Dorn, Gloucestershire

Human settlement in England

Dorn

Dorn

Location within Gloucestershire

OS grid reference| SP206340
Civil parish|

* Batsford

District|

* Cotswold

Shire county|

* Gloucestershire

Region|

* South West

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| Moreton-in-Marsh
Postcode district| GL56
Dialling code| 01386
Police| Gloucestershire
Fire| Gloucestershire
Ambulance| South Western
UK Parliament|

* North Cotswolds[1]

List of places

England
Gloucestershire

52°00′14″N 1°42′07″W﻿ / ﻿52.004°N 1.702°W﻿ / 52.004; -1.702

Dorn is a hamlet in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is about 1 mile north of Moreton-in-Marsh.

Dorn lies on the west side of the Fosse Way, and there was a small Roman town here. The Roman site was the largest of five defended small towns on the line of the Fosse Way between Cirencester and Lincoln.[2] It is the site of the annual Moreton-in-Marsh Agricultural Show,[3] held on the first Saturday in September on part of the site of the Roman town. The railway line to Worcester runs alongside the show ground, and at Dorn reaches the highest point between Oxford and Worcester. This is also the Thames/Severn watershed.

Dorn was one of the lands mentioned in King Edgar's Charter to the church at Worcester in 972. It was apparently included in the manor of Blockley in 1086, and became part of the parish of Blockley and therefore part of Worcestershire until 1931, when Blockley was transferred to Gloucestershire.[4] In 1935 Dorn was transferred from the civil parish of Blockley to the civil parish of Batsford.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "Location of North Cotswolds". parliament.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
2. ^ Historic England. "Dorn Roman Town (332841)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 4 September 2020.
3. ^ "Moreton-in-Marsh Show". moretonshow.co.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
4. ^ "Parishes: Blockley". A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 3. Victoria County History. 1913. pp. 265–276. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
5. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Batsford AP/CP. Retrieved 4 September 2020.