Frampton on Severn
| Frampton on Severn | |
| Gloucestershire | |
|---|---|
 The canal near Frampton on Severn | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SO750080 |
| Location: | 51°46’12"N, 2°21’36"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,432 (2011) |
| Post town: | Gloucester |
| Postcode: | GL2 |
| Dialling code: | 01452 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Stroud |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Stroud |
Frampton on Severn is a village in Gloucestershire, on the bank of the River Severn, ten miles south of Gloucester. It is set around a large village green, of 22 acres and reputedly the longest in Britain.[1] The green was known as Rosamund's Green by the mid-17th century, apparently from the village's association with Fair Rosamund,[2] Henry II’s mistress.
The total parish population was recorded as 1,432 in 2011.
About the village
The village stands on the east bank of the River Severn, and on the west bank of the River Frome, taking its name from the latter.[3] The river’s mouth into the Severn is at Framilode just to the north, and while the two are only a mile apart by land, it is several miles by water as the Severn here describes a long loop creating a peninsula to the west on which stands the village of Arlingham.
Beside the village runs the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal.
There is a designated Conservation Area around the green, including Tudor and Georgian houses, and the village also has a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Much of the village forms part of the Frampton Court Estate, owned by the Clifford family.
The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal runs to the west side of the village and the green has three ponds. There are two pubs on The Green: The Bell Inn and The Three Horse Shoes.
History
The Domesday Book of 1086 lists the manor of Frampton.
The parish church of St Mary the Virgin was consecrated in 1315 but partly dates from the 12th century.
In in 1739 the Earl of Berkeley built a breakwater in the Severn for flood defence, known as Hock Crib. A congregationalist church was built in 1769.[4] The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal was dug through here beginning in the 1790s but opening only in 1827.
Hock Cribb
Hock Crib is a breakwater on the banks of the River Severn near Frampton on Severn. It was built by Augustus Berkeley, 4th Earl of Berkeley in 1739 to defend nearby farmlands from erosion and flooding,[5] and its existence is acknowledged in numerous archives and records during the 18th century, including tidal defence plans in 1845 and redevelopment plans dating from 1877.[6][7] The breakwater was an often used point of reference for navigation of the river,[8] however it fell into disrepair and disappeared beneath the sandbanks. In December 2013, however Hock Crib emerged, and local historians were granted funds from the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society to photograph and study it.[5]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Frampton on Severn) |
- FramptonOnSevern.com
- Frampton on Severn Parish Council
- Three Horseshoes Pub, Frampton on Severn
- Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin
- BBC archive film of Frampton from 1978
References
- ↑ "The Villages Of The Cotswolds - Frampton on Severn, Gloucestershire". The Cotswold gateway. http://thecotswoldgateway.co.uk/villages_frampton-on-severn.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
- ↑ A History of the County of Gloucester - Volume 10 pp 139-143: {{{2}}} (Victoria County History)
- ↑ Mills, A. and Room, A. A Dictionary of British Place-names
- ↑ A History of the County of Gloucester - Volume 10 pp 154-155: {{{2}}} (Victoria County History)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "18th Century River Severn breakwater rediscovered". BBC News. 25 December 2013. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-25445617. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
- ↑ Report, 1st-2d,. Tidal Harbours Commission. 1845. pp. 125.
- ↑ D3489/4 1887 - Reports on Hock Crib breakwater, with proposals for further breakwaters or for rebuilding, by G. W. Keeling of Lydney, civil engineer, and Togarmah Rees of Newport (Mon.). The National Archives. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=040-d3489&cid=-1#-1.
- ↑ Institution of Civil Engineers. Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. V. pp. 306.