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Temple Guiting
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Temple Guiting
Location within Gloucestershire
Population463 (2011 Census)
Civil parish
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Postcode district GL54
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51°57′N1°52′W / 51.950°N 1.867°W / 51.950; -1.867

Temple Guiting is a village and civil parish in the Cotswolds, in Gloucestershire, England. The civil parish includes the smaller settlements of Barton, Farmcote, Ford and Kineton. In 2011 the parish had a population of 463. [2]

The place was recorded as plain Guiting (in the form Getinge) in the Domesday Book of 1086, when it was held by Roger de Lacy. [3] In the middle of the 12th century Roger's son Gilbert de Lacy gave land here to the Knights Templar, who founded the Temple Guiting Preceptory. [4] The place then became known as Temple Guiting after the Knights Templar.

St Mary's Church dates back to the 12th century and was restored in 1884. It is a Grade I listed building. [5] The church is part of the Benefice of the Seven Churches which also includes Guiting Power, Cutsdean, Farmcote, Lower Slaughter with Eyford, Upper Slaughter, and Naunton. [6]

Manor Farmhouse is an early 16th-century house, also a Grade I listed building. [7]

Within the parish is Cotswolds Farm Park, privately owned by Adam Henson, a tourist attraction with 50 breeds of farm animals.

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References

  1. "Location of North Cotswolds". parliament.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Temple Guiting Parish (E04004276)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  3. "Domesday Book Online" . Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  4. Page, William, ed. (1907). "House of Knights Templars: The preceptory of Guiting". A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 2. Victoria County History. p. 113. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  5. Historic England. "Church of St Mary (1089478)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  6. "Seven Churches". Guitingevents.co.uk. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  7. Historic England. "Manor Farmhouse and Dovecote, Temple Guiting (1089482)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 2 September 2020.

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