Whiteshill | |
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The main road in Whiteshill | |
Location within Gloucestershire | |
Population | 1,161 (civil parish 2011) [1] |
Civil parish | |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Stroud |
Postcode district | GL6 6 |
Dialling code | 01452 |
Police | Gloucestershire |
Fire | Gloucestershire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Whiteshill is a village in the Cotswolds, situated between Stroud and Gloucester, in Gloucestershire, England and forms part of the Stroud urban area. The parish of Whiteshill and Ruscombe has a population of 1,175. [2]
The Church of England Church is St. Paul's. [3] When the limits of Stroud parish were set in 1304, Whiteshill and Ruscombe formed part of the tithing of Paganhill. [4] They remained part of Stroud until 1894, when the new civil parish of Whiteshill was created. [5]
Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean.
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