| Rendcomb | |
|---|---|
 St Peter's Church, Rendcomb | |
| OS grid reference | SP0209 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Cirencester |
| Postcode district | GL7 |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Rendcomb is a village in the Cotswold local authority area of the English county of Gloucestershire. It is about five miles north of Cirencester in the Churn Valley.
Rendcomb is thought to get its name from the stream running through the small valley or coomb which lies south of the village. The stream which flows into the Churn, was called Hrindan Broc in 852 AD, with the modern name of Rendcomb deriving from Hrindan + coomb. [2]
In 1086 a total of 39 inhabitants of Rendcomb and Eycot was recorded in the Domesday Book as part of Rapsgate Hundred. By 1563, there were 12 households in Rendcomb. [2] The existence of Rendomb Park estate was recorded in 1544, and by the 1670s it consisted of 250 acres. [2]
During the Middle Ages, Rendcomb manor was the property of the earls of Gloucester and owned by their knights including the de la Mare family. In 1503, the manor was sold to Edmund Tame of Fairford, son of John Tame. [2] Sir Richard Berkley was the owner in 1564 who invited Elizabeth I to the manor house in 1592. [2] It later came into the possession the MP Sir Christopher Guise. [2] In 1864, the manor was sold to Sir Francis Goldsmid, MP for Reading. Soon after 1914, the estate had multiple owners and had essentially disintegrated. [2]
St Peter's church dates from the 16th century. It was restored by Frederick R. Kempson in 1895.
The diplomat Thomas Roe was living at Rendcomb in 1608. In 1641, Sir Maurice Berkeley and Richard Berkeley of Rendcomb were fined by Parliament for supporting the Royalist cause in the English Civil War, but were spared having their estates seized. [3]
About 1773, the lord of the manor, Sir William Guise, improved access from the village to Cirencester by building a new road. [2]
Sir Berkeley Guise funded a charity school at Rendcomb from 1808.
In the mid 1860s, Sir Francis Goldsmid rebuilt the manor-house, Rendcomb Park, and made some improvements to the village, including a new river bridge and funds for the village school which closed in 1930. [2] Philip Hardwick was the architect commissioned to undertake the improvements. [2]
A free school was established in 1808, supported by Berkeley Guise. [2]
In 1857, a National school was built and supported by Sir Goldsmid. It closed in 1930 [2]
In 1920 Rendcomb College, a public school, was founded at Rendcomb Park adjacent to the village. [2]
Gloucestershire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Herefordshire to the north-west, Worcestershire to the north, Warwickshire to the north-east, Oxfordshire to the east, Wiltshire to the south, Bristol and Somerset to the south-west, and the Welsh county of Monmouthshire to the west. The city of Gloucester is the largest settlement and the county town.
Cirencester is a market town and civil parish in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames. It is the eighth largest settlement in Gloucestershire and the largest town within the Cotswolds. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural University, the oldest agricultural college in the English-speaking world, founded in 1840. The town had a population of 20,229 in 2021. The town is 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Swindon, 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Gloucester, 37 miles (60 km) west of Oxford and 39 miles (63 km) northeast of Bristol.
Fairford is a market town in Gloucestershire, England. The town lies in the Cotswold hills on the River Coln, 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Cirencester, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Lechlade and 9 miles (14 km) north of Swindon. Nearby are RAF Fairford and the Cotswold Water Park.
South Cerney is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, 3 miles south of Cirencester and close to the border with Wiltshire.
Baunton is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England, located about two miles north of Cirencester on the River Churn.
Rendcomb College is a public school for pupils aged 3–18, located in the village of Rendcomb five miles north of Cirencester in Gloucestershire, England.
Coln St Aldwyns is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district of the English county of Gloucestershire.
This is a list of Sheriffs and High Sheriffs of Gloucestershire, who should not be confused with the Sheriffs of the City of Gloucester.
Siddington is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It is located immediately south of Cirencester. At the 2011 United Kingdom Census, the parish had a population of 1,249.
Richard Berkeley (1579–1661) of Stoke Gifford and Rendcomb both in Gloucestershire, England, served as a Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire in 1614.
North Cerney is a village and civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire, and lies within the Cotswolds, a range of hills designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village is 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Cirencester within the Churn Valley.
Sir Berkeley William Guise, 2nd Baronet of Highnam Court in the parish of Churcham, Gloucestershire, was a British landowner and Whig Member of Parliament.
Cherington is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England. It lies about 3 miles (4.8 km) south east of Minchinhampton and about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Tetbury. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 224.
John Tame of Cirencester and of Beauchamp Court in the parish of Fairford, both in Gloucestershire, England, was a wealthy wool producer and merchant who re-built the surviving St. Mary's Church, Fairford, the former structure of which had been built by one of the Beauchamp Earls of Warwick in the 15th century. The 28 Fairford stained glass windows he installed in the church are considered amongst the finest and most complete in England. He and his son Sir Edmund Tame (d.1534) so fostered the trade transacted at Fairford, that it came to rival that of the nearby long-established town of Cirencester, which increase was remarked upon by his contemporary the antiquary John Leland (d.1552): "Fairford never flourished afore the cumming of the Tames into it".
John Twynyho of Cirencester, Bristol and Lechlade, all in Gloucestershire, was a lawyer and wealthy wool merchant who served as Recorder of Bristol, as a Member of Parliament for Bristol in Gloucestershire in 1472-5 and in 1484 and for the prestigious county seat Gloucestershire in 1476. In 1478 he was Attorney General to Lord Edward (the future King Edward V, eldest son and heir of King Edward IV.
Sir John Guise, 3rd Baronet of Elmore Court, Gloucestershire was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1705 and 1727.
Colesbourne is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. The village and parish lies within the Cotswolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The Anglican Church of St Peter within the grounds of Rendcomb College at Rendcomb in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was rebuilt in the 16th century. It is a grade I listed building.
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