Yanworth

Yanworth
Yanworth
Location within Gloucestershire
Population112 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSP0713
Civil parish
  • Yanworth
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCheltenham
Postcode districtGL54
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament

Yanworth is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England 14 miles south east of Cheltenham and 88 miles North West of London. It has a population of 300, decreasing to 112 at the 2011 census.[2] The village itself is part of the Stowell Park estate owned by Lord (Sam) Vestey. St Michael's church is set apart from the village and dates to about 1200.

Name

In the Domesday book, the village is recorded as Ieneurde and by 1162, Ianeorþe in 1162,[3] meaning either 'lamb enclosure' or 'Geana's enclosure' (orþe or worþ meaning 'enclosure').[4]

References

  1. ^ "Location of North Cotswolds". parliament.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  3. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1985). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4. ed., repr ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 542. ISBN 978-0-19-869103-7.
  4. ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2025.

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