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Gloucestershire (/ ˈ ɡ l ɒ s t ər ʃ ər / ⓘ GLOST-ər-shər, /-ʃ ɪər /-sheer; abbreviated Glos.) [3] is a ceremonial county in South West England.It is bordered by Herefordshire to the north-west, Worcestershire to the north, Warwickshire to the north-east, Oxfordshire to the east, Wiltshire to the south, Bristol and Somerset to the south-west, and the Welsh county of ...
The River Dee marks the border between Farndon, England, to the left and Holt, Wales, to the right Bilingual "Welcome to Wales" sign Bilingual "Welcome to England" sign. The modern boundary between Wales and England runs from the salt marshes of the Dee estuary adjoining the Wirral Peninsula, across reclaimed land to the River Dee at Saltney just west of Chester.
The proposed border with Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and Herefordshire would have seen considerable exchanges of parishes, thus eliminating all of Worcestershire's exclaves/enclaves. [62] This Act was repealed in favour of the alternative Local Government Act 1888. The repealed Act's proposals were drastic and would have altered the county ...
The table contains a list of the 58 principal tripoints for the historic counties of England prior to 1800. [15] As the English county boundaries had remained essentially unchanged since the eleventh century, [16] the list can thus be seen to represent the "original" locations of the English county tripoints.
The Gloucestershire and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1990 [12] Changes to the North Wiltshire (Wiltshire)/Cotswold (Gloucestershire) boundary: 1 April 1991: The Avon and Gloucestershire (County Boundaries) Order 1991 [13] Changes to the Northavon (Avon)/Stroud (Gloucestershire) boundary: 1 April 1991
In 1996, the county of Avon was abolished, and South Gloucestershire was created as a unitary authority area comprising the former districts of Kingswood and Northavon. The area borders the city and county of Bristol, the Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority area, and the shire counties of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.
The latter were reunited to Gloucestershire in 1673, but the cities of Bristol and Gloucester continued to rank as independent counties, with separate jurisdiction, county rate and assizes. The chief officer of the Forest of Dean was the warden, who was generally also constable of St Briavel Castle. The first justice-seat for the forest was ...
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the county of Gloucestershire, England. For places in the district of South Gloucestershire , see that article. For places in Bristol formerly in Gloucestershire, see Subdivisions of Bristol .