Beverston

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Beverston
Gloucestershire
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Beverston Castle Gatehouse
Location
Grid reference: ST861937
Location: 51°38’33"N, 2°12’4"W
Data
Local Government
Council: Cotswold
Parliamentary
constituency:
The Cotswolds

Beverston (also spelled Beverstone) is a village in Gloucestershire, about two miles west of Tetbury. The 2011 census recorded a population of 129.

The village is an example of a typical unaltered Gloucestershire Cotswold village. It has a Norman Church, St Mary The Virgin, and some examples of Cotswold architecture.

In the village stands Beverston Castle, dating to the 12th Century,

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St Mary The Virgin, Beverston
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