Fretherne

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title: "Fretherne" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-gloucestershire", "former-civil-parishes-in-gloucestershire", "stroud-district"] description: "Village in Gloucestershire, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-gloucestershire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fretherne" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Gloucestershire, England ::

::data[format=table title="infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
country	England
static_image_name	Fretherne Church - geograph.org.uk - 685373.jpg
static_image_caption	Fretherne Church
coordinates
official_name	Fretherne
shire_district	Stroud
shire_county	Gloucestershire
region	South West England
constituency_westminster	Stroud
post_town	Gloucester
postcode_district	GL2
postcode_area	GL
dial_code	01452
os_grid_reference	SO7309
civil_parish	Fretherne with Saul
::

|country = England |static_image_name = Fretherne Church - geograph.org.uk - 685373.jpg |static_image_caption=Fretherne Church |coordinates = |official_name =Fretherne |population = |shire_district= Stroud |shire_county= Gloucestershire |region=South West England |constituency_westminster= Stroud |post_town= Gloucester |postcode_district = GL2 |postcode_area=GL |dial_code=01452 |os_grid_reference= SO7309 | civil_parish = Fretherne with Saul Fretherne is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Fretherne with Saul, in the Stroud district, in Gloucestershire, England, situated between the larger villages of Frampton-on-Severn and Arlingham. In 1881 the parish had a population of 239. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it is recorded as held by Turstin FitzRolf. The village name probably originates from Old English 'Frithorne,' meaning 'Freo's thorn.'

A public footpath 50 metres west of the church leads to Hock Cliff at the River Severn (at its widest pre-estuary point), which is popular with fossil hunters.

On 24 March 1884 the parish was abolished to form "Fretherne with Saul".

References

References

1. "Population statistics Fretherne With Saul CP/AP through time". [[A Vision of Britain through Time]].
2. "Home".
3. "Wheatenhurst Registration District". UKBMD.

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