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Gloucestershire A-F

Abbots Barton
Bertune: Gloucester Abbey.
Part of Gloucester.
Acton (Ilger)
Actune:
Lost.
Acton Turville
Achetone: Arnulf de Hesdin.

Adlestrop
Tedestrop: Evesham Abbey.
Humphrey Repton designed the gardens of Adlestrop Park (c.1750).
Alderley
Alrelie: Miles Crispin. Mill.

Alderton
Aldritone: Dunning from the king; a man-at-arms from Winchcombe Abbey.
Church with a broken Saxon font.
Aldsworth
Aldesorde / wrde: Gloucester Abbey, Alfward FitzReinbald from the king.
Last surviving flock of pedigree Cotswold sheep.
Alkerton
Alcrintone: Edric FitzKetel from the king. Mill.

Alkington
Almintune: King's land.
Farm.
Almondsbury
Almondesberie: King's land.
Roman entrenchments; 2 Elizabethan houses; Knole Park and Over Court.
Alveston
Alwestan: King's land, formerly Earl Harold.
Ruined church with a Saxon tympanum; Roman tumulus.
Alvington
Alwintune: Thurstan FitzRolf. Mill. 20 blooms of iron, 8 sesters of honey.

Ampney
Omenie:
Lost.
Ampney Crucis
Omenel: Thurstan FitzRolf and Baldwin from the king; Humphrey the Chamberlain. Church, mill.
Saxon church; cornmill; 15th century cross.
Ampney St. Mary
Omenie: Reinbald from the king. 2 mills.

Ampney ('St. Nicholas')
Arnulf de Hesdin.
Part of Ampney St. Peter.
Ampney St. Peter
Omenie: Gloucester Abbey. Mill.
Saxon church.
Arlingham
Erlingeham: King's land.

Arlington
Alvredintune: King's land. 2 mills.
Arlington Row cottages, part of Bibury. Mill, now a museum.
Ashbrook
Esbroc / Estbroce:
Lost.
Ashleworth
Esceleuuorde: King's land.
Tithe barn; 2 half-timbered houses of 1460.
Ashley
Esselie: Durand the Sheriff.

Aston Blank (Cold Aston)
Estone: Drogo from Bishop of Worcester.

Aston on Carrant
Estone: King's land; Gerard from the king.

Aston Subedge
Estune: Lambeth Church.
17th century manor. Famous Cotswold Games were held here.
Aust
Austrecliue: Thurstan FitzRolf from Bishop of Worcester.
The start of the Severn Bridge. Important dinosaur fossils were found at Rhacklin Bed and Aust Passage.
Avening
Aveninge: King's land. 5 mills, hawk's eyrie.
Stone Age long barrows. Pubs serve 'pigs face' on 'Pigs Face Sunday' in mid September to commemorate a wild boar killing.
Awre
Avre: King's land. Salthouse, church, mill.
Church with Saxon mortuary chest.
Aylworth
Ailewrde / Elewrde: William Goizenboded; Walter from Gilbert FitzThorold.

Badgeworth
Beiewrde: William d'Eu. Mill.

Badminton
Madmintune: Arnulf de Hesdin.
Home of the Dukes of Beaufort since the 7th century; gave its name to a hunt and a game brought from India.
Bagendon
Benwedene: Gilbert from Hugh de Lasne. Mill.
Trinity Mill, on a Saxon site, still has machinery in situ. Coins were minted here in the Early Iron Age.
Barnsley
Bernesleis: Durand and Eudo from Bishop of Worcester.
Barnsley Park, a 17th century house, once housed Isaac Newton's library. In the park are the remains of a Roman villa.
Barnwood
Berneuude: Gloucester Abbey before and after 1066.
Part of Gloucester; birthplace of Sir Edmund Saunders, beggar turned judge (17th century) and inventor Charles Wheatstone (b.1802).
'Barton Regis'
Bertune: King's land. 2 mills.
Part of Bristol.
Batsford
Beceshore: Ansfrid de Cormeilles.
Batsford Park and Lord Redesdale's Arboretum.
Baunton
Baudintone / tune: Geoffrey Orlateile; Edric FitzKetel from the king.

