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Gloucestershire

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Gloucestershire (formerly abbreviated as Gloucs. in print but now often as Glos.) is a county in South West England. [1]

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Amberley, Gloucestershire

Amberley, Gloucestershire is a small village near Stroud in Gloucestershire, England.

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Amy Pond

Amelia Pond, commonly known as Amy Pond, is a fictional character portrayed by Karen Gillan in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

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Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons.

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Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is an area of countryside in England, Wales or Northern Ireland which has been designated for conservation due to its significant landscape value.

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Avon (county)

Avon was, from 1974 to 1996, a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in the west of England.

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Badminton House

Badminton House is a large country house and Grade I Listed Building in Badminton, Gloucestershire, England, and has been the principal seat of the Dukes of Beaufort since the late 17th century, when the family moved from Raglan Castle, which had been ruined in the English Civil War.

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BBC Radio Gloucestershire

BBC Radio Gloucestershire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Gloucestershire, which started on 3 October 1988.

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BBC West

BBC West is the BBC English Region serving Bristol, the majority of Wiltshire, northern and eastern Somerset, the majority of Gloucestershire and northern Dorset.

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BBC West Midlands

BBC Midlands is the BBC English Region producing local television, radio, web and teletext content for Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, the West Midlands, and Worcestershire.

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Berkeley Castle

Berkeley Castle (historically sometimes spelt Berkley Castle or Barkley Castle) is a castle in the town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, UK.

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Berkeley, Gloucestershire

Berkeley is a small town and parish in Gloucestershire, England.

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Beverston Castle

Beverston Castle, also known as Beverstone Castle or Tetbury Castle, was constructed as a medieval stone fortress in the village of Beverston, Gloucestershire, England.

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Bishop's Cleeve

Bishop's Cleeve is a village in the Borough of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, North of Cheltenham.

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Brimpsfield

Brimpsfield is a village in Gloucestershire, England.

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Bristol

Bristol is a city and county in South West England with a population of 456,000.

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Bristol Built-up Area

The Bristol Built-Up Area is a term used by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to refer to a conurbation in based around the city of Bristol, in South West England.

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Brockworth, Gloucestershire

Brockworth is a village in Gloucestershire, England, situated on the old Roman road that connects the City of Gloucester with Barnwood, Hucclecote and Cirencester.

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Butterflies (TV series)

Butterflies is a British sitcom series written by Carla Lane that was broadcast on BBC2 from 1978 to 1983.

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Calcot Manor

Calcot Manor is a historic building in Calcot, three and a half miles west of Tetbury on A 4135 in Gloucestershire, England, near the junction of roads A46 and A4135 (National Grid Reference ST 841180 94891).

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Cardinal (Catholic Church)

A cardinal (Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae cardinalis, literally Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church) is a senior ecclesiastical leader, considered a Prince of the Church, and usually an ordained bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Catherine Parr

Catherine Parr (alternatively spelled Katherine, Katheryn or Katharine, signed 'Katheryn the Quene KP') was Queen of England and Ireland (1543–47) as the last of the six wives of King Henry VIII, and the final queen consort of the House of Tudor.

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Ceremonial counties of England

The ceremonial counties, also referred to as the lieutenancy areas of England, are areas of England to which a Lord Lieutenant is appointed.

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Chavenage House

Chavenage House is an Elizabethan era house northwest of Tetbury, in the Cotswolds area of Gloucestershire, England.

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Cheltenham

Cheltenham, also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a regency spa town and borough which is located on the edge of the Cotswolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Gloucestershire, England.

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Cheltenham College

Cheltenham College is a co-educational independent school, located in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.

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Cheltenham Ladies' College

Cheltenham Ladies' College is an independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11 to 18 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.

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Cheltenham Town F.C.

Cheltenham Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.

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Chepstow

Chepstow (Cas-gwent) is a town in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining the border with Gloucestershire, England.

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Chipping Campden

Chipping Campden is a small market town in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England.

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Chipping Sodbury

Chipping Sodbury is a market town in the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire, south-west England, founded in the 12th century by William Crassus (or le Gros).

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Cider with Rosie

Cider with Rosie is a 1959 book by Laurie Lee (published in the US as Edge of Day: Boyhood in the West of England, 1960).

