Yanworth

Yanworth
St Michael's Church, Yanworth
Yanworth Location within Gloucestershire
Population	112 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	SP0713
Civil parish	Yanworth
District	Cotswold
Shire county	Gloucestershire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Cheltenham
Postcode district	GL54
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	North Cotswolds [1]
List of places UK England Gloucestershire 51°49′N1°53′W / 51.817°N 1.883°W / 51.817; -1.883

Yanworth is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England 14 miles south east of Cheltenham and 88 miles North West of London. It has a population of 300, decreasing to 112 at the 2011 census. ^[2] The village itself is part of the Stowell Park estate owned by Lord (Sam) Vestey. St Michael's church is set apart from the village and dates to about 1200.

Name

In the Domesday book, the village is recorded as Ieneurde and by 1162, Ianeorþe in 1162, ^[3] meaning either 'lamb enclosure' or 'Geana's enclosure' (orþe or worþ meaning 'enclosure'). ^[4]

References

1. "Location of North Cotswolds". parliament.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
2. "Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 22 March 2015.
3. Ekwall, Eilert (1985). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4. ed., repr ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 542. ISBN   978-0-19-869103-7.
4. "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2025.

External links

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51°49′N1°53′W / 51.817°N 1.883°W / 51.817; -1.883