Southrop

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Southrop
Gloucestershire

St. Peter's, Southrop
Location
Grid reference: SP205035
Location: 51°43’45"N, 1°42’46"W
Data
Population: 245  (2011)
Post town: Lechlade
Postcode: GL7
Local Government
Council: Cotswold
Parliamentary
constituency:
The Cotswolds

Southrop is a village in Gloucestershire, in the south-east of the county close by the border of Oxfordshire to the east and that of Wiltshire a few miles to the south. It is on the River Leach.[1]

The parish church, St Peter's, is a Grade I listed building. It dates from the 12th century.[2]

Nearby villages include Eastleach Turville, Eastleach Martin, Little Faringdon, Fairford, Lechlade, Filkins and Hatherop.

Outside links

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References

  1. Information on Southrop  from GENUKI
  2. National Heritage List 1089198: Church of St Peter