Bedminster
Beiminstre: King's land and Bishop of Coutances from the king. Mill.
Part of Bristol.
Berkeley
Berchelai: King's land. 2 mills, 1 market.
Small town where Double Gloucester cheese is made; birthplace of Edward Jenner (1749-1823), discoverer of vaccination. Edward II was murdered in the 11th century castle.
Beverston
Beurestane: King's land.
13th century castle; 2 stone medieval barns.
Bibury
Begeberie: Bishop of Worcester. 2 mills.
Church with Saxon features; famous group of cottages: Arlington Row; 17th century mill. Bibury Court (1635) is now an hotel.
Bishops Cleeve
Clive: Bishop of Worcester.
The old rectory (13th century) is the oldest parsonage in England.
Bishop's Norton
Nortune: Archbishop of York. Mill.

Bisley
Biselege: Robert from Earl Hugh. 5 mills. 2 sesters of honey.

Bitton
Betone: Dunn from the king.

Bledington
Bladinton: Winchcombe Abbey. Mill.

Bledisloe
Bliteslau:
Lost.
Blockley
Blochelei: Bishop of Worcester.
Northwick House.
Boddington
Botingtune / intone: Gerard the Chamberlain from Westminster Abbey and the King. Mill.
Tudor manor house.
Bourton-on-the-Hill
Bortune: Westminster Abbey.
Tithe barn; home of Sir Thomas Overbury, poisoned in the 16th century in the Tower of London.
Bourton-on-the-Water
Bortune: Robert FitzAlfred from Evesham Abbey.
On Saxon site; model village and Birdland.
Boxwell
Boxewelle: Gloucester Abbey. Mill.
Charles II came to its manor house after the Battle of Worcester.
Brawn
Brewere: Miles Crispin from the king.
Farm.
Brimpsfield
Brimesfelde: Osbern Giffard. 2 mills.

Bristol
Bristou: King's land; Bishop of Coutances. 2 mills.
Famous seaport, manufacturing centre and University city with many fine Regency buildings. The Clifton Suspension Bridge was designed in 1830.
Broadwell
Bradewelle: Evesham Abbey.
Georgian manor.
Brockworth
Brocowardinge: Hugh de Lasne. Mill.
Suburb of Gloucester; a Norman church and 15th century barn remain.
Bromsberrow
Brunmeberge: Ralph de Tosny, formerly Earl Harold.

Brookthorpe
Brostorp: King's land.

Buckland
Bochelande: Gloucester Abbey.
Manor; church with a medieval mazer bowl.
Bulley
Bulelege: Walter Balistarius.

Burnt Norton
Nortune: Ansfrid de Cormeilles.

Calcot
Caldecot: St. Denis's Church, Paris.

Caldicot
Caldecote:
Lost.
Cam
Camma: King's land.
Part of Dursley town. A cloth mill, founded here in 1815, is still working.
Carswall
Crasowel: Odo from Roger de Lacy.
Manor house.
Cassey Compton
Bishop of Worcester.

