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Cirencester
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Cirencester ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England. It lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the Thames. Cirencester is the eighth largest settlement in Gloucestershire and the largest town within the Cotswolds. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural University, the oldest agricultural college in the English-speaking world, founded in 1840. The town had a population of 20,229 in 2021. The town is north-west of Swindon, south-east of Gloucester, west of Oxford and north-east of Bristol.
Key facts
- UK place.type
- Market town
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Cirencester
- UK place.static_image_name
- Castle Street Cirencester.jpg
- UK place.population
- 20,229
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.shire_district
- Cotswold
- UK place.shire_county
- Gloucestershire
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South Cotswolds
- UK place.post_town
- CIRENCESTER
- UK place.postcode_district
- GL7
- UK place.postcode_area
- GL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01285
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP022021
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Cirencester Town Council
The Official Website for Cirencester. Cirencester has a wonderful history and accordingly the Town Council, whilst seeking to recognise and protect the town's heritage, is also making every effort to enable the townspeople to enjoy a quality of life compatible with the 21st Century., The Official Website for Cirencester. Cirencester has a wonderful history and accordingly the Town Council, whilst seeking to recognise and protect the town's heritage, is also making every effort to enable the townspeople to enjoy a quality of life compatible with the 21st Century.
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 18324
- Official website
- www.cirencester.gov.uk
- Image
- Cirencester StJohnBaptistChurch.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01285
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- Commons category
- Cirencester
- OS grid reference
- SP022021
- postal code
- GL7
- P8168
- Adriatic
- P12749
- Hans Globke
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Article
29 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Roman Corinium
- Post-Roman and Saxon
- Norman
- Tudor
- Civil War
- Modern history
- Archaeology
- Geography
- Climate
- Sites of interest
- Governance
- Transport
- Roads
- Buses
- Railway
- Air
- Education
- Culture
- Media
- Sport
- Twin towns
- Notable people
- Listed building
- References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- External links
Cirencester ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England. It lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the Thames. Cirencester is the eighth largest settlement in Gloucestershire and the largest town within the Cotswolds. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural University, the oldest agricultural college in the English-speaking world, founded in 1840. The town had a population of 20,229 in 2021. The town is north-west of Swindon, south-east of Gloucester, west of Oxford and north-east of Bristol.
The Roman name for the town was Corinium, which is thought to have been associated with the ancient British tribe of the Dobunni, having the same root word as the River Churn. The earliest known reference to the town was by Ptolemy in AD 150. The town's Corinium Museum has an extensive Roman collection.
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