Country: | England |
Region: | South West England |
Official Name: | Temple Guiting |
Static Image Name: | Temple Guiting church - geograph.org.uk - 5494.jpg |
Static Image Width: | 280 |
Static Image Caption: | St Mary's Church |
Shire County: | Gloucestershire |
Coordinates: | 51.95°N -53°W |
Label Position: | top |
Population: | 463 |
Population Ref: | (2011 Census) |
Civil Parish: | Temple Guiting |
Shire District: | Cotswold |
Constituency Westminster: | The Cotswolds |
Postcode District: | GL54 |
Postcode Area: | GL |
Post Town: | Cheltenham |
Temple Guiting is a village and civil parish in the Cotswolds, in Gloucestershire, England. The civil parish includes the smaller settlements of Barton, Farmcote, Ford and Kineton. In 2011 the parish had a population of 463.
The place was recorded as plain Guiting (in the form Getinge) in the Domesday Book of 1086, when it was held by Roger de Lacy.[1] In the middle of the 12th century Roger's son Gilbert de Lacy gave land here to the Knights Templar, who founded the Temple Guiting Preceptory.[2] The place then became known as Temple Guiting after the Knights Templar.
St Mary's Church dates back to the 12th century and was restored in 1884. It is a Grade I listed building. The church is part of the Benefice of the Seven Churches which also includes Guiting Power, Cutsdean, Farmcote, Lower Slaughter with Eyford, Upper Slaughter, and Naunton.[3]
Manor Farmhouse is an early 16th-century house, also a Grade I listed building.
Within the parish is Cotswolds Farm Park, privately owned by Adam Henson, a tourist attraction with 50 breeds of farm animals.