Hatherop

Infobox UK place
official_name= Hatherop
country= England
region= South West England
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latitude= 51.7452
longitude= -1.7756
post_town= CIRENCESTER
postcode_area= GL
postcode_district= GL7
dial_code= 01285
constituency_westminster= Cotswold
civil_parish= Hatherop
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Hatherop is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, approximately 30 miles (48 km) to the south-east of Gloucester. It lies in the south of the Cotswolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

History

Hatherop was listed as "Etherope" in the Domesday Book of 1086, derived from the Old English "hēah" + "throp" meaning "high outlying farmstead". [cite web
title = Hatherop
work = Domesday Book
publisher = The National Archives
date = 1086
url = http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7577466&queryType=1&resultcount=1
accessdate =2008-05-29 ] cite book
last = Mills
first = A. D.
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title = Dictionary of English Place-Names
publisher = Oxford University Press
date = 1998
pages = 170
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isbn =0192800744 ]

Governance

Hatherop is part of the Fairford Ward of the district of Cotswold and is currently represented by Councillor Chris Roberts and Raymond Theodoulou, members of the Conservative Party. [cite web
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title = Hatherop Parish Council
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publisher = Gloucestershire County Council
date = 2008-02-21
url = http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=684
accessdate =2008-04-26 ] [cite web
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title = Cotswold - Find Your Councillor
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publisher = Cotswold District Council
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url = http://www.cotswold.gov.uk/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=1948&tt=cotswold
accessdate =2008-04-28 ] Hatherop is part of the constituency of Cotswold, represented at parliament by Conservative MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown. [cite web
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title = Cotswold - Constituency - Conservative Party
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publisher = Conservative Party
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url = http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=people.constituency.page&obj_id=1396
accessdate =2008-04-28 ] It is part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament.

Geography

Hatherop lies in the southern part of the Cotswolds, a range of hills designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and is approximately 30 miles (48 km) south-east of Gloucester. It is situated about 9 miles (15 km) east of Cirencester and 3 miles (3.5 km) north of Fairford.cite web
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title = Extract From National Gazetteer, 1868
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url = http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/Hatherop/Gaz1868.html
accessdate =2008-04-28 ] Close by are the parishes of Coln St. Aldwyns and Quenington. The three villages lie on the edge of the parkland of 17th century mansion Williamstrip, home of politician Michael Hicks Beach, the first Earl St Aldwyn.cite book
last = Hall
first = Michael
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title = Stratford-Upon-Avon and the Cotswolds
publisher = The Pevensey Press
date = 1993
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pages = 83
url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GopyAAAACAAJ
isbn = 0907115683] [cite book
last = Bentley
first = Michael
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title = Politics Without Democracy, 1815-1914
publisher = Blackwell
date = 1999
pages = 268
url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=obVZ7Ko2iE8C
isbn =0631218130 ] Nearby, to the west of Hatherop is the River Coln which flows through the Cotswolds.

Education

Hatherop has one primary school; Hatherop Church of England Primary School, a voluntary controlled school for children from the age of 5–11. In 2006, the school had 68 pupils. | last =
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title = Hatherop Church of England Primary School
publisher = Department for Children, Schools and Families
date = 2007
url = http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/school_06.pl?No=9163041&Mode=Z&Type=SC&Phase=p&Year=06&Base=%EF%BF%BD&Num=916
accessdate =2008-04-28 ] The village is also home to Hatherop Castle School, an independent co-educational day and boarding school for children from the age of 2.5–13. [cite web
title = Hatherop Castle School, Gloucestershire
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publisher = ISBI
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url = http://www.isbi.com/isbi-viewschool/155-Hatherop_Castle_School.html
accessdate =2008-04-28 ]

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