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Broadwell, Cotswold

Village in Gloucestershire, England

Summary

Village in Gloucestershire, England

FieldValue
official_nameBroadwell
static_image_nameBroadwell cottages 2 - geograph.org.uk - 1514052.jpg
static_image_captionBroadwell
coordinates
label_positionbottom
os_grid_referenceSP2027
population355
population_ref(2011 Census)
civil_parishBroadwell
shire_districtCotswold
shire_countyGloucestershire
lieutenancy_englandGloucestershire
regionSouth West England
countryEngland
post_townMoreton-in-Marsh
postcode_districtGL56
postcode_areaGL
constituency_westminsterNorth Cotswolds
websiteBroadwell Parish Council

Broadwell is a village and civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire. It is about 1.5 mi north of Stow-on-the-Wold, In the 2001 United Kingdom census, the parish had a population of 384.

History

The 1086 Domesday Book records Broadwell as a property of Evesham Abbey.

The Church of England parish church of Saint Paul was built in the 12th and 13th centuries and restored in the 1860s.

The church and churchyard contain tombs of the Chadwell family who owned Broadwell Manor from the 16th century. The manor house later passed by inheritance to Mary Chamberlayne who rebuilt it after a fire in 1757. The present 18th century manor building and the church are both Grade II* listed.

Governance

Broadwell is governed locally by a parish council. The civil parish is part of the ward of Fosseridge. the ward is represented on the Cotswold District Council by Conservative councillor David Cunningham.

Since 1992 the village has been represented in Parliament by Conservative MP Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, first within the constituency of Cirencester and Tewkesbury until 1997, The Cotswolds until 2024, and then North Cotswolds. Prior to Brexit in 2020, the area was part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament.

Demography

At the 2001 UK census, the civil parish of Broadwell had a population of 384. The 2001 population density for the ward of Fosseridge was 0.29 per hectare, with a 100 to 88.6 female-to-male ratio. The proportion of residents who classified themselves as White was 99.2%, a figure higher than those for Cotswold (98.8%), the South West (97.7%) and England (90.9%).

References

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References

  1. "Location of North Cotswolds".
  2. "Parish population 2011".
  3. "Parishes: Broadwell Pages 49-59 A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 6". Victoria County History, 1965.
  4. "The Manor House A Grade II* Listed Building in Broadwell, Gloucestershire".
  5. "Church of St Paul".
  6. "Councillor details - David Cunningham".
  7. "Area: Broadwell CP (Parish) — Parish Headcounts". Office for National Statistics.
  8. "Parishes Within Cotswold". Gloucestershire County Council.
  9. "Area: Fosseridge (Ward) — Population Density (UV02)". Office for National Statistics.
  10. "Area: Fosseridge (Ward) — Key Figures for 2001 Census: Census Area Statistics". Office for National Statistics.
  11. "Area: Fosseridge (Ward) — Ethnic Group (UV09)". Office for National Statistics.
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