Saintbury

Saintbury
Church of St Nicholas, Saintbury
Saintbury Location within Gloucestershire
Population	83 (2011)
District	Cotswold
Shire county	Gloucestershire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Broadway
Postcode district	WR12
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	North Cotswolds [1]
List of places UK England Gloucestershire 52°03′22″N1°49′48″W / 52.056°N 1.830°W / 52.056; -1.830

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. ^[2] Saintbury was mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086) as Suineberie. ^[3]

The Church of St Nicholas was built in the 13th century. It is a grade I listed building. ^[4] It includes a Norman south door with tympanum. ^{[5] [4]} The north door is also Norman and above it is a circular Anglo-Saxon tide dial. ^[6]

References

1. "Location of North Cotswolds". parliament.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
3. The Domesday Book online
4. "Church of St. Nicholas". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
5. Ross, David. "Saintbury, St Nicholas Church". Britain Express. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
6. Lees, Hilary (1998). Porch and pew: Small churches of the Cotswolds. Walnut Tree. p. 9. ISBN   978-0948251924.

External links

Media related to Saintbury at Wikimedia Commons

• Village website