Maugersbury
| Maugersbury | |
|---|---|
 First house in Maugersbury | |
| Population | 149 (2001 Census) |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CHELTENHAM |
| Postcode district | GL54 |
| Dialling code | 01451 |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Maugersbury is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. Situated less than a mile south-east of the market town of Stow-on-the-Wold and approximately 18 miles (29 km) east of its post town, Cheltenham, Maugersbury lies within the Cotswolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. At the 2001 United Kingdom census, the parish had a population of 149.[1]
History
The town is said to have originated as an Iron Age fort on its defensive hill top position. Indeed, there are many similar forts in the area, and Stone Age and Bronze Age burial mounds are also common.[2]
Maugersbury is located less than a mile from Stow-on-the-Wold, which was originally called Edwardstow after the town's patron saint Edward (possibly Edward the Martyr). During Saxon times it is likely that Maugersbury was the primary settlement of the parish, before Stow was built as a marketplace by the Normans in 1107AD, to be nearer the cross roads.[2] Maugersbury was listed as MalgeresberiAe in the Domesday Book of 1086.[3][4]
The Maugersbury, Enclosure Bill was passed in 1766,[5] and latter the village was the location of the Stow on the Wold Union Workhouse.[6]
Governance
Maugersbury is in the Beacon-Stow ward of the district of Cotswold, represented by councillors David Penman and Merryl Phillips, members of the Conservative Party.[7][8] Maugersbury is part of the constituency of The Cotswolds, represented at parliament by Conservative MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown.[9] It is part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament.
Footnotes
- ^ "Area: Maugersbury CP (Parish) — Parish Headcounts", Neighbourhood Statistics, Office for National Statistics, retrieved 13 August 2011
- ^ a b British History Online: A History of the County of Gloucester, C. R. Elrington (editor), 1965, Pages 142-165
- ^ Mills, p. 354
- ^ "Documents Online — Image Details", DocumentsOnline, The National Archives, retrieved 13 August 2011
- ^ Journal of the House of Lords volume 31: 1765-1767
- ^ "Stow on the Wold", Rossbret Institutions Website, Rossbret, 2008, archived from the original on 21 October 2008, retrieved 10 July 2010
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Member's Details — Mr David Penman", cotswold.gov.uk, Cotswold District Council, 2008, retrieved 13 August 2011
{{citation}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|work=(help) - ^ "Member's Details — Mrs Merryl Phillips", cotswold.gov.uk, Cotswold District Council, 2008, retrieved 13 August 2011
{{citation}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|work=(help) - ^ "Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP", Official site, retrieved 13 August 2011
Sources
- Mills, A. D. (1998), Dictionary of English Place-Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-280074-4