Infobox European Parliament constituency name Infobox Cotswolds European Parliament constituency title Cotswolds map Image Europarl logo.svg mapcaption European Parliament logo created 1979 dissolved 1999 meps 1 memberstate United Kingdom sources http www.election.demon.co.uk Before uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used plurality voting system first past the post for the Elections in the European Union European elections in Great Britain . The European Parliament constituency European Parliament constituencies used under that system were smaller than the later regional constituencies and only had one Member of the European Parliament each. The constituency of Cotswolds sometimes called The Cotswolds was one of them. When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies Westminster Parliament constituencies of Banbury UK Parliament constituency Banbury , Cheltenham UK Parliament constituency Cheltenham , Cirencester and Tewkesbury UK Parliament constituency Cirencester and Tewkesbury , Gloucester UK Parliament constituency Gloucester , Mid Oxon UK Parliament constituency Mid Oxon , Oxford UK Parliament constituency Oxford , Stroud UK Parliament constituency Stroud , ref cite web url http www.election.demon.co.uk title David Boothroyd s United Kingdom Election Results accessdate 2008 01 20 ref although this may not have been true for the whole of its existence. References Reflist External links http www.election.demon.co.uk David Boothroyd s United Kingdom Election Results European Parliament constituencies 1979 1984 Category European Parliament constituencies in the United Kingdom Category Politics of Oxfordshire Category Politics of Gloucestershire UK election stub EU stub ... more details
Coord 51.756 1.769 display title region GB scale 100000 Infobox UK constituency main name The Cotswolds parliament uk map1 TheCotswolds2007 map2 EnglandGloucestershire map entity Gloucestershire map year 2010 year 1997 abolished type County previous next electorate 78,439 December 2010 ref cite web url http www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk electoral figures electoral figures.htm title Electorate Figures Boundary Commission for England date 4 March 2011 work 2011 Electorate Figures publisher Boundary Commission for England accessdate 13 March 2011 ref mp Geoffrey Clifton Brown born 1953 Geoffrey Clifton Brown party Conservative Party UK region England county Gloucestershire european South West England elects howmany One The Cotswolds is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It elects one Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post system of election. Boundaries The constituency was created in 1997 as Cotswold , mostly from the Cirencester and Tewkesbury UK Parliament constituency former seat of Cirencester and Tewkesbury . Following their review of parliamentary representation in Gloucestershire which reported in 2007, the Boundary Commission for England gained Minchinhampton and part of Wotton under Edge, and changed the name to The Cotswolds to reflect the local district name. As part of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies , which commenced in 2011 ... change Boundary Commission for England ref Constituency Profile The Cotswolds is a safe Conservative ... Kingdom general election, 2010 General Election 2010 The Cotswolds ref http news.bbc.co.uk 1 shared election2010 results constituency e66.stm BBC Election 2010 Cotswolds, The ref Election box candidate ... Notes and references Reflist Constituencies in South West England DEFAULTSORT Cotswolds, The Uk Parliament ... CotswoldsCotswolds UK constituency stub ar zh ... more details
Plum jerkum is a type of fruit wine or cider produced from plum s, similar in the manner to which cider from apples and perry from pears are made. The drink is native to areas of central England such as Warwickshire and the Cotswolds . ref cite book last Brill first Edith title Life and tradition on the Cotswolds year 1973 publisher Dent ref ref cite book last Hart Davis first Duff title Country Matters year 1988 publisher Weidenfeld and Nicolson isbn 0297794604, 9780297794608 ref External links http www.plumjerkum.co.uk Plumjerkum.co.uk the Plum Jerkum Morris team website, with recipe for jerkum based on the Warwickshire Drooper plum References Reflist england stub wine stub Category Plum dishes Category Fruit wines Category English cuisine Category Culture in Warwickshire Category Cotswolds ... more details
