Poulton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire, approximately 24 miles (39 km) to the south-east of Gloucester. It lies in the south of the Cotswolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. In the 2001 United Kingdom census, the parish had a population of 398, [1] increasing to 408 at the 2011 census. [2]
Poulton was listed as Poltone in the Domesday Book of 1086. [3] Historically, the village was part of the county of Wiltshire and for centuries was — physically detached from Wiltshire — an enclave in Gloucestershire. Under the Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844, Poulton finally became part of Gloucestershire. [4]
There was a parish church at Poulton by at least 1337, when the lord of the manor, Sir Thomas Seymour, endowed it with a chantry. [5] In 1348, Seymour built what became the Priory of St Mary. [5] From 1539, with the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the priory was used as Poulton's parish church. It was demolished in 1873. [5] The current parish church, dedicated to St Michael and All Angels, was built in 1873 by William Butterfield. [6]
Poulton is part of the Hampton ward [7] of the Cotswold district, currently represented by Councillor Lisa Spivey, a member of the Liberal Democrats. [8] Poulton is part of the constituency of North Cotswolds, currently represented at parliament by Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Geoffrey Clifton-Brown. [9] It was part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament prior to Britain leaving the European Union in January 2020.
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