Cranham, Gloucestershire
| Cranham | |
| Gloucestershire | |
|---|---|
 Cranham viewed from the east | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SO896129 |
| Location: | 51°48’53"N, 2°9’8"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 451 (2011) |
| Post town: | Gloucester |
| Postcode: | GL4 |
| Dialling code: | 01452 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Stroud |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Stroud |
Cranham is a village in Gloucestershire, found a mile or so east of the A46 road between Stroud and Cheltenham. The Cotswold Way long distance footpath also runs nearby.
Gustav Holst, the composer, lived in Cranham for a while, and it was there, in the house now called 'Midwinter Cottage' that he wrote what is probably the best known tune for the Christmas carol In the Bleak Midwinter by Christina Rossetti.[1] The tune is named 'Cranham'.
About the village
Cranham Scout Centre was opened in 1948 by the chief scout of the time and over 2,000 people attended the ceremony. Since then it has developed from a small campsite into an activity centre with indoor accommodation.
In 1949 George Orwell stayed at a sanatorium near the village, in his search for a relief if not a cure for the tuberculosis from which he was suffering and which would kill him six months later after his admission to University College Hospital.[2] While in the sanatorium he sketched out in 4 pages of a notebook a short story to be called A Smoking Room Story, set in Burma. The story was never written.[3]
Old Overton House stands just outside Cranham. It was bought in 2010, pop star Lily Allen, for a reported £3 million.[4] Old Overton House is Grade II listed with the earliest part of the property dating back to the seventeenth century.[5]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Cranham, Gloucestershire) |
- Cranham in pictures
- Cranham Scout Centre
- Information on Cranham, Gloucestershire from GENUKI
- Cranham on Stroud Voices
References
- ↑ "Gloucestershire – Places – Shnugget: Carols at Cranham". BBC. 2008-12-18. https://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/content/articles/2009/01/05/midwinter_shnugget_feature.shtml. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
- ↑ Wiles, David (2009-06-24). "George Orwell finished classic during stay in Cranham". Stroud News. http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/4454419.George_Orwell_finished_classic_during_stay_in_Cranham/. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
- ↑ Larkin, Emma (2011). Finding George Orwell in Burma. Granta Books. ISBN 9781847084552. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RMLTetNVilQC&pg=PT115&lpg=PT115&dq=george+orwell+%22A+smoking+room+story%22&source=bl&ots=3bnstQiofm&sig=zn7djERMR5zLTgt_g_aNfofEuUI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDEQ6AEwA2oVChMIrc7GkvDGyAIVxrYaCh3CqQWd#v=onepage&q=george%20orwell%20%22A%20smoking%20room%20story%22&f=false.
- ↑ "Smile, you're the proud new owner of £3 million Lily Allen pad". This Is Gloucestershire. Archived from the original on 2010-09-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20100920191716/http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/news/Smile-proud-new-owner-163-3-million-Lily-pad/article-2649417-detail/article.html. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1303001: Old Overtown House