Badgeworth is a village and
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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in the
Tewkesbury district of
Gloucestershire
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, England, between
Gloucester
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and
Cheltenham
Cheltenham () is a historic spa town and borough adjacent to the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England. Cheltenham became known as a health and holiday spa town resort following the discovery of mineral springs in 1716, and claims to be the mo ...
. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,206, increasing to 1,286 at the 2011 census. Apart from the village of Badgeworth the parish also includes
Bentham and
Little Witcombe.
Despite its small size and being situated nearly a mile south of the line, in 1843 Badgeworth was provided with a
station on the newly opened
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (later part of the
Midland Railway
The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 in rail transport, 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had ...
and subsequently the
LMS), but this was a very early casualty, closing as early as 1846.
History
The
Bentham Works site of
Gloster Aircraft Company was built north of the A417 in 1941.
Governance
An
electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches from
Boddington in the north to Badgeworth in the south. The total ward population at the 2011 census was 2,124.
References
External links
Badgeworth, Gloucestershire - extract from 1868 National Gazetteer, at genuki*
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Villages in Gloucestershire
Borough of Tewkesbury