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Cinderford

Cinderford is a small town on the eastern fringe of the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England, which had a population of 8,494 at the 2011 census.

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Cirencester

Cirencester (see below for more variations) is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, west northwest of London.

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Cirencester College

Cirencester College is a sixth form college with its main campus situated on the outskirts of Cirencester, Gloucestershire.

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City status in the United Kingdom

City status in the United Kingdom is granted by the monarch of the United Kingdom to a select group of communities:, there are 69 cities in the United Kingdom – 51 in England, six in Wales, seven in Scotland and five in Northern Ireland.

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Clearwell Caves

Clearwell Caves, at Clearwell in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, is a natural cave system which has been extensively mined for iron ore.

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Coleford, Gloucestershire

Coleford is a small market town in the west of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, two miles east of the Welsh border and close to the Wye Valley.

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Community radio

Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting.

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Companion (Doctor Who)

In the long-running BBC television science fiction programme Doctor Who and related works, the term "companion" refers to a character who travels with, or shares the adventures of the Doctor.

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Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake

The Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake is an annual event held on the Spring Bank Holiday at Cooper's Hill, near Gloucester in England.

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Cotswold District

Cotswold is a local government district in Gloucestershire in England.

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Cotswold Olimpick Games

The Cotswold Olimpick Games is an annual public celebration of games and sports now held on the Friday after Spring Bank Holiday near Chipping Campden, in the Cotswolds of England.

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Cotswolds

The Cotswolds is an area in south central England containing the Cotswold Hills, a range of rolling hills which rise from the meadows of the upper Thames to an escarpment, known as the Cotswold Edge, above the Severn Valley and Evesham Vale.

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Counties of England

The counties of England are areas used for the purposes of administrative, geographical, cultural or political demarcation.

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County town

A county town in Great Britain or Ireland is usually, but not always, the location of administrative or judicial functions within the county.

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Custos Rotulorum of Gloucestershire

This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Gloucestershire.

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Dean Close School

Dean Close School is a co-educational day and boarding public school in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.

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Dean Forest Railway

The Dean Forest Railway is a long heritage railway that runs between Lydney and Parkend in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.

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Decapitation

Decapitation is the complete separation of the head from the body.

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Deerhurst

Deerhurst is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, about southwest of Tewkesbury.

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Die Another Day

Die Another Day is a 2002 British spy film, the twentieth film in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, as well as the fourth and final film to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond.

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Dinah Craik

Dinah Maria Craik (born Dinah Maria Mulock, also often credited as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik) (20 April 182612 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet.

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Diocese of Gloucester

The Diocese of Gloucester is a Church of England diocese based in Gloucester, covering the non-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire.

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science-fiction television programme produced by the BBC since 1963.

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Duke of Beaufort

Duke of Beaufort, a title in the Peerage of England, was created by Charles II in 1682 for Henry Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Worcester, a descendant of Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, legitimized son of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset, a Lancastrian leader in the Wars of the Roses.

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Dursley

Dursley is a market town and civil parish in southern Gloucestershire, England, situated almost equidistantly between the cities of Bristol and Gloucester.

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Dymock

Dymock is a village and civil parish in the Forest of Dean district of Gloucestershire, England, about four miles south of Ledbury.

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Dyrham Park

Dyrham Park is a baroque country house in an ancient deer park near the village of Dyrham in South Gloucestershire, England.

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Edward Jenner

Edward Jenner, FRS FRCPE (17 May 1749 – 26 January 1823) was an English physician and scientist who was the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine.

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Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham

Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (3 February 1478 – 17 May 1521) was an English nobleman.

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English Gothic architecture

English Gothic is an architectural style originating in France, before then flourishing in England from about 1180 until about 1520.

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Fairford

Fairford is a small town in Gloucestershire, England.

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Forest of Dean

The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of Gloucestershire, England.

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Forest of Dean District

Forest of Dean is a local government district in Gloucestershire, England, named after the Forest of Dean.

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Forest of Dean Radio

Forest of Dean Radio was a community radio station in Gloucestershire.

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Frenchay

Frenchay is a village and suburb of Bristol, England, to the north east of the city, but located mainly in South Gloucestershire and the Civil Parish of Winterbourne.

