Edge, Gloucestershire

Edge
Edge
	St John the Baptist church
Civil parish	Painswick;
District	Stroud district;
Shire county	Gloucestershire;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Stroud
Postcode district	GL6
Dialling code	01452
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Stroud;
	List of places UK England Gloucestershire

Edge is a village in the Painswick civil parish, Gloucestershire, England. Geographically, Edge is situated on a hill in an area of the Cotswolds that falls within the Stroud District.^[1] The village also has a Village Hall and Green, which are used for various functions including the annual Edge village fête.^[2]

Government

For the purposes of local government, Edge is a constituent village of the Painswick civil parish, which also includes the neighbouring villages of Sheepscombe and Slad.^[3] The civil parish forms part of the district of Stroud and the county of Gloucestershire.

For parliamentary purposes, Edge is within the UK constituency of Stroud and the European constituency of South West England.^[4]

Church

Edge contains the church of St John the Baptist, which is a part of the Gloucester Diocese. Its resident vicar is the Reverend Michael Sinclair Holloway.^[5]

References

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[1] ttp://www.election-maps.co.uk/electmaps.jsf

[2] ttp://www.grcc.org.uk/village-hall-database/village-hall/edge-village-hall

[3] ttp://www.election-maps.co.uk/electmaps.jsf

[4] ttp://www.election-maps.co.uk/electmaps.jsf

[5] ttp://www.achurchnearyou.com/edge-st-john-the-baptist/

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