Minchinhampton
Sign in to saveMinchinhampton is a Cotswolds market town and a civil parish in the Stroud District of Gloucestershire, South West England. The town is located on a hilltop, south-east of Stroud. Minchinhampton Common offers wide views over the Severn Estuary into Wales and further into the Cotswolds. It is an ancient town which was recorded in the Domesday Book.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Minchinhampton
- UK place.civil_parish
- Minchinhampton
- UK place.population
- 4519
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.shire_district
- Stroud
- UK place.shire_county
- Gloucestershire
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Stroud & North Cotswolds
- UK place.post_town
- STROUD
- UK place.postcode_district
- GL5, GL6
- UK place.postcode_area
- GL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01453
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SO871008
- UK place.static_image_name
- Minch market square.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Market Square
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
18 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- Amenities and features
- History
- Sports facilities
- Horse trials
- Rugby
- Golf
- Football
- Tennis
- Media
- Governance
- Churches
- Minchinhampton Common
- Aston Down
- Discoveries
- Notable residents
- References
- External links
Minchinhampton is a Cotswolds market town and a civil parish in the Stroud District of Gloucestershire, South West England. The town is located on a hilltop, south-east of Stroud. Minchinhampton Common offers wide views over the Severn Estuary into Wales and further into the Cotswolds. It is an ancient town which was recorded in the Domesday Book.
==Toponymy== The place-name 'Minchinhampton' is first attested as Hantone in the Domesday Book of 1086. It appears as Minchenhamtone in the Assize Rolls of 1221. The name was originally the Old English Heatun, meaning "high town or settlement". The additional element is the Old English mynecen, meaning a nun, which is related to the modern word "monk". Minchinhampton at one time belonged to the nunnery in Caen in Normandy, France. Thus the name means "the nuns' high town or settlement". On a map of 1825 (published 1828) the town is labelled "Minching-Hampton" (see external links).