Haresfield Explained

Country:England
Region:South West England
Shire County:Gloucestershire
Coordinates:51.79°N -2.271°W
Shire District:Stroud
Static Image Name:Haresfield church (geograph 3357559).jpg
Static Image Caption:St Peter's Church, Haresfield
Population:378
Population Ref:(2011 Census)
Constituency Westminster:Stroud
Post Town:Stonehouse
Postcode Area:GL
Postcode District:GL10

Haresfield is a village near Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England around one mile from Junction 12 of the M5 motorway and between the villages of Brookthorpe, Harescombe and Hardwicke. The population of the village taken at the 2011 census was 378.[1]

The Mount, a moated site to the west of the current village may have been the site of the earliest settlement.[2] The church was built nearby in the mid-12th century, while the village developed to the east.[3]

Haresfield today is a largely residential village with a pub, The Beacon Inn. The church, which is dedicated to St Peter,[4] is apart from the village itself and accessed by a public right of way on a private drive. Haresfield Court (oringinally Moat Place) was built c.1676 and enlarged in 1869 by the local architect Francis Niblett. It was converted to flats in the 1980s.[5] The village was formerly served on the Bristol and Gloucester Railway by Haresfield railway station.[6]

References

51.79°N -2.271°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parish population 2011. 29 March 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112415/https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124230&c=GL10+3EE&d=16&e=62&g=6427935&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1427651552533&enc=1. 4 March 2016. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: The Mount moated site, Haresfield. 22 April 2024.
  3. Web site: VCH Gloucestershire, volume 10: Haresfield - introduction.
  4. http://www.achurchnearyou.com/haresfield-st-peter/ St Peter, Haresfield - Gloucester
  5. Book: The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire. David. Verey. Alan. Brooks. 2002. 3. 2. 527.
  6. Book: “The” National Gazetteer:A Topographical Dictionary of the British Islands. 1868. 2. 194.