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Deerhurst is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, about Шаблон:Convert southwest of Tewkesbury. The village is on the east bank of the River Severn. The parish includes the village of Apperley and the hamlet of Deerhurst Walton. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 906,[1] the majority of whom live in Apperley.

The place-name is derived from Old English and means "deer-wood". It was spelt Deorhyrst in AD 804, Dorhirst in about 1050 and Derherste in the Domesday Book in 1086.Шаблон:Sfn

Geography

The parish has an area of about Шаблон:Convert, bounded by the Severn to the west, the A38 road to the east and Coombe Hill Canal to the south.Шаблон:Sfn

The parish is low-lying and much of it is repeatedly flooded. After serious flooding in 1947 several cottages were abandoned and demolished.Шаблон:Sfn Deerhurst was inundated again by the floods of 2007.[2]

Priory and parish church

Шаблон:Main By AD 804 there was a Benedictine monastery at Deerhurst, which also held the manor. In about 1060 King Edward the Confessor divided the manor. He granted the monastery, with one hide of land, to the Abbey of St Denis in France,Шаблон:Sfn making it an alien priory. But the larger part of the land, assessed at five hides, he granted to Westminster Abbey.Шаблон:Sfn

Deerhurst Priory ceased to be an alien house in 1443 and the Crown granted it to Tewkesbury Abbey in 1467. Both the abbey and the priory were dissolved in 1540.Шаблон:Sfn

The priory church of St Mary, built in the 8th, 9th and 10th centuries AD, survives as Deerhurst's Church of England parish church. It has been described as "an Anglo-Saxon monument of the first order"Шаблон:Sfn and is a Grade I listed building.[3]

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Priory Farmhouse

Part of another building of the priory survives in Priory Farmhouse, which adjoins the church. In its cellar is an 11th- or 12th-century column, but most of the core of the building seems to be 14th-centuryШаблон:Sfn and later. After the dissolution in 1540 the building was converted into a farmhouse. It is a Grade I listed building.[4]

Odda's Chapel and Abbot's Court

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Odda's Chapel and Abbot's Court

Odda of Deerhurst founded Odda's Chapel in 1056 as a chantry for his brother Ælfric, who had died in 1053.Шаблон:Sfn Chantries were abolished in the 16th century and the chapel ceased to be used for worship.

Early in the 17th century a timber-framed house, Abbot's Court, was built next to it as the manor house for the Westminster Abbey's estate.Шаблон:Sfn The former chapel was converted into the service wing of the house.[5] The chapel is a Grade I listed building.[6]

Deerhurst Manor

After dissolving the priory in 1540, the Crown leased its manor to a George Throckmorton. It remained with his heirs until 1604, when a Thomas Throckmorton sold it to Thomas Cassey of Wightfield Manor near Apperley.Шаблон:Sfn

In 1615 the Cassey sold the manor to Thomas Coventry, who in 1628 was created Baron Coventry. In 1697 the 5th Baron Coventry was created Earl of Coventry and at the subsidiary title "Viscount Deerhurst" was created for his heir apparent.Шаблон:Sfn

In 1964 trustees for the 11th Earl of Coventry still held an estate of Шаблон:Convert at Deerhurst. The Coventry family has never lived at Deerhurst: its seat is at Croome Court in Worcestershire.Шаблон:Sfn

School

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Former National School

A National School was built in Deerhurst in 1856.Шаблон:Sfn Apperley had its own school until 1923, when it was closed and its pupils were transferred to Deerhurst. By 1964 it was a primary school, and children over the age of 11 attended secondary schools in Tewkesbury.Шаблон:Sfn The school has since moved to Apperley,[7] and the building in Deerhurst has been converted into two private houses.

Legend

There is a local legend that a dragon once ravaged the area, until a man called John Smith killed it with an axe.Шаблон:Sfn

References

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External links

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