Ozleworth

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

::summary Village in Gloucestershire, England ::

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official_name	Ozleworth
country	England
region	South West England
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post_town	WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE
postcode_area	GL
postcode_district	GL12
dial_code	01453
constituency_westminster	South Cotswolds
civil_parish	Ozleworth
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shire_district	Cotswold
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| hide_services= Ozleworth is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, approximately 30 km south of Gloucester. It lies in the Cotswolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

History

Ozleworth was known as Oslan wyrth in 940, derived from the Old English words ōsle + worth. meaning either "enclosure of a man named Ōsla" or "enclosure frequented by blackbirds" (or ouzels).{{cite book | last = Mills | first = A. D. | title = Dictionary of English Place-Names | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 1998 | pages = 265 | isbn =0-19-280074-4 }} It was listed as Osleworde in the Domesday Book of 1086.{{cite web | title = Ozleworth | work = Domesday Book | publisher = The National Archives | year = 1086 | url = http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7577133&queryType=1&resultcount=1 | access-date =2008-05-09 }}

Governance

Ozleworth is part of the Grumbolds Ash ward of the district of Cotswold, represented by one Councillor. It is part of the constituency of South Cotswolds, represented in Parliament by Liberal Democrat MP Roz Savage. It was part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament prior to Britain leaving the European Union in January 2020.

Geography

Ozleworth is in the county of Gloucestershire, and lies within the Cotswolds, a range of hills designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is approximately 30 km south of Gloucester and approximately 32 km south west of Cirencester. Ozleworth's post town Wotton-under-Edge is approximately 4 km to the west. Nearby villages include Alderley, Wortley, Tresham, Leighterton, Lasborough, Newington Bagpath, Owlpen, and Kingscote.

Newark Park

Main article: Newark Park

Newark Park is a National Trust property which was once a Tudor hunting lodge built by the Poyntz family, anciently feudal barons of Curry Mallet in Somerset, later of Iron Acton in Gloucestershire.

Church

Main article: St Nicholas of Myra's Church, Ozleworth

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The Norman church, which is dedicated to Saint Nicholas of Myra, is known to have been in existence in 1131. It has a cruciform structure, with one bell.{{cite web | title = Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868 | publisher = GENUKI | url = https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/Ozleworth/Gaz1868.html | access-date =2008-05-31 }} It has an unusual hexagonal tower located in the centre of the church between the nave and the chancel.{{cite book | last = Hall | first = Michael | title = Stratford-Upon-Avon and the Cotswolds | publisher = The Pevensey Press | year = 1993 | pages = 91 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=GopyAAAACAAJ | isbn = 0-907115-68-3}} | last = British Archaeological Association | author-link = British Archaeological Association | title = The Archaeological Journal | publisher = Oxford University | year = 1847 | pages = 107 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=6TMGAAAAQAAJ The current nave and font were added in the early 13th century. Archaeological evidence suggests that there was no nave before this time and that the tower originally formed part of the western wall of the church.{{cite book | last = Fernie | first = Eric | title = The Architecture of Norman England | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 2000 | pages = 243 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=jMURu7Hfx6kC | isbn =0-19-925081-2 }} The churchyard is circular. No longer active, the church is looked after by the Churches Conservation Trust.

Notable people

• Bruce Chatwin, novelist, travel writer and journalist, lived in the village.
• Charles Tomlinson, poet, translator and academic, lived in the village.{{cite web | title = Charles Tomlinson - In Conversation With David Morley | year = 1991 | url = http://www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/magazine/record.asp?id=2550 | access-date =2008-06-04 }}

References

References

2. Census, 2001
3. "Location of South Cotswolds".
4. "Dr Roz Savage".

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