Turkdean

Turkdean
Turkdean  Turkdean shown within Gloucestershire
Civil parish	Turkdean
District	Cotswold
Shire county	Gloucestershire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CHELTENHAM
Postcode district	GL54
Dialling code	01451
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Cotswold
List of places UK England Gloucestershire

Coordinates: 51°51′24″N 1°50′41″W / 51.8568°N 1.8447°W

Turkdean is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, approximately 30 km (20 mi) to the east of Gloucester. It lies in the Cotswolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

History

Turkdean was recorded as Turcandene in the 8th century and was listed as Turchedene or Turghedene in the Domesday Book of 1086.^[1][2] It derives from the Old English for "valley (denu) of a river called Turce", with Turce or Twrch being a lost Celtic river name, possibly meaning boar.^[1][3]

Governance

Turkdean is part of the Sandywell ward of the district of Cotswold, represented by Councillor Robin Hughes, a member of the Conservative Party.^[4][5] Turkdean is part of the constituency of Cotswold, represented at parliament by Conservative MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown.^[6] It is part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament.

Geography

Turkdean is in the county of Gloucestershire and lies within the Cotswolds, a range of hills designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is approximately 30 km (20 mi) to the east of Gloucester. It is approximately 21 km (13 mi) east of its post town Cheltenham and about 8 km (5 mi) south-west of Bourton-on-the-Water. The southeastern boundary follows the route of the Roman road the Fosse Way.^[3] Nearby villages include Cold Aston, Hazleton, Clapton, Farmington and Hampnett.

In popular culture

In the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark, Harrison Ford's character, archaeologist Indiana Jones mentions the neolithic barrow at Turkdean, near Hazleton, during a lecture.^[7] There are two Neolithic long barrows at Hazleton, one of which was excavated over three summer seasons between 1980-1982.^[8]

The Channel 4 archaeological television series Time Team made two visits, in 1997 (Time Time Live 1997, repackaged as series 5 episode 4) and 1998 (series 6 episode 9), to excavate a nearby Roman villa site (not the neolithic barrows).^{[9][10][11][12][13]}

References

1. Mills, A. D. (1998). Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford University Press. p. 354. ISBN 0-19-280074-4.
2. "Turkdean". Domesday Book. The National Archives. 1086. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
3. Herbert, N. M. (2001), "Parishes: Turkdean", A History of the County of Gloucester: volume 9, pp. 217–233, retrieved 25 January 2010
4. "Member's Details — Mr Robin Lawrence Hughes". Cotswold District Council. 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
5. "Cotswold — Find your councillor". Cotswold District Council. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
6. "Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP". Official site. 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
7. "Indiana Jones: The Gloucestershire Connection". BBC. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
8. http://www.archaeologyuk.org/ba/ba72/column2.shtml
9. "Time Team Live 1997". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 23 January 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
10. "Time Team: The 98 series — Programme 4: Turkdean, Gloucestershire". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
11. "Turkdean, Gloucestershire 28 February 1999". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 29 September 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
12. "Time Team Series 5". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
13. "Time Team Series 6". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.

External links

Media related to Turkdean at Wikimedia Commons