Fretherne
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Fretherne | |
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![]() Fretherne Church | |
Location within Gloucestershire | |
OS grid reference | SO7309 |
Civil parish | |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Gloucester |
Postcode district | GL2 |
Dialling code | 01452 |
Police | Gloucestershire |
Fire | Gloucestershire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Fretherne is a small village in Gloucestershire, England, situated between the larger villages of Frampton-on-Severn and Arlingham. It forms the civil parish of Fretherne with Saul with the village of Saul. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it is recorded as held by Turstin FitzRolf.[1] The village name probably originates from O.E. 'Frithorne,' meaning 'Freo's thorn.'
A public footpath 50 metres west of the church leads to Hock Cliff at the River Severn (at its widest pre-estuary point), which is popular with fossil hunters.
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External links
Media related to Fretherne at Wikimedia Commons