Daglingworth

Daglingworth
Daglingworth
	; Daglingworth Church of the Holy Rood
	Daglingworth Location within Gloucestershire
Population	265 (2011 Census)
District	Cotswold;
Shire county	Gloucestershire;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Cirencester
Postcode district	GL7
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	The Cotswolds;

Daglingworth is a Gloucestershire village in the valley of the River Duntisbourne, near the A417 road connecting Gloucester and Cirencester. The Church of the Holy Rood in the village is an Anglo-Saxon church with well-preserved stone carvings, including an Anglo-Saxon crucifixion tablet dating to 1015. There is also a canonical sundial on the south wall.

The name Daglingworth dates back to circa 1150. Translated literally, it means 'enclosure of the family or adherents of Dæggel or Dæccel'. (Etymology of the noun 'worth' = enclosure: Old English, worþ (weorþ), wurþ, = Old Saxon wurđ; The Oxford English Dictionary).

The population taken at the 2011 census was 265.[1]

Historically the village had 3 schools, all of which are now private houses. Daglingworth Manor School was a private school that closed in the 1970s. It was housed in Daglingworth Manor which was the historic manor house for the village. Daglingworth primary school closed in 1986. There was also a small nursery school.

In the late 19th century, George Witts made reference to Daglingworth Roman Villa:[2]

About the year 1690 the foundations of a Roman villa were discovered in the parish of Daglingworth, close to the Ermine Street, two and a half miles north-west of Cirencester. It was situated in a field called "Cave Close." I am not aware of any description of this, and am unable to give any details as to dimensions, or as to what articles of antiquity were found.

References

"Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
Bill Thayer (2006). "Archaeological Handbook of Gloucestershire - ROMAN VILLAS". Archaeological Handbook of the County of Gloucester by George Witts published by G. Norman, Clarence Street, Cheltenham, n.d. (1882?). Retrieved 15 October 2006.

External links

Daglingworth Village website

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[1] "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.

[Witts-2] Bill Thayer (2006). "Archaeological Handbook of Gloucestershire - ROMAN VILLAS". Archaeological Handbook of the County of Gloucester by George Witts published by G. Norman, Clarence Street, Cheltenham, n.d. (1882?). Retrieved 15 October 2006.