Horsley, Gloucestershire
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Horsley is a village and civil parish about one and a half miles south-west of the small Cotswold market town of Nailsworth. The origins of the name Horsley are much debated, although it is thought to be derived from the pre-7th-century Old English phrase, "horse-lega", meaning "place of horses".[2]
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Horsley | |
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St Martin's Church, Horsley | |
Location within Gloucestershire | |
Population | 820 [1] |
OS grid reference | ST830980 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Stroud |
Postcode district | GL6 |
Dialling code | 01453 |
Police | Gloucestershire |
Fire | Gloucestershire |
Ambulance | South Western |
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A habitation was recorded in 1327 at Barton End, named after a barton on the manor estate.[3] The village sprung from cross-roads east of St Martin Church. The Parish is bisected from south to north by the Bath-Gloucester, built in 1780.