Cuda may refer to CUDA , an abbreviation for Compute Unified Device Architecture, a parallel programming framework by NVIDIA Plymouth Barracuda , a Chrysler automobile See also Barracuda disambiguation Cuda goddess , Celtic Brythonic goddess residing in what is now the Cotswolds disambig Category Surnames pl Cuda scn Cuda ... more details
coord 51.743 2.216 display title region GB scale 50000 The Five Valleys are a group of valleys in Gloucestershire , England , which converge on the town of Stroud, Gloucestershire Stroud at the western edge of the Cotswolds . The valleys are as follows Image 5valleys.JPG thumb right Part of the five valleys from Rodborough hill Image Golden valley.jpg thumb right A field at Baker s Mill in the Golden Valley The Chalford valley also known as the Golden Valley The Nailsworth Valley The Ruscombe Valley The Slad Valley of Cider with Rosie fame The Painswick Valley The Five Valleys Walk is a popular circular walk of some 21 miles around Stroud. It has been held annually since 1987, in aid of the Stroud based Meningitis Trust , usually on the last Sunday in September. A more exacting version of this walk has also been published, as the Five Valleys Circuit see Barry Hill, Walking the South Gloucestershire Cotswolds , pp. 100 116 this includes an ascent over the high ground of Selsley Common rather than the charity walk s low level route from Stonehouse, Gloucestershire Stonehouse to Nailsworth , up the Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway old railway line by the Nailsworth Stream. References Hill, Barry Walking the South Gloucestershire Cotswolds , Thornhill Press Cheltenham 1992 Category Hills of Gloucestershire Category Stroud district Category Cotswolds Gloucestershire geo stub ... more details
Use dmy dates date April 2012 Multiple issues orphan February 2009 notability December 2008 unreferenced December 2008 coord 52.007 1.900 display title region GB scale 5000 Sheppey Corner is a thatched cottage in the picturesque Cotswold village of Stanton, Gloucestershire . The cottage was constructed around 1650, and it is often considered one of the most picturesque cottages in the Cotswolds , and is featured in many Cotswolds calendars and postcards it is truly a Cotswold cottage. Like the rest of the village, it is constructed entirely out of Cotswold stone , a honey coloured limestone that the Cotswold Hills consist of. Location It can be found halfway up the high street, where there is a lane that breaks off up to the right.It is located near the town of Broadway, Worcestershire . Although it is officially in Worcestershire , it is actually more suited to Gloucestershire , as it is located on the border of the two counties. The village it is in is at the foot of the Cotswolds Escarpment. It is near Stanway, Gloucestershire, location of Stanway house. Layout Although it was originally one big house and barn, probably shared between one or two families, it is now divided into three cottages, Cloisters, Sheppey Cottage, and Pixie cottage. It was extended rearwards in the 1960s. On the near side cottage to the high street, Cloisters, there is a garage. Next door to Cloisters is a large paddock , of which a little is cut away, what remains of the foundations of a house that was to be built there. The Cotswolds Way The Cotswold Way runs right by the front of the house, and thus the house is featured on many ramblers web sites. Category Houses in Gloucestershire ... more details
The Avening Valley is located in the South Cotswolds in England , running roughly east from Nailsworth . During the 17th century the cloth industry developed in the Avening Valley, with mills powered by the Avening Stream. One of the larger cloth mills was named the Holcombe Mill an old gig mill , which was adapted in 1879 for manufacture of bedding ref http www.aviq36.dsl.pipex.com mills & industry.htm Nailsworth Town Council website ref . References reflist coord 51 40 52 N 2 10 29 W region GB type landmark display title Category Geography of Gloucestershire Category Cotswolds Gloucestershire geo stub ... more details
Cotswold stone is a yellow oolite oolitic Jurassic limestone quarried in many places in the Cotswolds Cotswold Hills in the south midlands of England . When weathered, the colour of buildings made or faced with this stone is often described as honey or golden . The stonework of the Northern Cotswold villages such as Stanton, Gloucestershire Stanton and Broadway, Worcestershire Broadway , is significantly darker than that found in the Southern Cotswolds eg Dursley see http www.cotswold.gov.uk nqcontent.cfm?a id 609 . The rock outcrops at places on the Cotswold Edge and small quarries are common. The exposures are rarely sufficiently compact to be good for rock climbing . However, an exception is Castle Rock, on Cleeve Hill , above Bishop s Cleeve , near Cheltenham . Image oolite.png thumb right 150px Oolite dry stone wall at Chalford , Gloucestershire See also Oolite Further reading cite book title Cotswold stone first Freda last Derrick publisher Chapman & Hall year 1948 External links http wwwusers.brookes.ac.uk 02126599 Introduction contains further External links Category Limestone Category Geologic formations of the United Kingdom Category Geology of England Category Cotswolds petrology stub England stub ... more details
