Horton, Gloucestershire
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 The Grade I listed church is dedicated to St James the Elder |
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| Population | 355 (2011)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | ST726822 |
| Unitary authority | South Gloucestershire |
| Ceremonial county | Gloucestershire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRISTOL |
| Postcode district | BS37 |
| Dialling code | 01454 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Avon |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Northavon |
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Coordinates: 51°33′50″N 2°20′20″W / 51.564°N 2.339°W
Horton is a village on the Cotswold Edge, in South Gloucestershire, England. It is about 2½ miles from Chipping Sodbury. The nearest settlement is Little Sodbury, about 1½ miles away; Hawkesbury Upton and Dunkirk are both 2½ miles away. It is a linear settlement built up the bank of a steep hill.
Horton Court is a stone-built manor house, now in the ownership of the National Trust. The name Horton is a common one in England. It normally derives from Old English horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil', but the historical forms of this Horton vary, including the Domesday Horedone, Hortune from 1167, and the 1291 form Heorton, the latter of which could point to Old English heort 'stag'.[2]
The Little Avon River rises near Horton Farm.
The Anglican church, St James the Elder is Grade I listed.[3]
References
- ↑ "Parish population 2011.Retrieved 19 March 2015".
- ↑ Victor Watts (ed.), The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), s.vv. HORTON Avon, HORTON COURT.
- ↑ .British Listed buildings. retrieved 26 April 2014
External links
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