Summary
Broadwell is a village and civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire. It is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Stow-on-the-Wold, In the 2001 United Kingdom census, the parish had a population of 384.[1] decreasing to 355 at the 2011 census.[2]
| Broadwell | |
|---|---|
 Broadwell | |
  Broadwell Location within Gloucestershire | |
| Population | 355 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SP2027 |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Moreton-in-Marsh |
| Postcode district | GL56 |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
History edit
The 1086 Domesday Book records Broadwell as a property of Evesham Abbey.[3]
The Church of England parish church of Saint Paul was built in the 12th and 13th centuries and restored in the 1860s.[4]
The church and churchyard contain tombs of the Chadwell family who owned Broadwell Manor from the 16th century.[3]
The manor house later passed by inheritance to Mary Chamberlayne who rebuilt it after a fire in 1757. The present 18th century building is Grade II* listed.[5]
Governance edit
Broadwell is governed locally by a parish council. The civil parish is part of the ward of Fosseridge. As of 2020[update] the ward is represented on the Cotswold District Council by Conservative representative David Cunningham.[6]
The village is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom as part of The Cotswolds. It elects one MP by the first past the post system of election. Since its creation for the 1997 general election, The Cotswolds (formerly known as Cotswold) has been represented at Parliament by Conservative MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown. Prior to 1997, Broadwell was part of the constituency of Cirencester and Tewkesbury. Prior to Brexit in 2020, the village was part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament.[7]
Demography edit
At the 2001 UK census, the civil parish of Broadwell had a population of 384.[1] The 2001 population density for the ward of Fosseridge was 0.29 per hectare, with a 100 to 88.6 female-to-male ratio.[8][9] The proportion of residents who classified themselves as White was 99.2%, a figure higher than those for Cotswold (98.8%), the South West (97.7%) and England (90.9%).[10]
References edit
- Footnotes
- ^ a b "Area: Broadwell CP (Parish) — Parish Headcounts", Neighbourhood Statistics, Office for National Statistics, archived from the original on 10 September 2012, retrieved 30 July 2011
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Parishes: Broadwell Pages 49-59 A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 6". British History Online. Victoria County History, 1965. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ Verey 1970, p. 136.
- ^ "The Manor House A Grade II* Listed Building in Broadwell, Gloucestershire". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "Councillor details - David Cunningham". meetings.cotswold.gov.uk. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ "Parishes Within Cotswold", gloucestershire.gov.uk, Gloucestershire County Council, archived from the original on 20 March 2012, retrieved 30 July 2011
- ^ "Area: Fosseridge (Ward) — Population Density (UV02)", Neighbourhood Statistics, Office for National Statistics, archived from the original on 10 September 2012, retrieved 30 July 2011
- ^ "Area: Fosseridge (Ward) — Key Figures for 2001 Census: Census Area Statistics", Neighbourhood Statistics, Office for National Statistics, archived from the original on 10 September 2012, retrieved 30 July 2011
- ^ "Area: Fosseridge (Ward) — Ethnic Group (UV09)", Neighbourhood Statistics, Office for National Statistics, archived from the original on 10 September 2012, retrieved 30 July 2011
- The geographic coordinates are from the Ordnance Survey.
- Sources
- Verey, David (1970). The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 136–137. ISBN 0-14-071040-X.
External links edit
Media related to Broadwell, Cotswold at Wikimedia Commons
- 'Parishes: Broadwell', A History of the County of Gloucester: volume 6 (1965), pp. 49-59.