Bibury
Sign in to saveBibury is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It is on the River Coln, a Thames tributary that rises in the Cotswolds. The village centre is northeast of Cirencester. Arlington Row is a nationally notable architectural conservation area depicted on the inside cover of some British passports. It is a major destination for tourists visiting the traditional rural villages, tea houses and many historic buildings of the Cotswold District; it is one of six places in the country featured in Mini-Europe, Brussels.
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Place details
- Locality
- Cotswold
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Bibury
- UK place.static_image_name
- Arlington Row Bibury.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Arlington Row: Cotswold stone cottages
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP115066
- UK place.population
- 627
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Bibury
- UK place.shire_district
- Cotswold
- UK place.shire_county
- Gloucestershire
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
- CIRENCESTER
- UK place.postcode_district
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Cotswold
- Population
- +627
- Official website
- www.bibury.com
- Image
- Swan Hotel Bibury.jpg
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Visitor attractions
- Arlington Row
- Geography
- Culture
- In popular media
- Notable inhabitants
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Bibury is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It is on the River Coln, a Thames tributary that rises in the Cotswolds. The village centre is northeast of Cirencester. Arlington Row is a nationally notable architectural conservation area depicted on the inside cover of some British passports. It is a major destination for tourists visiting the traditional rural villages, tea houses and many historic buildings of the Cotswold District; it is one of six places in the country featured in Mini-Europe, Brussels.
==History== thumb|left|upright|St Mary's Church, Bibury In the Domesday Book (1086), a record of survey done under William the Conqueror, the place is named Becheberie, and it is recorded that the lands and church in Bibury were held by St Mary's Priory at Worcester, from whom it passed in 1130 to Osney Abbey, near Oxford: the Abbey continued to hold it until its dissolution in 1540.