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Southrop
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Southrop is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It is situated on the River Leach. The Grade I listed St Peter's Church dates from the 12th century. Nearby villages include Eastleach Turville, Eastleach Martin, Little Faringdon, Fairford, Lechlade, Filkins and Hatherop.
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cached 1031h agoPlace details
- Locality
- Cotswold
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 2,469
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- St. Peter's, Southrop - geograph.org.uk - 305044.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St. Peter's, Southrop
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.official_name
- Southrop
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North Cotswolds
- UK place.population
- 245
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.post_town
- Lechlade
- UK place.postcode_district
- GL7
- UK place.postcode_area
- GL
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP205035
- UK place.civil_parish
- Southrop
- UK place.shire_district
- Cotswold
- UK place.shire_county
- Gloucestershire
- UK place.region
- South West England
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- Name and etymology
- History
- Buildings
- Tourism
- References
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Southrop is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It is situated on the River Leach. The Grade I listed St Peter's Church dates from the 12th century. Nearby villages include Eastleach Turville, Eastleach Martin, Little Faringdon, Fairford, Lechlade, Filkins and Hatherop.
== Name and etymology == The name Southrop comes from sūð + þrop meaning "southern farmstead", the other þrop nearby being Hatherop. It has been attested as Suthþrop in the 1200s and Sowthethrop by the 1500s.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Southrop” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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