Twigworth
| Twigworth | |
| Gloucestershire | |
|---|---|
 St Matthew's Church, Twigworth | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SO846222 |
| Location: | 51°53’54"N, 2°13’28"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 340 |
| Postcode: | GL2 |
| Dialling code: | 01452 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Tewkesbury |
| Website: | twigworthpc.co.uk |
Twigworth is a small village near Gloucester in Gloucestershire, on the A38 north-east of the city, within the Vale of Gloucester.
The parish population was measured at 340 people in mid-2014, in 170 households; however A planning application for 725 new homes in the parish of Twigworth was approved in December 2017,[1] with building work to start in 2020.[2]
The place-name 'Twigworth' is first attested in 1220, as 'Twigeworth', and is thought to mean 'enclosure made of twigs'.[3]
Parish church
Twigworth's parish church, St Matthew, as consecrated in 1844.[4][5]
The poet and composer Ivor Gurney is buried in the churchyard. Next to Gurney's grave is that of Michael Howells, son of the composer Herbert Howells, who died in 1935 of polio aged nine.[6] Howells later wrote a hymn tune entitled Twigworth for the hymn "God is love, let heaven adore him", one of two hymn tunes he composed in memory of his son (the other being Michael — "All my hope on God is founded").[7]
After a decision by the Diocese of Gloucester, St Matthew's Church closed to public worship in December 2019, and the parish of Twigworth was dissolved.[8][9]
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References
- ↑ Discombe, Matt (22 December 2017). "More than 2,000 new homes could be built north of Gloucester". http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/plans-more-2000-new-homes-964028.
- ↑ 'When building work will start on 725 new homes and a primary school near Gloucester': Gloucestershire Live
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 483 ISBN 0198691033
- ↑ "St Matthew, Twigworth". Church of England. http://seventowers.org.uk/our-churches/twigworth/. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- ↑ "St Matthew - A Church Near You". https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/14186/.
- ↑ Saylor, Eric (2017) (in en). English Pastoral Music: From Arcadia to Utopia, 1900-1955. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252099656. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=unYlDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT129&ots=ULh6yKzkcv&dq=howells%20twigworth&pg=PT129#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- ↑ "MUSIC / The sorrow that sounds like heaven: When Herbert Howells lost" (in en). 11 October 1992. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music-the-sorrow-that-sounds-like-heaven-when-herbert-howells-lost-a-son-the-church-gained-some-1556718.html. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- ↑ 'Proposed closure of St Matthew’s Twigworth and changes to parish boundaries': Seven Towers Benefice
- ↑ Seven Towers Benefice: St Matthew, Twigworth