Horton, Gloucestershire, BS37 6QW

Date of visit: 26th Oct 2021

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Horton is a village on the Cotswold Edge, in Gloucestershire, England. It is about 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) north of Chipping Sodbury. The nearest settlement is Little Sodbury, about 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) away; Hawkesbury Upton and Dunkirk are both 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) miles away. It is a linear settlement built on the slopes of a steep hill.

The name Horton is a common one in England. It normally derives from Old English horu ‘dirt’ and tūn ‘settlement, farm, estate’, presumably meaning ‘farm on muddy soil’, but the historical forms of this Horton vary, including the Domesday Horedone, Hortune from 1167, and the 1291 form Heorton, the latter of which could point to Old English heort ‘stag’.

Internal ref number: GL/172/179

Date of Visit: 26th Oct 2021

Kiosk Type: K6
Door Type: D
Crown: Tudor
Kiosk Colour: Red
Usage: Book Info
Phone Number (if known): EX 01454 312892

Northing & Westing: 51°33’28.4″N, 2°20’51.7″W
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Grid Reference: ST 75991 84390
OS X & Y: 184390, 375991
Latitude & Longitude: 51.557878, -2.347706
UK Postcode: BS37 6QW
County: Gloucestershire


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