Castlett
Cateslat: William Goizenboded. Mill.
Farm.
Charfield
Cirvelde: Jocelyn le Breton. Mill.
Light industry.
Charingworth
Cheuringaurde: Roger from Ralph de Tosny.
Several manor houses nearby.
Charlton Abbots
Cerletone: Winchcombe Abbey. Mill.
Stone Age grave (Belas Knap); 2 excavated Roman villas; 2 springs; Tudor manor house.
Chedworth
Cedeorde: King's land. 3 mills, a salt toll.
Straggling. A Long Barrow and Chedworth Roman Villa and Museum are in the woods.
Cheltenham
Chinteneham: King's land; Reinbald from Cirencester Church. 5 mills. 20 cows, 20 pigs, 16s for bread, formerly 3,000 loaves for dogs.
Town, Saxon in origin and made famous as a spa by George III. Now a prosperous commercial centre with fine Regency buildings.
Cherington
Cerintone: Geoffrey from Miles Crispin. Mill.
Georgian cottages.
Chesterton
Hugh from William FitzBaderon.
Suburb of Cirencester.
Chipping Campden
Campedene: Earl Hugh, formerly Earl Harold. 2 mills.
Small town, a 'wool' town in the Middle Ages; 14th century Grevel's House; the remains of Campden House, burnt in 1645.
Churcham
Hamme: Gloucester Abbey.
The church had a hunt here both before and after 1066. Churcham Court, now a farmhouse.
Churchdown
Cirecesdune: Archbishop of York.
Suburb of Gloucester.
Church Icomb
Iacumbe: Bishop of Worcester; for the supply of the monks.
Now Icomb; Icomb Place, a 15th century manor house.
Cirencester
Cirecestre: King's land (before 1066 the Queen had the sheeps' wool). Hugh from William FitzBaderon; Cirencester Church. 3 mills.
Town based on light industry and agriculture. As Corinium it was the second largest Roman town in the British Isles; many Roman remains. An important medieval 'wool' town, it declined in the 19th century.
Clifton
Clistone: Roger FitzRalph.
Part of Bristol; Georgian spa with fine Regency buildings; Bristol University buildings; Clifton Suspension Bridge.
Clingre
Claenhangare: King's land; Roger from the king.
2 farms; manor house.
Coaley
Covelege: King's land.

Coberley
Coberleie / Culberlege: Roger de Berkeley.

Cold Ashton
Ecestone: Bath Church. Mill.
Battlefields House, named after the Battle of Lansdown (1643).
Coln Rogers
King's land.
Saxon church with nave and chancel intact.
Coln St. Aldwyn's
Culne: Gloucester Abbey. 2 mills.
Between large estates; Elizabethan manor.
Coln St. Dennis
Colne: St. Denis's Church, Paris.

Combe Baskerville
Icubee:
Lost.
Compton Abdale
Contone / Cuntune: Archbishop of York. Mill.

Compton Greenfield
Contone: Gilbert FitzTurold from Bishop of Worcester.

Condicote
Condicote / Cornicote: Archbishop of York; Osbern from Bishop of Worcester; William Breakwolf; Osbern from Durand the Sheriff.
Surrounded by prehistoric earthworks and burial mounds.
Cowley
Kulege: Pershore Abbey. Mill.
Manor house.
Cromhall Abbots
Cromale / Cromhal: King's land.
Abbotside Farm.
Cromhall Lygon
Cromale / Cromhal:
Lost.
Culkerton
Culcorto(r)ne: Herbert from William d'Eu; Ansketel from Roger d'Ivry; Roger d'Ivry from Durand the Sheriff.

Cutsdean
Codestune: Archdeacon Alric from Bishop of Worcester.

Daylesford
Eilesford: Stephen FitzFulcred from Bishop of Worcester; Bishop of Bayeux.
Daylesford House, home of Warren Hastings, 1st Governor General of British India (1774-84).
Deerhurst Walton
Valton: St. Denis's Church, Paris.

Didmarton
Dedmertone: Ansketel from Durand the Sheriff.
At source of the River Avon; site of a camp for French POWs during the Napoleonic wars.
Ditchford
Dicford: Richard from Evesham Abbey; Ansgot from Bishop of Worcester.
Now Ditchford Hill.
Dixton
Dricledene: Humphrey from the king.

Dodington
Dodintone: Roger from Bishop of Coutances; Roger of Berkeley.
Dodington Park, built by James Wyatt and landscaped by Capability Brown.
Dowdeswell
Dodesuuelle: Robert from Bishop of Worcester.
Several manor houses.
Down Ampney
Omenie: King's land.
Birthplace of the composer Ralph Vaughan-Williams (1872-1958).
Down Hatherley
Athelai: King's land.
Straggling.
Doynton
Didintone: Bishop of Coutances. 2 mills.
Mill.
Driffield
Drifelle: Reinbald the Priest.

