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The parish is presently split between four wards of the Borough of Cheltenham: Swindon Village, Prestbury, Pittville (a very small part) and Oakley; three electoral divisions of the county of Gloucestershire: St Paul's and Swindon, Pittville and Prestbury, and All Saints and Oakley; and two
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The village became eclipsed by Cheltenham following the end of the medieval period. The market started to decline in the 15th century and had lapsed completely by the start of the 18th century. In the middle of the 18th century a
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The village shops include two stores and petrol station with store. There is a public library, three hairdressers, a pharmacy, and a butcher. A brasserie and pub, the King's Arms, was the village's main
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Prestbury civil parish has been in the Borough of Cheltenham since 1991; it was in Cheltenham Rural District from 1894 to 1974, and the Borough of Tewkesbury from 1974 to 1991.
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column with six engraved panels commemorating the villagers who died in the First World War (1914–1918). The memorial was severely damaged in October 2011 in an act of
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village in England, and one of the most haunted in Britain. A ghost walk of Prestbury Village featured in episode 59 of the popular "How Haunted? podcast.
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grew up, his father being the landlord of the pub. There are three further village pubs: the Plough, the Beehive and the Royal Oak.
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was granted permission to hold a weekly market along with a three-day annual fair in August.
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The parish of Prestbury had a population of 6,981 according to the 2011 census.
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the 2006 Cheltenham Gold Cup winning trainer with the horse War of Attrition.
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had stables in Prestbury. Notable Nicholson apprentices include
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of 1086 as "Presteberie", part of the property of the church of
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The name of the village means "Priests’ fortified place", from
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was discovered in the parish, and by 1751 a local landowner,
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parliamentary constituencies: Tewkesbury and Cheltenham.
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when the column was toppled to the ground and smashed.
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in the 13th century. The settlement is mentioned as
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Prestbury is located in Gloucestershire
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