Orphan date October 2011 4 Girls 4 Harps is a quartet of award winning girl harpist s. ref cite news title Culture one piano foud hands highlight date 29 April 2003 work Birmingham Post page 13 language English language English accessdate 8 July 2010 ref ref cite news title Historic treat for Elgar fans date 11 August 2005 work This is the Cotswolds language English language English accessdate 8 July 2010 location Cotswolds The Cotswolds ref ref citation title Harping back to great music publisher This Is Sussex date Feb 20, 2009 ref ref citation title The young musicians survival guide publisher The Times date Aug 28, 2009 ref They play Salvi concert harp s and modern electric harp s. ref citation title Varied programme for Tewkesbury festival released publisher Tewkesbury ADMAG date Mar 19, 2009 ref References reflist External links http www.4girls4harps.com Website Category British harpists Category British instrumental musical groups UK band stub ... more details
Cleeve may refer to Cleeve, Somerset , a village in North Somerset Old Cleeve , a small village between Williton and Dunster in Somerset Chapel Cleeve , another small village between Williton and Dunster in Somerset Cleeve Abbey , a ruined Cistercian abbey, just south of Washford in Somerset, now owned by English Heritage Bishop s Cleeve , a village in Gloucestershire Cleeve Hill , the highest point in the Cotswolds Cleeve, Oxfordshire See also Cleave disambig ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2006 Cutsdean is a small village in the Cotswolds , located close to the Gloucestershire town of Cheltenham . The River Windrush runs through the village. External links Commons category inline Cutsdean Coord 51 58 N 1 52 W region GB type city display title Category Villages in Gloucestershire Category Cotswold district Gloucestershire geo stub pl Cutsdean ... more details
Whiteway may refer to Whiteway, Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada Whiteway hundred , Dorset, England, United Kingdom Whiteway Colony , Cotswolds, England, United Kingdom Whiteway, Bath , Somerset, England, United Kingdom People with the surname Whiteway Dean Whiteway born 1944 , Canadian politician Douglas Whiteway 21st century , Canadian journalist and author William Whiteway 1828 1908 , Premier of Newfoundland William Tuff Whiteway 1856 1940 , Canadian architect See also Goldway Greenway disambiguation Redway disambiguation Yelloway disambig Category Surnames ... more details
The Ilmington Downs are a large open area situated in Warwickshire , just above the small village of Ilmington . The fact that makes the downs special is that it is the highest point in Warwickshire at 858 feet. ref http www.information britain.co.uk county3 townguideIlmington A guide to Ilmington, Warwickshire ref As it is higher than the rest of the land around it, it has good views and it allows people to quietly observe the beauty of that area of the Cotswolds. References references Category Geography of Warwickshire ... more details
infobox UK place country England static image File Childswickham, Near Broadway.jpg 250px static image caption latitude 52.04398 longitude 1.89192 official name Childswickham population shire district shire county Worcestershire region West Midlands constituency westminster post town BROADWAY postcode district WR12 postcode area WR dial code os grid reference SP080372 Childswickham is a village in Worcestershire , England , situated within the flat open landscape of the Vale of Evesham , between the Bredon Hill Bredon and Cotswolds Cotswold Hills , two miles from Broadway, Worcestershire Broadway . It is an area predominantly of market gardening, arable and pasture land, with surrounding fields defined by hedgerows. Being on the edge of the North Cotswolds it has a mixture of building styles, from Cotswold limestone to red brick, to the more traditional Worcestershire black and white half timber and thatch. The earliest buildings are timber framed with wattle and daub and Cotswold limestone. The name Childswickham is