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Gatcombe Park

Gatcombe Park is the country residence of Anne, Princess Royal between the villages of Minchinhampton and Avening in Gloucestershire, England.

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Gloucester

Gloucester is a city and district in Gloucestershire, England, of which it is the county town.

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Gloucester Cathedral

Gloucester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity, in Gloucester, England, stands in the north of the city near the River Severn.

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Gloucester cattle

Gloucester cattle are a breed of dairy and beef cattle originating from Gloucestershire and surrounding areas in the West Country of England.

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Gloucester cheese

Gloucester is a traditional, semi-hard cheese which has been made in Gloucestershire, England, since the 16th century, at one time made only with the milk of the once nearly extinct Gloucester cattle.

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Gloucester Citizen

The Gloucester Citizen was, until going weekly in October 2017, a six-day-a-week newspaper in the county of Gloucestershire, England.

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Gloucester FM

Gloucester FM (which describes itself on air exclusively as GFM) is a community radio station in Gloucestershire.

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Gloucester Rugby

Gloucester Rugby are an English professional rugby union club based in the West Country city of Gloucester.

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Gloucester–Newport line

The Gloucester–Newport line is a railway line that runs along the west bank of the River Severn in the United Kingdom between Gloucester and Newport.

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Gloucestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

The constituency of Gloucestershire was a UK Parliamentary constituency.

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Gloucestershire College

Gloucestershire College abbreviated GC or Gloscol is a college of further and higher education in the county of Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.

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Gloucestershire Constabulary

Gloucestershire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the non-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire in England (South Gloucestershire is covered by Avon and Somerset Constabulary).

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Gloucestershire County Council

Gloucestershire County Council is a county council which administers the most strategic local government services in the non-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire, in the South West of England.

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Gloucestershire County Cricket Club

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.

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Gloucestershire Echo

The Gloucestershire Echo was, until going weekly with its October 12 2017 issue, a six-day-a-week daily newspaper produced by Gloucestershire Media, part of Local World.

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Gloucestershire Old Spots

The Gloucestershire Old Spots (also "Gloucester, Gloucester Old Spot, Gloucestershire Old Spot" or simply "Old Spots") is an English breed of pig which is predominantly white with black spots.

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Gloucestershire Police and Crime Commissioner

The Gloucestershire Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner, an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Gloucestershire Police in the English County of Gloucestershire.

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Gloucestershire Regiment

The Gloucestershire Regiment, commonly referred to as the Glosters, was a line infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 until 1994.

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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway

The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWR, GWSR or Gloucs-Warks Steam Railway) is a volunteer-run heritage railway which runs along the Gloucestershire/Worcestershire border of the Cotswolds, England.

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Great Witcombe Roman Villa

Great Witcombe Roman Villa was a villa built during the Roman occupation of Britain.

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Gross value added

In economics, gross value added (GVA) is the measure of the value of goods and services produced in an area, industry or sector of an economy.

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Hailes Abbey

Hailes Abbey is two miles northeast of Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England.

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Harry Potter (film series)

Harry Potter is a British-American film series based on the Harry Potter novels by author J. K. Rowling.

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Hartpury

Hartpury is a civil parish in Gloucestershire, England.

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Hartpury College

Hartpury College and Hartpury University Centre offer further education, higher education and professional qualifications.

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Heart Gloucestershire

Heart Gloucestershire (formerly Severn Sound) is a local radio station owned and operated by Global Radio as part of the Heart network.

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Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 1509 until his death.

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Herefordshire

Herefordshire is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council.

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High School for Girls, Gloucester

The High School for Girls is a girls' grammar school with academy status on Denmark Road, Gloucester.

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High Sheriff of Gloucestershire

This is a list of Sheriffs and High Sheriffs of Gloucestershire, who should not be confused with the sheriffs of the City of Gloucester.

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Highgrove House

Highgrove House is the family residence of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, situated south west of Tetbury in Gloucestershire, England.

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Historic counties of England

The historic counties of England are areas that were established for administration by the Normans, in many cases based on earlier kingdoms and shires created by the Anglo-Saxons and others.

