Hartpury

Hartpury

Hartpury parish church
Hartpury
Hartpury shown within Gloucestershire
Population 1,642 (2011)
OS grid reference SO799248
Civil parish
  • Hartpury
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Gloucester
Postcode district GL 19
Police Gloucestershire
Fire Gloucestershire
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament

Hartpury is a civil parish in Gloucestershire, England.[1] It has an area of about 3,500 acres (1,400 ha), about 270 homes and a population of about 700 people, increasing dramatically to 1,642 at the 2011 census[2] The village is about 5 miles (8 km) north of Gloucester. Geographically the parish is in Leadon Vale; administratively it is in the Forest of Dean. Hartpury also presents beautiful walks and strolls through the countryside. It has all the usual facilities; Post Office, a school, church and a vets. Hartpury College is based in the village. The village contains several interesting buildings including the former home of the Canning family, Hartpury House , now part of the college. Hill House , also known as The Hill, is a large timber framed house which contains a very fine 16th Century oak staircase and several plaster ceilings of the same period.

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward runs north to Corse. The total ward population at the 2011 census was 2,496.[3]

Notable people

The First World War poet F. W. Harvey was born at Marlsend, Murrell's End, Hartpury on 26 March 1888. His father was Howard Frederick Harvey, a farmer and horse dealer.

References

  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 162 Gloucester & Forest of Dean (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2011. ISBN 9780319229118.
  2. ↑ "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 27 March 2015.

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