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Haresfield
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Population378 (2011 Census)
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51°47′24″N2°16′16″W / 51.790°N 2.271°W / 51.790; -2.271

Haresfield is a village near Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England around one mile from Junction 12 of the M5 motorway and between the villages of Brookthorpe, Harescombe and Hardwicke. The population of the village taken at the 2011 census was 378. [1]

The Mount, a moated site to the west of the current village may have been the site of the earliest settlement. [2] The church was built nearby in the mid-12th century, while the village developed to the east. [3]

Haresfield today is a largely residential village with a pub, The Beacon Inn. The church, which is dedicated to St Peter, [4] is apart from the village itself and accessed by a public right of way on a private drive. Haresfield Court (oringinally Moat Place) was built c.1676 and enlarged in 1869 by the local architect Francis Niblett. It was converted to flats in the 1980s. [5] The village was formerly served on the Bristol and Gloucester Railway by Haresfield railway station. [6]

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References

  1. "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  2. "The Mount moated site, Haresfield" . Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  3. "VCH Gloucestershire, volume 10: Haresfield - introduction".
  4. St Peter, Haresfield - Gloucester
  5. Verey, David; Brooks, Alan (2002). The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire. Vol. 2 (3 ed.). p. 527.
  6. “The” National Gazetteer:A Topographical Dictionary of the British Islands. Vol. 2. 1868. p. 194.

51°47′24″N2°16′16″W / 51.790°N 2.271°W / 51.790; -2.271