Kingswood, Stroud District

This article is about the village near Wotton-under-Edge. For the town near Bristol, see Kingswood, South Gloucestershire.

Kingswood
Kingswood Kingswood shown within Gloucestershire
Population	1,395 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	ST746920
District	Stroud
Shire county	Gloucestershire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE
Postcode district	GL12
Dialling code	01453
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	The Cotswolds
List of places UK England Gloucestershire

Coordinates: 51°37′34″N 2°21′59″W / 51.626226°N 2.366255°W / 51.626226; -2.366255

Kingswood is a village and civil parish within the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England. It is southwest of Wotton-under-Edge and has a population of 1,290,^[1] increasing to 1,395 at the 2011 Census.^[2]

The village is located on the edge of the Cotswolds.

Kingswood was formerly a detached part of Wiltshire that was incorporated into Gloucestershire by the Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844.^[3]

Kingswood Abbey was a Cistercian abbey located on the NE edge of the village. The abbey was founded in 1139 by William Berkeley, in accordance with the wishes of his uncle, Roger II of Berkeley, and colonised from the Cistercian house at Tintern.^[4] All that survives today is the 16th century gatehouse, which is under the care of English Heritage.

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward starts in west at Kingswood and stretches east to Alderley. The total population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 2,096.^[5]

References

↑ Neighbourhood Statistics - Area: Kingswood CP (Parish) 2001 Census
↑ "Parish population 30 March 2015".
↑ , scroll to "Historical Geography"; ref. I. Gray & E. Ralph, Guide to the Parish Records of the City of Bristol and the County of Gloucester (1963)]
↑ Archives Hub profile: Kingswood Abbey
↑ "Ward population 2011.Retrieved 30 March 2015".

External links

Media related to Kingswood, Gloucestershire at Wikimedia Commons

Ceremonial county of Gloucestershire

Unitary authorities	South Gloucestershire

Boroughs or districts	Cheltenham Cotswold Forest of Dean Gloucester Stroud Tewkesbury

Major settlements	Berkeley Bradley Stoke Cheltenham Chipping Campden Chipping Sodbury Cinderford Cirencester Coleford Dursley Fairford Filton Gloucester Kingswood Lechlade Lydney Minchinhampton Mitcheldean Moreton-in-Marsh Nailsworth Newent Northleach Painswick Patchway Stonehouse Stow-on-the-Wold Stroud Tetbury Tewkesbury Thornbury Winchcombe Wotton-under-Edge Yate See also: List of civil parishes in Gloucestershire

Rivers	Bristol Avon Warwickshire Avon Bybrook Boyd Cam Chelt Churn Coln Evenlode Eye Bristol Frome Stroud Frome Hazel Brook Leach Little Avon Lyd Severn Swilgate Thames Trym Windrush Wye

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