Pucklechurch
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Pucklechurch is a village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England. The parish also incorporates the hamlet of Shortwood to the west of Pucklechurch village, and Parkfield to the north-west, with a total population of 3,209 at the 2021 census data. The village dates back over a thousand years and was once the site of a royal hunting lodge, as it adjoined a large forest.
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Vinony's link graph records 173 inbound references to Pucklechurch, and connects out to Thornbury, Charfield and Tytherington.
It is catalogued under topics including Civil parishes in Gloucestershire and Villages in South Gloucestershire District.
Vinony links it to 13 Wikipedia language editions.
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cached 2144h agoPlace details
- Locality
- Pucklechurch
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 2,364
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Pucklechurch
- UK place.population
- 3,209
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Pucklechurch
- UK place.unitary_england
- South Gloucestershire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Gloucestershire
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Thornbury and Yate
- UK place.post_town
- Bristol
- UK place.postcode_district
- BS16
- UK place.postcode_area
- BS
- UK place.dial_code
- 0117
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST698765
- UK place.static_image_name
- ChurchatPucklechurch.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Thomas à Becket Church, grade I listed parish church
- UK place.mapframe
- yes
- UK place.mapframe zoom
- 12
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- South Gloucestershire
- Population
- 2904
- Area
- 9.075
- Elevation
- 110
- Shares border with
- Westerleigh
- Image
- ChurchatPucklechurch.jpg
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- Commons category
- Pucklechurch
- postal code
- BS16
- OS grid reference
- ST698765
- P8168
- (706765) 2010 TK7
- P12749
- Safir
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Encyclopedic overview
27 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Murder of King Edmund AD 946
- Domesday Book
- Ownership and construction of the existing church
- Farmed to Denys family
- Coal mining
- Shortwood brickworks
- War memorial, World War II and RAF Pucklechurch
- Prison
- Governance
- Amenities
- Recreation Ground
- Education
- Landmarks
- Transport
- Bus
- Roads and rail
- Active travel
- Demography
- Twinning association
- Localities
- Shortwood
- Parkfield
- Location grid
- References
- External links
Pucklechurch is a village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England. The parish also incorporates the hamlet of Shortwood to the west of Pucklechurch village, and Parkfield to the north-west, with a total population of 3,209 at the 2021 census data. The village dates back over a thousand years and was once the site of a royal hunting lodge, as it adjoined a large forest.
A Royal Air Force station called RAF Pucklechurch existed until 1959, when the site was transferred to HM Prison Service.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pucklechurch” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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