Westcote
Parish church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Westcote
St Mary the Virgin, Church Westcote
Westcote is located in Gloucestershire
Westcote
Westcote
Location within Gloucestershire
Population208 (2011 census)
Civil parish
  • Westcote
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCheltenham
Postcode districtGL54
Dialling code01451
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament

Westcote is a civil parish in the Cotswold district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. The village is about 4 miles (6 km) south-southeast of Stow-on-the-Wold, just east of the A424 road to Burford. To the south and east, the civil parish borders the parishes of Fifield and Idbury in neighbouring Oxfordshire. The population is concentrated in the two main settlements: Church Westcote, the location of the parish church, and Nether Westcote, which has a Methodist chapel and a public house. Church Westcote lies on the Diamond Way long-distance footpath, and the Oxfordshire Way passes through the north of the parish between Wyck Rissington and Bledington. In 2011 it had a population of 208.

Church Westcote

Formerly called Over Westcote,[1] Church Westcote includes the parish church of St Mary, a Grade II listed building[2] and part of the Evenlode Vale benefice of churches.[1] The church was built by the Baskerville family in the 13th century, extended in the 15th and restored in the 18th and 19th centuries.[1] Westcote Manor, a Grade II listed manor house, is at the northern end of the village.[3]

Nether Westcote

Briefly called Chapel Westcote in the past,[1] Nether Westcote includes a Grade II listed Methodist Chapel dated 1852[4] and a public house, the Feathered Nest.[5] A minor road connects the village to Idbury in Oxfordshire, a distance of less than 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "St Mary the Virgin, Westcote". Evenlode Vale Churches. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Church of St Mary (Grade II) (1154002)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  3. ↑ Historic England. "Westcote Manor and adjoining store (Grade II) (1340869)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  4. ↑ Historic England. "Wesleyan Chapel (Grade II) (1154178)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Home page". The Feathered Nest Country Inn. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  6. ↑ 163 Cheltenham & Cirencester (Map). 1:50000. Landranger. Ordnance Survey.
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