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Broadwell, Cotswold

Coordinates: 51°56′53″N 1°42′11″W / 51.948°N 1.703°W / 51.948; -1.703
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Broadwell
Broadwell
Broadwell is located in Gloucestershire
Broadwell
Broadwell
Location within Gloucestershire
Population355 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSP2027
Civil parish
  • Broadwell
District
Shire county
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMoreton-in-Marsh
Postcode districtGL56
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
WebsiteBroadwell Parish Council
List of places
UK
England
Gloucestershire
51°56′53″N 1°42′11″W / 51.948°N 1.703°W / 51.948; -1.703

Broadwell is a village and civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire. It is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Stow-on-the-Wold, In the 2001 United Kingdom census, the parish had a population of 384.[2] decreasing to 355 at the 2011 census.[3]

History

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The 1086 Domesday Book records Broadwell as a property of Evesham Abbey.[4]

The Church of England parish church of Saint Paul was built in the 12th and 13th centuries and restored in the 1860s.[5]

The church and churchyard contain tombs of the Chadwell family who owned Broadwell Manor from the 16th century.[4] 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.[6][7]

Governance

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Broadwell is governed locally by a parish council. The civil parish is part of the ward of Fosseridge. As of 2025 the ward is represented on the Cotswold District Council by Conservative councillor David Cunningham.[8]

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.[9]

Demography

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At the 2001 UK census, the civil parish of Broadwell had a population of 384.[2] The 2001 population density for the ward of Fosseridge was 0.29 per hectare, with a 100 to 88.6 female-to-male ratio.[10][11] 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%).[12]

References

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Footnotes
  1. ^ "Location of North Cotswolds". parliament.uk. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Area: Broadwell CP (Parish) — Parish Headcounts", Neighbourhood Statistics, Office for National Statistics, archived from the original on 10 September 2012, retrieved 30 July 2011
  3. ^ "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Parishes: Broadwell Pages 49-59 A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 6". British History Online. Victoria County History, 1965. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  5. ^ Verey 1970, p. 136.
  6. ^ "The Manor House A Grade II* Listed Building in Broadwell, Gloucestershire". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Church of St Paul". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  8. ^ "Councillor details - David Cunningham". meetings.cotswold.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  9. ^ "Parishes Within Cotswold", gloucestershire.gov.uk, Gloucestershire County Council, archived from the original on 20 March 2012, retrieved 30 July 2011
  10. ^ "Area: Fosseridge (Ward) — Population Density (UV02)", Neighbourhood Statistics, Office for National Statistics, archived from the original on 10 September 2012, retrieved 30 July 2011
  11. ^ "Area: Fosseridge (Ward) — Key Figures for 2001 Census: Census Area Statistics", Neighbourhood Statistics, Office for National Statistics, archived from the original on 10 September 2012, retrieved 30 July 2011
  12. ^ "Area: Fosseridge (Ward) — Ethnic Group (UV09)", Neighbourhood Statistics, Office for National Statistics, archived from the original on 10 September 2012, retrieved 30 July 2011
Sources
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