Cutsdean is a rural village in the Cotswolds and smaller than average sized parish, a few miles east north-east of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire and the same distance south-southeast of Evesham. The River Windrush runs through the village.
| Cutsdean | |
|---|---|
 Church of St James at Cutsdean | |
  Cutsdean Location within Gloucestershire | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Cheltenham |
| Postcode district | GL54 |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
It can get so windy in the village that the locals call it “two coats Cutsdean”.
History
editThe key estates of this 1,560-acre (6.3 km2) chapelry of Bredon parish,[1] can be traced a generation or more further than typical, back to Anglo-Saxon England charters.[2] Its main estate and church were long possessions of the Worcester Priory,[3] and were part of Worcestershire until 1931, when the detached part (exclave) status was resolved; it was moved to Gloucestershire.[4] Its population was 116, across 30 households in 1901; both figures stood in 1911, unchanged.[4]
River
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The west of the parish is marked by the Windrush. It has been briefly dammed, creating a tree-lined head of water, assisting the flow below in dry weather, also allowing for some algae which help to feed fish and de-nitrify the river in its rural, relatively headwater stage.
References
edit- ^ https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/census/table/EW1911POP2_M5?u_id=10330828&show=DB
- ^ Hooke, Della (1999). Warwickshire Anglo-Saxon Charter Bounds. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 9780851157436.
- ^ "Parishes: Bredon Pages 279-292 A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 3". British History Online. Victoria County History. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Cutsdean Worcestershire". A Vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- Mark Child (10 August 2013). The Windrush Valley. Amberley Publishing Limited. pp. 29–. ISBN 978-1-4456-3161-5.
External links
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Media related to Cutsdean at Wikimedia Commons