Yanworth
| Yanworth | |
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  Yanworth Location within Gloucestershire | |
| Population | 112 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SP0713 |
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| 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 | |
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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Location of North Cotswolds". parliament.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
External links
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Media related to Yanworth at Wikimedia Commons
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