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Historic England Archive

The Historic England Archive is the public archive of Historic England, located in The Engine House on Fire Fly Avenue in Swindon, formerly part of the Swindon Works of the Great Western Railway.

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Hot Fuzz

Hot Fuzz is a 2007 action comedy film directed by Edgar Wright, written by Wright and Simon Pegg, and starring Pegg and Nick Frost.

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House of Tudor

The House of Tudor was an English royal house of Welsh origin, descended in the male line from the Tudors of Penmynydd.

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ITV West Country

ITV West Country, formerly known as ITV Westcountry and ITV West, was (until 31 December 2013) a non-franchise ITV regional station covering South West England and incorporating the ITV West ('East') and ITV Westcountry regions.

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Janet Trotter

Dame Janet Olive Trotter DBE CVO (born 29 October 1943) is an academic and administrator in higher education; she helped found the University of Gloucestershire in 2001, becoming its first Vice-Chancellor in the same year.

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John Halifax, Gentleman

John Halifax, Gentleman is a novel by Dinah Craik, first published in 1856.

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K-9 and Company

K-9 and Company was a proposed television spin-off of the original programme run of Doctor Who (1963–1989).

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Kemble, Gloucestershire

Kemble is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England.

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Kingswood Abbey

Kingswood Abbey was a Cistercian abbey, located in the village of Kingswood near Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England.

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Laurie Lee

Laurence Edward Alan "Laurie" Lee, MBE (26 June 1914 – 13 May 1997) was an English poet, novelist and screenwriter, who was brought up in the small village of Slad in Gloucestershire.

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Lechlade

Lechlade, or Lechlade-on-Thames, is a town at the southern edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England, 55 miles (89 km) south of Birmingham and 68 miles (109 km) west of London.

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List of hills of Gloucestershire

This is a list of hills in Gloucestershire.

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List of Parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire

The county of Gloucestershire is divided into 6 Parliamentary constituencies - 2 Borough constituencies and 4 County constituencies.

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List of people from Gloucestershire

A list of notable people from the county of Gloucestershire.

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Local World

Local World Holdings Ltd. is a large regional newspaper publisher in the UK that publishes around 100 print titles and more than 70 websites.

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Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire.

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Lydney

Lydney is a small town and civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire.

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Market town

Market town or market right is a legal term, originating in the Middle Ages, for a European settlement that has the right to host markets, distinguishing it from a village and city.

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Marling School

Marling School is a grammar school with academy status for boys located in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England.

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Minchinhampton

Minchinhampton is an ancient market town, located on a hilltop, south-south-east of Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, in the Cotswolds.

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Mitcheldean

Mitcheldean is a small town in the east of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England.

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Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) is a county in south east Wales.

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Moreton-in-Marsh

Moreton-in-Marsh is a town civil parish in northeastern Gloucestershire, England.

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Nailsworth

Nailsworth is a town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, lying in one of the Stroud Valleys in the Cotswolds, on the A46 road, south of Stroud.

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Nether Lypiatt Manor

Nether Lypiatt Manor is a compact, neo-Classical manor house in the mainly rural parish of Thrupp, near Stroud in Gloucestershire.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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Newark Park

Newark Park is a Grade I listed country house of Tudor origins located near the village of Ozleworth, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire.

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Newent

Newent (originally called "Noent") is a small market town and civil parish about north west of Gloucester in Gloucestershire, England.

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Newsquest

Newsquest Media Group Ltd. is the second largest publisher of regional and local newspapers in the United Kingdom with 205 brands across the UK, publishing online and in print (165 newspaper brands and 40 magazine brands).

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North Cotswold Community Radio

North Cotswold Community Radio is a non-profit community internet radio station serving primarily the North Cotswolds and the surrounding area in west-central England.

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Northleach

Northleach is a market town in Northleach with Eastington civil parish in Gloucestershire, England.

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Office for National Statistics

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department which reports directly to the UK Parliament.

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Owlpen Manor

Owlpen Manor is a Tudor Grade I listed manor house of the Mander family, situated in the village of Owlpen in the Stroud district in Gloucestershire, England.

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Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Oxonium, the Latin name for Oxford) is a county in South East England.

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Painswick

Painswick is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England.

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Palace

A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence, or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop.

