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had made the frame unsafe and the tenor bell was cracked, so the bells were listed as unringable. In 2015 the Whitechapel Bell Foundry re-cast the tenor and treble bells to make three new ones, increasing the ring from five to six. The frame was rebuilt, the bells re-hung and the ring of six was
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mile (800 m) southwest of Adlestrop village where the main road (now the A436) crosses the river. The station was called "Addlestrop" and Stow Road (note the double "D") until 1862, when it was shortened to "Addlestrop". The
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One of the station signs and one of the benches that used to be on the station platform are now in the village bus shelter. A plaque on the bench quotes Thomas's poem. These are all that remain of the former station.
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In 1632 Sir William Leigh, grandson of Sir Thomas, died and left the manor to his son, also called William. The younger William chose to live at Adlestrop, and had a barn near the parish church converted into a
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about 26 metres (85 ft) long and 16 metres (52 ft) wide. The tumulus is low, only 2 feet 6 inches (0.8 m) high at one end and 5 feet (1.5 m) at the other. It is near the
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Thomas Leigh, a member of the manorial family, was Rector of Adlestrop from 1762 until his death in 1813. One of his cousins was the mother of novelist
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wrote a poem, 'Do You Remember Adlestrop?' (1981, in the collection 'Sea to the West'). It includes the line 'And Willows, willow-herb and grass'.
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railway passes along the Evenlode valley southwest of the village and until 1966 had a station here. The village is best known for the 1917 poem "
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Adlestrop House was built in the 17th century as the Rectory. It was altered in the 18th century and extended in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester Iron Age and Romano-British Monuments in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds
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forms the southwest boundary of the parish. The village is on a stream that flows southwest to join the river.
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Tenor (largest bell), note B flat (but cracked and toneless): cast in 1838 by Thomas Mears (Gloucester).
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in Oxfordshire with Stow-on-the-Wold, passes through the parish just south of the village. The
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took over the line in 1863 and changed the spelling to "Adlestrop" with a single "D" in 1883.
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In 1759–62 much of the house was demolished and rebuilt on a larger scale to designs by the
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closed the station in 1966 but the railway remains open. The nearest station is now at
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for a village, combined with the name of a person called Tātel or Tǣtel.
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cast four of them including the treble in 1711. Thomas II Mears of the
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that sells groceries and in the summer months serves teas. There is a
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Adlestrop Revisited: an Anthology Inspired by Edward Thomas's Poem
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was built along the Evenlode valley. A station was opened about
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Treble (smallest bell), note F: cast in 1711 by Abraham Rudhall
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in AD 708. In the 10th century the manor was assessed at seven
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Since 1935 the parish of Adlestrop has included the village of
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Inside the parish church of St Mary Magdalene, looking east
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About 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of the village is a
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Adlestrop House

Adlestrop is located in Gloucestershire
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Cotswold
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Gloucestershire
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