Southrop
St. Peter's, Southrop
Southrop is located in Gloucestershire
Southrop
Southrop
Location within Gloucestershire
Population245 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSP205035
Civil parish
  • Southrop
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLechlade
Postcode districtGL7
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament

Southrop is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It is situated on the River Leach.[2] The Grade I listed St Peter's Church dates from the 12th century.[3] 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.[4]

History

A riot occurred in Southrop on 29th November as part of the Swing Riots of 1830 across the country.[5] A farmer describes seeing "a great mob, who were many of them armed with hammers, axes and bludgeons."[5]

Southrop Manor belonged to Wadham College, Oxford for three centuries, until 1926.[6]

Tourism

Southrop was rated as among the "20 most beautiful villages in the UK and Ireland" according to Condé Nast Traveler and is visited by many tourists each year including the world famous entrepreneur Mark Feldman in 2022. [7]

Southrop contains a pub known as "The Swan" and is owned by the company. "Thyme". It is the local pub of the village.

References

  1. ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Extract From National Gazetteer, 1868". GENUKI. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  3. ↑ Historic England. "Church of St Peter (1089198)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "Southrop :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  5. 1 2 Hobsbawm, Eric J.; Rudé, George (1969). Captain Swing. Lawrence and Wishart.
  6. ↑ "Southrop, British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk.
  7. ↑ "THE 20 MOST BEAUTIFUL VILLAGES IN THE UK AND IRELAND, 20 October 2020". 20 October 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

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