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Redmarley D'Abitot
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| OS grid reference | |
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| District | Forest of Dean |
| Shire county | Gloucestershire |
| Region | South West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Gloucester |
| Postcode district | GL19 |
| Dial code | 01531/01452 |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | Great Western |
| UK Parliament | Forest of Dean |
| European Parliament | South West England |
| List of places: UK • England • Gloucestershire | |
Redmarley D`Abitot, Gloucestershire is civil parish and a village lying within the Forest of Dean Local Authority District.
Although now in Gloucestershire, Redmarley was in Worcestershire until 1931 [1].
The name Redmarley comes from 'Woodland clearing with a reedy pond'[2]. The D'Abitot is though to come from Urso d'Abitot, Sheriff of Worcestershire who held the manor in 1086 [3]
- 3 miles north of Newent
- 5 miles south west of Ledbury
- 10 miles north west of Gloucester
- ^ List of Rural Districts in England and Wales 1894 - 1930
- ^ MILLS,A. D. (1991): A Dictionary of English Place-Names, Oxford University Press.
- ^ Domesday Book
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