- Maugersbury
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Coordinates: 51°55′31″N 1°42′40″W / 51.92518°N 1.71098°W
Maugersbury 
Maugersbury
Maugersbury shown within GloucestershirePopulation 149 (2001 Census) Parish Maugersbury District Cotswold Shire county Gloucestershire Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town CHELTENHAM Postcode district GL54 Dialling code 01451 Police Gloucestershire Fire Gloucestershire Ambulance Great Western EU Parliament South West England UK Parliament The Cotswolds List of places: UK • England • Gloucestershire Maugersbury is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. Situated less than a mile south-east of the market town of Stow-on-the-Wold and approximately 18 miles (29 km) east of its post town, Cheltenham, Maugersbury lies within the Cotswolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. At the 2001 United Kingdom census, the parish had a population of 149.[1]
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History
Maugersbury was listed as MalgeresberiAe in the Domesday Book of 1086.[2][3] The village was the location of the Stow on the Wold Union Workhouse.[4]
Governance
Maugersbury is in the Beacon-Stow ward of the district of Cotswold, represented by councillors David Penman and Merryl Phillips, members of the Conservative Party.[5][6] Maugersbury is part of the constituency of The Cotswolds, represented at parliament by Conservative MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown.[7] It is part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament.
References
- Footnotes
- ^ "Area: Maugersbury CP (Parish) — Parish Headcounts", Neighbourhood Statistics (Office for National Statistics), http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=794790&d=16&e=15&g=447720&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=0&s=1313236003414&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779, retrieved 13 August 2011
- ^ Mills, p. 354
- ^ "Documents Online — Image Details", DocumentsOnline (The National Archives), http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7577270, retrieved 13 August 2011
- ^ "Stow on the Wold", Rossbret Institutions Website (Rossbret), 2008, http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/gloucs/stow_on_the_wold_workhouse.htm, retrieved 10 July 2010[dead link]
- ^ "Member's Details — Mr David Penman", cotswold.gov.uk (Cotswold District Council), 2008, http://www.cmis.cotswold.gov.uk/CMISWebPublic/Member.aspx?personID=482, retrieved 13 August 2011
- ^ "Member's Details — Mrs Merryl Phillips", cotswold.gov.uk (Cotswold District Council), 2008, http://www.cmis.cotswold.gov.uk/CMISWebPublic/Member.aspx?personID=482, retrieved 13 August 2011
- ^ "Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP", Official site, http://www.cliftonbrown.co.uk, retrieved 13 August 2011
- Sources
- Mills, A. D. (1998), Dictionary of English Place-Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192800744
External links
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Categories:- Villages in Gloucestershire
- Cotswold (district)
- Civil parishes in Gloucestershire
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