believed to have derived from Child , the young son of a nobleman, wick , a clearing in the wood and ham , short for hamlet. Its history can be traced back to Roman times as coins and pottery of this era were found in fields on the old Roman road from Worcester to London which came through the village. The 15th century spire of the original Norman architecture Norman church , St Mary the Virgin, is a local landmark and can be seen for several miles. Childswickham was a part of Gloucestershire until 1931. File Childswickham Village.jpg thumb left December 2010 File Childswickham, Broadway.jpg thumb left December 2010 http www.village news.org.uk North Cotswolds Village News commonscat Worcestershire geo stub Category Villages in Worcestershire pl Childs Wickham ... more details
About the village in the Cotswolds the Iron age site in Hertfordshire The Slad File HolyTrinityChurchSlad PhilipHalling Jan2006.jpg upright thumb Holy Trinity Church, Slad br photo by Philip Halling Slad is a village in Gloucestershire , England, located in the Slad Valley, about convert 2 mi 0 from the town of Stroud, Gloucestershire Stroud . Slad is famous for being the home of Laurie Lee , who based his book Cider with Rosie on his own life in the village. The village lies in the rolling hills of the Cotswolds , and is built principally on the B4070 road from Stroud to Birdlip , which is halfway up one side of Slad Valley. The Slad Brook runs along the bottom of the valley. There is a small parish church in the village, and a small traditional pub , the Woolpack. External links http www.geograph.org.uk search.php?i 2756004 www.geograph.co.uk photos of Slad and surrounding area Coord 51 46 N 2 11 W type city region GB source openstreetmap 26952108 display title Openstreetmap coordinates 51.763825, 2.187393 linked to description village Slad in Gloucestershire found less than 1km north of middle of village Slad, ditto which is about 4km north east of town Stroud and about 12km south of city Gloucester in England, Gloucestershire External links Commons category inline Slad Category Villages in Gloucestershire Category Witch trials Category Stroud district Gloucestershire geo stub nl Slad pl Slad ... more details
Infobox Company company name Cotswold Outdoor Ltd company logo Image Cotswold outdoor logo.png company type Private limited company foundation 1974 location The Cotswolds num employees circa 1200 industry Retailer products Outdoor clothing and equipment key people Hans Falkenburg ref http www.retailwarehouseevents.com ta content.asp?id 11 Accessible Retail ref small Chief executive officer CEO small homepage http www.cotswoldoutdoor.com Cotswold Outdoor Ltd formerly Cotswold Camping , Cotswold The Outdoor People and Cotswold Essential Outdoors is primarily an adventure recreation retailer. Founded in 1974, the company originated in the Cotswolds , and was based out of a garage next to the Cotswold Water Park , from which the founders sold a range of basic camping accessories. Cotswold Outdoor is the recommended retailer for the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme and The Scout Association. Now with over 60 stores nationwide, Cotswold Outdoor has a mail order service selling outdoor clothing, camping and climbing equipment, travel and active clothing, hiking boots, adventure racing gear and much more. References References Category Retail companies of the United Kingdom ... more details
The Cotswolds are a range of hills in central England that give their name usually as a singular to Cotswold district Cotswold UK Parliament constituency Cotswold Chase , a horse race Cotswold Games , annual games in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire Cotswold Line , a railway line Morris dance , the Cotswold Morris is one of many types of morris dance Cotswold Outdoor , an adventure recreation chain of shops Cotswold Rail , a locomotive hire company Cotswold sheep Cotswold stone Cotswold Water Park Cotswold Way , a long distance footpath Severn Cotswold tomb , a type of megalithic burial Cotswold cheese, better known as Gloucester cheese . Outside England Cotswold Charlotte, NC , a neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Cotswold, Ontario , Canada disambig geo nl Cotswold tr Cotswold ... more details
