Hartpury

Human settlement in England

Hartpury

Hartpury parish church

Hartpury

Location within Gloucestershire

Population| 1,642 (2011)
OS grid reference| SO799248
Civil parish|

* Hartpury

District|

* Forest of Dean

Shire county|

* Gloucestershire

Region|

* South West

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| Gloucester
Postcode district| GL 19
Police| Gloucestershire
Fire| Gloucestershire
Ambulance| South Western
UK Parliament|

* Forest of Dean

List of places

England
Gloucestershire

51°55′40″N 2°17′51″W﻿ / ﻿51.92765°N 2.29743°W﻿ / 51.92765; -2.29743Coordinates: 51°55′40″N 2°17′51″W﻿ / ﻿51.92765°N 2.29743°W﻿ / 51.92765; -2.29743

Hartpury is a civil parish in Gloucestershire, England.[1] It has an area of about 3,500 acres (1,400 ha), about 270 homes and a population of about 700 people, increasing to 1,642 at the 2011 census.[2] The village is about 5 miles (8 km) north of Gloucester. Geographically the parish is in Leadon Vale; administratively it is in the Forest of Dean. The Hartpury University and Hartpury College campus is based in the village.

## Governance[edit]

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward runs north to Corse. The total ward population at the 2011 census was 2,496.[3]

## Architecture[edit]

The village has several interesting buildings including the former home of the Canning family, Hartpury House, now part of the college.[citation needed] Hill House, also known as The Hill, is a large timber-framed house which contains a sixteenth-century oak staircase and several plaster ceilings of the same period. The village hall was built in 2013 and won a design award from the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE).[4][better source needed]

## Notable people[edit]

The First World War poet F. W. Harvey was born at Marlsend, Murrell's End, Hartpury on 26 March 1888. His father was Howard Frederick Harvey, a farmer and horse dealer. 3 times National Hunt champion jockey Terry Biddlecombe was born at Hartpury Court in 1941.[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 162 Gloucester & Forest of Dean (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2011. ISBN 9780319229118.
2. ^ "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
3. ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 27 March 2015.
4. ^ "Hartpury Village Hall | Village Hall for Hire in Hartpury". www.hartpuryvillagehall.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
5. ^ Biddlecombe, Terry (1982). Winner's Disclosure. Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd. p. 11\. ISBN 0-09-147550-3.

## External links[edit]

Media related to Hartpury at Wikimedia Commons

* Hartpury Parish Council
* Hartpury Primary School

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