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Parish church

A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish.

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Pate's Grammar School

Pate's Grammar School is a grammar school academy status located in the Hesters Way area Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.

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Quedgeley

Quedgeley is a suburban town 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southwest of the city of Gloucester, England.

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Radio Winchcombe

Radio Winchcombe is an English local community radio station which broadcasts to Winchcombe and the surrounding areas.

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Ribston Hall High School

Ribston Hall High School is a selective grammar school with academy status in Gloucester, England, for girls between the ages of 11 and 18.

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Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall

Richard (5 January 1209 – 2 April 1272), second son of John, King of England, was the nominal Count of Poitou (1225-1243), Earl of Cornwall (from 1225) and King of Germany (from 1257).

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River Leadon

The River Leadon is a river in Herefordshire and Gloucestershire, England, a tributary of the River Severn.

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River Severn

The River Severn (Afon Hafren, Sabrina) is a river in the United Kingdom.

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River Song (Doctor Who)

River Song is a fictional character created by Steven Moffat and played by Alex Kingston in the British science-fiction series Doctor Who.

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River Thames

The River Thames is a river that flows through southern England, most notably through London.

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Rodmarton Manor

Rodmarton Manor is a large country house, in Rodmarton, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire, built for the Biddulph family.

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Rory Williams

Rory Williams is a fictional character portrayed by Arthur Darvill in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

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Royal Agricultural University

The Royal Agricultural University or RAU (previously known as the Royal Agricultural College or RAC) is a university located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, UK.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force.

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Royal Forest of Dean College

Royal Forest of Dean College was a college of further education located close to the town of Coleford, in the Forest of Dean in west Gloucestershire.

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Royal Gloucestershire Hussars

The Royal Gloucestershire Hussars was a volunteer yeomanry regiment which, in the 20th century, became part of the British Army Reserve.

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Samuel Rudder

Samuel Rudder (c. 1726 – 15 March 1801)Nicholas Herbert, ‘Rudder, Samuel (bap. 1726, d. 1801)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 was a Gloucestershire topographer, printer and antiquarian who was born at Uley and baptised 5 December 1726.

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Severn bore

The Severn bore is a tidal bore seen on the tidal reaches of the River Severn in south western England.

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Simon Pegg

Simon John Pegg (né Beckingham; born 14 February 1970) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer.

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Sir Thomas Rich's School

Sir Thomas Rich's School is a grammar school with academy status for boys (aged 11–18) and girls (aged 16–18, in the sixth form) in Longlevens, Gloucester, England, locally known as "Tommies".

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Sixth form college

A sixth form college is an educational institution in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Belize, the Caribbean, Malta, Norway, Brunei, and Malaysia, among others, where students aged 16 to 19 typically study for advanced school-level qualifications, such as A-levels, Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) and the International Baccalaureate Diploma, or school-level qualifications such as General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) examinations.

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Snowshill Manor

Snowshill Manor is a National Trust property located in the village of Snowshill, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.

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Somerset

Somerset (or archaically, Somersetshire) is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west.

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South Gloucestershire

South Gloucestershire is a unitary authority area in South West England.

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South Gloucestershire and Stroud College

This article is about South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (SGS) made up of the former Filton and Stroud colleges. South Gloucestershire and Stroud College, also known as SGS College is a college of further education and higher education based in South Gloucestershire and Stroud, England.

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South Gloucestershire Council

South Gloucestershire Council is the local authority of South Gloucestershire, a unitary authority in the South West of England region.

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South West England

South West England is one of nine official regions of England.

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Southam, Gloucestershire

Southam is a village in Gloucestershire, England, located on the outskirts of Cheltenham.

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Stained glass

The term stained glass can refer to coloured glass as a material or to works created from it.

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Stanway House

Stanway House is a Jacobean manor house, located near the village of Stanway in Gloucestershire, England.

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Stonehouse, Gloucestershire

Stonehouse is a town in the Stroud District of Gloucestershire in southwestern England.

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Stow-on-the-Wold

Stow-on-the-Wold is a small market town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England.

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Stroud

Stroud is a market town and civil parish in the centre of Gloucestershire, England.

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Stroud District

Stroud is a local government district in Gloucestershire, England.

