. It includes the villages of Framilode, Fretherne,
Saul Saul (; he, , ; , ; ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the first monarch of the United Kingdom of Israel. His reign, traditionally placed in the late 11th century BCE, supposedly marked the transition of Israel and Judah from a scattered tri ...
and Upper Framilode. Watercourses form a significant portion of the parish boundaries: on two sides is the
River Severn , name_etymology = , image = SevernFromCastleCB.JPG , image_size = 288 , image_caption = The river seen from Shrewsbury Castle , map = RiverSevernMap.jpg , map_size = 288 , map_c ...
, which forms the boundary with the parishes of Westbury-on-Severn to the north and Awre to the south-west, both being in the
Forest of Dean The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of Gloucestershire, England. It forms a roughly triangular plateau bounded by the River Wye to the west and northwest, Herefordshire to ...
; and the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal forms the boundary with the parish of
Whitminster __NOTOC__ Whitminster is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, and on the A38 trunk road approximately south of Gloucester and north-west of Stroud. The parish population at the 2011 census was 881. The hamlet of Wheatenhurs ...
to the east, and the major portion of the boundary with the parish of
Frampton-on-Severn Frampton on Severn is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. The population is 1,432. Geography The village is approximately south of Gloucester, at . It lies on the east bank of the River Severn, and on the west bank of the ...
to the south-east. The land boundaries are with the parishes of Arlingham to the west and north-west; Frampton-on-Severn to the south; and Longney and
Epney Epney is a small village on the River Severn. It is South-West of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England within the parish of Longney and Epney. It is between Longney and Upper Framilode. The village has a pub called The Anchor Inn. The populat ...
to the north-east. The parish is crossed by the River Frome, which flows into the Severn at Upper Framilode. The only major road in the parish is the B4071, which connects Saul to the A38. The parish was formed in 1884 from the separate parishes of Fretherne and Saul, and from five
detached part An enclave is a territory (or a small territory apart of a larger one) that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state or entity. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is sometimes used improperly to deno ...
s of the parish of Eastington which lay within the parishes of Fretherne and Saul.


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Fretherne with Saul Parish Council
Civil parishes in Gloucestershire Stroud District {{Gloucestershire-geo-stub