Saintbury

Saintbury
Saintbury is located in Gloucestershire
Saintbury
Saintbury
Location within Gloucestershire
Population83 (2011)
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBroadway
Postcode districtWR12
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
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52°03′22″N 1°49′48″W / 52.056°N 1.830°W / 52.056; -1.830

Saintbury is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 83.[1] Saintbury was mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086) as Suineberie.[2]

The Church of St Nicholas was built in the 13th century. It is a grade I listed building.[3] It includes a Norman south door with tympanum.[4][3] The north door is also Norman and above it is a circular Anglo-Saxon tide dial.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  2. ^ The Domesday Book online
  3. ^ a b "Church of St. Nicholas". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. ^ Ross, David. "Saintbury, St Nicholas Church". Britain Express. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  5. ^ Lees, Hilary (1998). Porch and pew: Small churches of the Cotswolds. Walnut Tree. p. 9. ISBN 978-0948251924.
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