The Charlbury Riverside Festival is a regular open air music festival held in the cotswolds Cotswold town of Charlbury , Oxfordshire , England on an area of watermeadow which forms an island in the river Evenlode . First held in 1996 it is the largest free festival of its type in Oxfordshire. As well as live music there are stands selling a variety of merchandise, and a beer tent. The festival did not take place in 2006 due to incidents involving the police at the previous year s event ref http archive.theoxfordtimes.net 2006 4 27 94237.html Festival cancelled Thursday 27th Apr 2006. The Oxford Times ref , but the festival made a return in 2007. References reflist External links http www.riversidefestival.charlbury.com Charlbury Riverside Festival website Category Music festivals in England ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Wolds is a term used in England to describe a range of hills which consists of open country overlying a base of limestone or chalk . There are at least two such areas, both remnants of a much larger chalk system. They are geologically a single range but are physically separated by the Humber Estuary . See Lincolnshire Wolds Yorkshire Wolds In addition there are the Cotswolds , which are a range of limestone hills in the South West of England. Coord 53.75 0.50 type mountain dim 120000 region GB display title Category Mountains and hills of England EastRiding geo stub Lincolnshire geo stub es The Wolds ... more details
Ampney St Peter is a small village and civil parish in the Cotswolds , part of the Cotswold district Cotswold of Gloucestershire , England . According to the 2001 census the parish has a population of 47. The Ampney Brook flows near the village, which is near to Ampney Crucis and Ampney St Mary , and is about four miles east of Cirencester . The village takes its name from the brook and the local church. The village is also locally known as Easington . External links Commons category inline Ampney St Peter coord 51.7116 1.8836 display title Category Villages in Gloucestershire Category Cotswold district Gloucestershire geo stub pl Ampney St Peter ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Whichford is a small village and civil parish in the south of the England English county of Warwickshire . Population Location According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 2001 census the parish had a population of 318. It is located about 15 miles south of Stratford upon Avon and is on the edge of the Cotswolds . Attractions For a village of its size Whichford has many attractions for visitors. These include the Whichford pottery, the picturesque woodland which is of special scientific interest , the Church of St. Michael and the Norman Knight pub . Whichford has a rich history and is mentioned in the Domesday Book . External links Commons category inline Whichford Coord 52.010 1.544 type city region GB WAR display title Category Villages in Warwickshire Warwickshire geo stub pl Whichford ... more details
Lake Harrison is the name given to a huge lake that in parts of the Ice Age covered much of the English Midlands Midlands in England around Warwick and Birmingham and Leicester . It was formed when ice from Wales and the north blocked the drainage and trapped a lake between the ice front and the Cotswolds . Finally the lake made two overflow courses Southeast across the Fenny Compton Gap through the River Cherwell Cherwell valley into the River Thames Thames . This course has been abandoned. Southwest. This course became permanent and is now the River Avon, Warwickshire River Avon which flows into the Severn , whereas before the Ice Age the area drained northeastwards. Category Former lakes Harrison Category Proglacial lakes ... more details
Unreferenced date May 2009 Northleach with Eastington is a civil parish in the England English county of Gloucestershire that includes the town of Northleach and the hamlet of Eastington, Cotswold Eastington , about 1 miles SE of the town. It forms part of the Cotswold district Cotswold district . References David Verey, Gloucestershire the Cotswolds , The Buildings of England edited by Nikolaus Pevsner , 2nd ed. 1979 ISBN 0 14 071040 X, p.343 coord 51 49 20 N 1 49 20 W scale 100000 display title Category Civil parishes in Gloucestershire Category Cotswold district Gloucestershire geo stub ... more details
Wikt Bow Wow Bow Wow is one of the transcriptions used in English to describe a Bark utterance dog s bark . Bow Wow may also refer to Bow Wow band , a Japanese hard rock heavy metal band Bow Wow rapper , an American rapper and actor Bow Wow Sauce , a sauce developed in the Cotswolds region of England Bow Wow Wow , a UK new wave band Bow Wow , a song by The Fiery Furnaces from their 2003 album Gallowsbird s Bark Bow Wow Blues My Mama Treat Me like a Dog , a song composed in the 1920 s by Cliff Friend & Nat Osborne dab ko ... more details
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