Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, GL6 9JN

Date of visit: 18th Nov 2021

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Minchinhampton is an ancient Cotswolds market town, on a hilltop 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east of Stroud, Gloucestershire, England. Its common offers wide views over the Severn Estuary into Wales and further into the Cotswolds.

The place-name ‘Minchinhampton’ is first attested as Hantone in the Domesday Book of 1086. It appears as Minchenhamtone in the Assize Rolls for 1221. The name was originally the Old English Heatun meaning ‘high town or settlement’. The additional element is the Old English mynecen meaning a nun, which is related to the modern word ‘monk’. Minchinhampton at one time belonged to the nunnery in Caen in Normandy, France. Thus the name means “the nuns’ high town or settlement”.

Internal ref number: GL/162/216

Date of Visit: 18th Nov 2021

Kiosk Type: K6
Door Type: A
Crown: St Edward
Kiosk Colour: Red
Usage: Book
Phone Number (if known):

Northing & Westing: 51°42’18.8″N, 2°11’07.9″W
what3words: rehearsed.financial.order
Grid Reference: SO 87277 00736
OS X & Y: 200736, 387277
Latitude & Longitude: 51.70522, -2.185521
UK Postcode: GL6 9JN
County: Gloucestershire


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