Redwick, Gloucestershire
Redwick is a village in Gloucestershire forming part of the parish of Pilning and Severn Beach. It has a namesake on the opposite bank of the Severn in Monmouthshire.
It is approximately enclosed by the River Severn to the north, The Chessell Pill Rhine to the east, the south meets the village of Pilning at the end of Redwick Road (by the Cross hands Public House) and the western edge finishes inline with mainlne of the railway prior to its entry to the Severn Tunnel.
Historically Redwick was, with Northwick, a tything of the parish of Henbury.[1] The village was first mentioned in 955 under the name Hreodwican, meaning "place of reeds".[2]
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Coordinates: 51°34′26″N 2°39′36″W / 51.574°N 2.660°W
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