Saintbury Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Saintbury
Static Image:Saintbury Church - geograph.org.uk - 867557.jpg
Coordinates:52.056°N -1.83°W
Population:83
Population Ref:(2011)
Shire District:Cotswold
Shire County:Gloucestershire
Region:South West England
Constituency Westminster:Cotswold
Post Town:Broadway
Postcode Area:WR
Postcode District:WR12

Saintbury is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 83.[1] Saintbury was mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086) as Suineberie.[2]

The Church of St Nicholas was built in the 13th century. It is a grade I listed building.[3] It includes a Norman south door with tympanum.[4] [3] The north door is also Norman and above it is a circular Anglo-Saxon tide dial.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 23 September 2017.
  2. http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/gloucestershire3.html#saintbury The Domesday Book online
  3. Web site: Church of St. Nicholas . National Heritage List for England . Historic England . 9 December 2020.
  4. Web site: Ross . David . Saintbury, St Nicholas Church . Britain Express . 9 December 2020.
  5. Book: Lees . Hilary . Porch and pew: Small churches of the Cotswolds . 1998 . Walnut Tree . 978-0948251924. 9.