Fretherne
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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.'
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- village
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- United Kingdom
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- Fretherne with Saul
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- Fretherne Church - geograph.org.uk - 685373.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01452
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- Fretherne
- postal code
- GL2
- OS grid reference
- SO733091
- P8168
- Hapalopilus nidulans
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fretherne” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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