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Stroud High School

Stroud High School (SHS) is a grammar school with academy status for girls aged 11 to 18 located in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England.

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Stroud News & Journal

The Stroud News & Journal is a weekly paid-for newspaper based in Stroud, Gloucestershire.

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Sudeley Castle

Sudeley Castle is located in the Cotswolds near Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England.

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Survivors (1975 TV series)

Survivors is a British post-apocalyptic fiction drama television series created by Terry Nation and produced by Terence Dudley at the BBC, that broadcast from 1975 to 1977.

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Tetbury

Tetbury is a small town and civil parish within the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England.

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Tewkesbury

Tewkesbury is a town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England.

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Tewkesbury Abbey

The Abbey Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tewkesbury, (commonly known as Tewkesbury Abbey), in the English county of Gloucestershire, is a parish church and a former Benedictine monastery.

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Tewkesbury Borough

Tewkesbury Borough is a local government district and borough in Gloucestershire, England.

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Tewkesbury Medieval Festival

The Tewkesbury Medieval Festival is a medieval fair held over the second weekend of every July near the town of Tewkesbury, United Kingdom.

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The Breeze (Cheltenham & North Gloucestershire)

The Breeze - Cheltenham and North Gloucestershire is a UK radio station based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire in England.

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The Crypt School

The Crypt School is a grammar school with academy status for boys and girls located in the city of Gloucester.

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Thomas Wolsey

Thomas Wolsey (c. March 1473 – 29 November 1530; sometimes spelled Woolsey or Wulcy) was an English churchman, statesman and a cardinal of the Catholic Church.

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Thornbury Castle

Thornbury Castle is a castle in Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, England.

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Thornbury, Gloucestershire

Thornbury is a market town and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district of the county of Gloucestershire, England, about 12 miles (19 km) north of Bristol.

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Tyndale Monument

Tyndale Monument The Tyndale Monument is a tower built on a hill at North Nibley, Gloucestershire, England.

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Unitary authority

A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national government.

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University of Gloucestershire

The University of Gloucestershire is a public university based in Gloucestershire, England.

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University of the West of England, Bristol

The University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE Bristol) is a public university, located in and around Bristol, England, which received university status in 1992.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Warwickshire

Warwickshire (abbreviated Warks) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands of England.

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West Country English

West Country English is one of the English language varieties and accents used by much of the native population of South West England, the area sometimes popularly known as the West Country.

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Westbury Court Garden

Westbury Court Garden is a Dutch water garden in Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire, England, southwest of Gloucester.

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Western Daily Press

The Western Daily Press is a regional newspaper covering parts of South West England, mainly Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Somerset as well as the metropolitan areas of Bath and North East Somerset and the Bristol area.

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Wild boar

The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine,Heptner, V. G.; Nasimovich, A. A.; Bannikov, A. G.; Hoffman, R. S. (1988), Volume I, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Libraries and National Science Foundation, pp.

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Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a county in South West England with an area of.

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Winchcombe

Winchcombe is a Cotswold town in the local authority district of Tewkesbury, in Gloucestershire, England.

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Winifred Foley

Winifred Mary Foley (born Winifred Mason, 25 July 1914, Brierley, Gloucestershire, died 21 March 2009, Cheltenham) was an English writer, known best for her autobiographical account of her childhood in the Forest of Dean.

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Woodchester Mansion

Woodchester Mansion is an unfinished, Gothic revival mansion house in Woodchester Park near Nympsfield in Woodchester, Gloucestershire, England.

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Worcestershire

Worcestershire (written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England.

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Wotton-under-Edge

Wotton-under-Edge is a market town within the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England.

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WWT Slimbridge

WWT Slimbridge is a wetland wildlife reserve near Slimbridge in Gloucestershire, England.

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Wye Valley

The Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB; Dyffryn Gwy) is an internationally important protected landscape straddling the border between England and Wales.

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Yate

Yate is a commuter town and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England, at the southwest extremity of the Cotswold Hills, 12 miles (19.3 km) northeast of Bristol city centre and 98 miles (160 km) due west of London.

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2007 United Kingdom floods

A series of destructive floods occurred in parts of the United Kingdom during the summer of 2007.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloucestershire

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