Map sources for Dursley at grid reference ST756981

Arms of the former Dursley Rural District Council

Dursley is a market town in Gloucestershire, England. It is under the North East flank of Stinchcombe Hill (part of the 'Cotswold Edge'), and about 6km South East of the River Severn. The town is adjacent with Cam which, though a village, is a community of double the size. The two communities (combined population about 12,000) share many facilities. Image File history File links Dot4gb. ... Image File history File links Gb4dot. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Arms of Dursley Rural District Council. ... Arms of Dursley Rural District Council. ... Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Stinchcombe is a small village in Gloucestershire, on the B4060 road between Dursley and North Nibley. ... The Cotswolds is the name given to a range of hills in central England, sometimes called the Heart of England, a hilly area reaching over 300 m or 1000 feet. ... Severn redirects here. ... Location within the British Isles. ...

Dursley gained borough status in 1471 and lost it in 1886. From then until 1974 it was the administrative centre of Dursley Rural District (RDC). In 1974 the RDC became part of Stroud District. Stroud District is a local government district in Gloucestershire, England. ...

In 1856 a short branch line railway opened, [1] linking Dursley and Cam to the Bristol - Gloucester main line at Coaley Junction. The branch line was closed in 1968. Coaley Junction station was also closed at about this time. However, in 1994 a new railway station called Cam and Dursley [2] was opened on the main line near the site of Coaley Junction. View from Cumberland Basin of the Clifton Suspension Bridge and the Avon Gorge Bristol (IPA: ) is a city, unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, 115 miles (185 km) west of London and between the cities of Bath, Gloucester and Newport. ... Gloucester (pronounced ) is a city and district in the English county of Gloucestershire, close to the Welsh border. ... Coaley is a village in the English county of Gloucestershire. ... Coaley is a village in the English county of Gloucestershire. ... Cam and Dursley railway station is a railway station serving the towns of Cam and Dursley in Gloucestershire. ... Coaley is a village in the English county of Gloucestershire. ...

Dursley was a manufacturing town, producing the famous Dursley Pedersen bicycle [3] and Lister stationary engine. R A Lister & Company was founded in Dursley in 1867 by Robert Ashton Lister to produce agricultural machinery. ... A stationary engine is an engine that does not move. ...

Upon his marriage in 1937 the novelist Evelyn Waugh moved to Piers Court near Dursley, where, except while serving in the Second World War, he lived until his death in 1966. Local legend also has it that William Shakespeare worked as a schoolmaster in Dursley during his "lost years". References to local landscapes and families in Henry IV are often cited as evidence. Evelyn Waugh, as photographed in 1940 by Carl Van Vechten Arthur Evelyn St. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Henry IV can refer to Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV of England Henry IV of France Henry IV of Castile Henry IV, Duke of Breslau or plays by William Shakespeare: Henry IV, part 1 Henry IV, part 2 This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which...

Stinchcombe Hill provides a scenic backdrop to much of the town. It has an 18 hole golf course, said to be a favourite of the actor Hugh Grant. The Hill has had a great deal of work carried out by volunteers (SHV, led by John Smallwood), since 1992. They have attempted to restore the open views over the Severn Vale. The cleared areas can be seen from the M5. The Cotswold Way has now been re-routed around the Hill to take advantage of this work. Stinchcombe is a small village in Gloucestershire, on the B4060 road between Dursley and North Nibley. ... Hugh John Mungo Grant (born September 9, 1960 in Hammersmith, London) is a Golden Globe winning British actor. ...

Harry Potter author JK Rowling used to visit the town as a child with her parents, and hated it so much she named the awful Dursley family in the Potter books after it.^{[citation needed]} This article is about the Harry Potter series of novels. ... Joanne Rowling OBE (born July 31, 1965 in Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire), commonly known as J.K. Rowling (pronunciation: roll-ing; her former students used to joke with her name calling her the Rolling Stone), is a British fiction writer. ... The Dursleys or the Dursley family are fictional characters in the Harry Potter stories created by J. K. Rowling. ...

The Old Spot is regularly voted Gloucestershire Pub of the Year and features a full range of real ales (including "Old Ric").

Home to the discovery of the 'Tessellating fisheye kaleidoscope' in 1999.

The town's secondary school, Rednock School, [4] serves Cam, Dursley and the outlying villages including Coaley, Uley, Owlpen, Stinchcombe and others, and is a Specialist Science College. Coaley is a village in the English county of Gloucestershire. ... Map sources for Uley at grid reference ST790984 Uley (pronounced ) is a village in the county of Gloucestershire, England. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... The specialist schools programme is a UK government programme which encourages secondary schools to specialise in certain areas to boost acheivement. ...

There are a number of ancient historical sites in the general vicinity including Beverston Castle, Owlpen Manor and Calcot Manor, the latter having finds dating to the Roman era. According to Lumina Technologies, the Roman bas-relief work found at Calcot is evidence not just of the Roman presence, but of a significant Roman road through this area.^[1] Beverston Castle south tower of western range Beverston Castle, also known as Beverstone Castle, was originally constructed as a medieval stone fortress and is situated in the village of Beverston, Gloucestershire, England. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Calcot Manor is an English farmhouse dating from the 14th century near the township of Tetbury in Gloucestershire. ... Roman or Romans may refer to: A thing or person of or from the city of Rome. ... Bas relief is a method of sculpting which entails carving or etching away the surface of a flat piece of stone or metal. ...

References

External links

• Dursley Local History
• Dursley Chamber of Trade Website
• John Wilkes' Dursley website
• Dursley Gazette Website
• Dursley Town Council
• A history of Dursley's railways
• Coaley Junction Action Committee
• Vale Vision Community Development covering Dursley, Cam and the surrounding villages
• Rednock School website
• About the Dursley Pedersen Bicycle

Coordinates: 51.68113° N 2.35431° W The Cotswold Way is a long-distance footpath, running along the escarpment of the Cotswold Hills in England. ... Statistics Population: 84,000 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: ST745645 Administration District: Bath and North East Somerset Region: South West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Somerset Historic county: Somerset Services Police force: Avon and Somerset Fire and rescue: Avon Ambulance: South Western Post office... Chipping Campden is a Cotswold town in Gloucestershire, England, famous for its beautiful terraced High Street, dating from the 14th – 17th centuries. ... Statistics Population: 5400 (2001 census estimate) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: ST758933 Administration District: Stroud Shire county: Gloucestershire Region: South West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Gloucestershire Historic county: Gloucestershire Services Police force: Avon and Somerset Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: Great Western... Stroud is a town in the county of Gloucestershire, England. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...