Sapperton, Gloucestershire

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Sapperton, Gloucestershire
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Sapperton is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, located 4.7 miles west of Cirencester. It is most famous for its Sapperton Tunnels and its connection with the Cotswold Arts and Crafts Movement in the early 20th century. There are many interesting buildings in Sapperton associated with the leading designers of the Arts and Crafts movement in the area, as well as the church, primary school, a pub, and the restaurant 'The Bell at Sapperton'. The parish includes the villages of Sapperton and Frampton Mansell. The outlying hamlet of Daneway lies strictly in the parish of Bisley, but is nearer to the village of Sapperton and often considered a part of it. Sapperton is listed in the Domesday Book as 'Sapleton'.

1 Church
2 Population
3 History
4 Famous People
5 See also
6 References

[edit] Church

St. Kenelm is the parish church of Sapperton. The church was last rebuilt during Queen Anne's reign. There are two monuments, to Sir Robert Atkyns and Sir Henry Poole.

[edit] Population

1086 - 39 tenants (parish)
1801 - 351
1901 - 422
1961 - 377

[edit] History

Sir Robert Atkyns, the county historian and author of The Ancient and Present State of Glocestershire (1712), lived in the manor house of the village, now demolished, in the early 18th century. The manor was later acquired by the Bathurst family, who still own most of the village and land.

Most of the buildings in the eastern part of the village were built (or rebuilt) under the patronage of the Bathurst family in the Cotswold Arts and Crafts style. Upper Dorvel House and Beechanger, designed and built by the brothers Ernest (died 1925) and Sidney Barnsley (died 1926), and the Leasowes, built by their colleague Ernest Gimson (d. 1919) are to the north-east of the Church.

Norman Jewson (1884-1975), friend and associate of Gimson, and son-in-law to Ernest Barnsley, lived at Bachelors' Court. His memoir, By Chance I did Rove (1952; twice reprinted) of village life and his association with the Gimson circle at the turn of the twentieth century is recognised as a minor classic of Cotswold literature.