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Westonbirt
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Post town Tetbury
Postcode district GL8
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51°36′07″N2°13′21″W / 51.6019°N 2.2225°W / 51.6019; -2.2225 Coordinates: 51°36′07″N2°13′21″W / 51.6019°N 2.2225°W / 51.6019; -2.2225

Westonbirt is a village in the civil parish of Westonbirt with Lasborough, in the district of Cotswold, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. [1]

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History

Westonbirt was recorded in the Domesday Book as Westone. [2]

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References

  1. "Westonbirt". GENUKI. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  2. "Gloucestershire Q-Z and Welsh entries". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

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