Saintbury

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]

Saintbury
Saintbury
Location within Gloucestershire
Population83 (2011)
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBroadway
Postcode districtWR12
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament

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]

References

  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  2. The Domesday Book online
  3. "Church of St. Nicholas". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. Ross, David. "Saintbury, St Nicholas Church". Britain Express. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  5. Lees, Hilary (1998). Porch and pew: Small churches of the Cotswolds. Walnut Tree. p. 9. ISBN 978-0948251924.


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