Dumbleton
Dubentone / Dunbentune: Abingdon Abbey; William Goizenboded; William Breakwolf; Ralph from Durand the Sheriff. Mill.
Dumbleton Hall, designed by George S. Repton (1830).
Duntisbourne
Duntes / Dantesborne:
Lost.
Duntisbourne Abbots
Duntesborne / Tantesborne: Gloucester Abbey; Ansfrid de Cormeilles.
Cotswold Farm has a window by Sir Edward Burne-Jones.
Duntisbourne Hotat
Duntesborne: Bernard from Ansfrid de Cormeilles; Gilbert from Roger de Lacy.
Now Middle Duntisbourne.
Duntisbourne Leer
Duntesborne: Lyre Abbey.
Ford.
Duntisbourne Rouse
Duntesborne / Tantesborne: Ralph from Durand the Sheriff.
Church with a Saxon nave. Pinbury Park with its Nuns Walk was the home of furniture-maker Ernest Gimson before his death in 1919.
Dursley
Dersilege: King's land.
Market town.
Dyrham
Dirham: William FitzGuy. 3 mills.
17th century mansion and deer park.

Eastleach Martin
Lec(c)e: Walter FitzPoyntz; Drogo FitzPoyntz. 2 mills.
Divided from Eastleach Turville by the river, but connected by a footbridge of flat paving stones called Keble's Bridge.
Eastleach Turville
Lec(c)e: William from Roger de Lacy.
John Keble preached here for 8 years.
Ebrington
Bristentune: William Goizenboded. 2 mills.
Thatched cottages; manor.
Edgeworth
Egeisuurde / Egesworde: Roger de Lacy claims from Earl Hugh; Roger de Lacy. Mill.
Remains of a Saxon church; manor house; Edgeworth Mill Farm.
Elberton
Elbertone: King's land.
Remains of a Roman camp; Jacobean manor house.
Elkstone
Elchestane: Ansfrid de Cormeilles.

Ellings
Telinge:
Lost.
Elmstone
Almundestan: Reinbald from Westminster Abbey.
Now Elmstone Hardwicke.
English Bicknor
Bicanofre: William FitzNorman.
Remains of a motte and bailey castle.
Etloe
Ete(s)lau: Roger de Berkeley from the king.

Evenlode
Eunilade: Hereward from Bishop of Worcester. Mill.
Tudor manor house.
Evington
Giuingtune:
Lost.
Eycot
Aicote: Ordric from Bishop of Worcester. Mill.
Now Eycotfield.
Eyford
Aiforde: Hascoit Musard.
Eyford Park manor house where Milton wrote some of Paradise Lost.

Fairford
Fareforde: King's land. 3 mills.
Small town with a mill, the birthplace of John Keble (1792-1866).
Farmcote
Fernecote: Geoffrey from William Goizenboded.

Farmington
Tormentone: Walter FitzPoyntz from Archbishop of York.
Gabled pump house; its roof was donated by Farmington USA in 1935.
Fiddington
Fitentone: King's land; Tewkesbury Abbey.

Forthampton
Fortemeltone / Forhelmentone: King's land; Ansgot from the king; Lyre Abbey. Hawk's eyrie.
17th century timber-framed cottages.
Foxcote
Fuscote: Morin from Bishop of Worcester.

Frampton
Freolintune: Winchcombe Abbey.
Frampton Farm.
Frampton Cotterell
Frantone: Walter Balistarius.
Adjacent to Bristol; famous for making felt hats.
Frampton Mansell
Frantone: Robert de Tosny. Mill.
William and Mary farmhouse almost under the railway arches.
Frampton-on-Severn
Frantone: Drogo FitzPoyntz (Roger de Lacy wrongfully holds 1 hide). Mill.
On a canal; half-timbered houses; large village green. Frampton Court is a Georgian manor house.
Fretherne
Fridorne: Thurstan FitzRolf.

Frocester
Frowcestre: Gloucester Abbey.
Fine old tithe barn. Elizabeth I visited Frocester Court, built on the site of a Roman villa.