Quedgeley
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 St James and its World War I War Memorial |
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  Quedgeley |
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| Population | 17,519 |
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| OS grid reference | SO8047113202 |
| Civil parish | Quedgeley |
| District | Gloucester |
| Shire county | Gloucestershire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GLOUCESTER |
| Postcode district | GL2 |
| Dialling code | 01452 |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
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Coordinates: 51°49′41″N 2°16′37″W / 51.828°N 2.277°W
Quedgeley is a suburb of Gloucester, England, situated southwest of the city.[1]
The civil parish of Quedgeley was transferred to Gloucester district in 1991[2] and is the only civil parish within the city. The 2011 census recorded a population of 17,519[3] for the parish, which has an area of 576 hectares (1,420 acres).[3]
The parish church is St James and is known to have been established before 1137.[4] The octagonal font has panels of gold, coloured tessarae, and blue forest stone. The font is 12th century but was a donation by the then Rev. Winstone Hayward for the re-opening of the church in 1857. While the present-day structure's tower and south aisle are medieval in origin, the remainder of the church is an 1856 restoration by Henry Woodyer in what is considered Victorian Gothic style.[5]
The A38 road runs through Quedgeley, now as a dual carriageway running between Gloucester city centre and the M5 motorway at junction 12; the old route taken by the A38 through Quedgeley is now the B4008. The village of Hardwicke lies to the south of Quedgeley.[1]
See also
- RAF Quedgeley, a large RAF logistics site, which closed in 1995
References
- 1 2 Ordnance Survey mapping
- ↑ "The Gloucestershire (District Boundaries) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/281)". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- 1 2 Office for National Statistics Archived February 3, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. 2011 census - Quedgeley civil parish - population density
- ↑ "Gloucestershire Places of Worship". Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ↑ "Quedgeley Parish Church". Retrieved 26 February 2012.