Ford, Gloucestershire

Cutsdean is a rural village in the Cotswolds and smaller than average sized parish, a few miles east north-east of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire and the same distance south-southeast of Evesham. The River Windrush runs through the village. It can get so windy in the village that the locals call it “two coats Cutsdean”.

Temple Guiting Manor is an early 16th-century house at Temple Guiting, Gloucestershire, England. It is a Grade I listed building, and is in private ownership.

Temple Guiting is a village and civil parish in the Cotswolds, in Gloucestershire, England. The civil parish includes the smaller settlements of Barton, Farmcote, Ford and Kineton. In 2011 the parish had a population of 463.The place was recorded as plain Guiting (in the form Getinge) in the Domesday Book of 1086, when it was held by Roger de Lacy. In the middle of the 12th century Roger's son Gilbert de Lacy gave land here to the Knights Templar, who founded the Temple Guiting Preceptory. The place then became known as Temple Guiting after the Knights Templar. St Mary's Church dates back to the 12th century, but was restored in 1884. It is a Grade I listed building. St Mary's is part of the Benefice of the Seven Churches which also includes Guiting Power, Cutsdean, Farmcote, Lower Slaughter with Eyford, Upper Slaughter and Naunton.Manor Farmhouse is an early 16th-century house, also a Grade I listed building.Within the parish is Cotswolds Farm Park, privately owned by Adam Henson, a tourist attraction with 50 breeds of farm animals.

Jackdaw Quarry (grid reference SP077309) is a 4.78-hectare (11.8-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1985.

Pinnock and Hyde was a township and civil parish in the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England. It lies 4 miles (6.4 km) east of the town of Winchcombe. Pinnock was a medieval village, later deserted, and is now a single farm. Hyde consists of a farm and a few houses on the west bank of the infant River Windrush. In 1931 the parish had a population of 70. Pinnock was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, as Pignocsire, with a population estimated as at least 25. By 1563 there were only three households there. Today the remains of the medieval village are visible as earthworks north of Pinnock Farm. Hyde is a shrunken medieval village, but traces of medieval buildings have not been found. Pinnock and Hyde became a township of the ancient parish of Didbrook. It was a detached part of that parish, and had its own rectory but no church. It became a separate civil parish in 1866, although its population in 1881 was only 29. The civil parish was significantly enlarged in 1883, when the chapelry of Farmcote was added to it. In 1935 the civil parish was abolished and absorbed into the parish of Temple Guiting.

Temple Guiting Preceptory was a medieval monastic house of the Knights Templar in Gloucestershire, England. It was founded around the middle of the twelfth century, receiving grants of land from Gilbert de Lacy and Roger de Waterville. Following the closure of the order in 1308–1309, the last preceptor of Guiting was sent to a monastery in the Diocese of Worcester with a small maintenance charged upon the lands of Temple Guiting.There was a fulling mill established at Temple Guiting, Gloucestershire by 1185 which was documented in the Doomsday Book.

Cutsdean Quarry (grid reference SP105315) is a 0.83-hectare (2.1-acre) nature reserve in Gloucestershire, England. The site is listed in the 'Cotswold District' Local Plan 2001-2011 as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS).The site is managed by the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust under licence from the Stanway Estate since 1981.

Lark Wood (grid reference SP104262) is a 1.11-hectare (2.7-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1974. The site is listed in the 'Cotswold District' Local Plan 2001-2011 (on line) as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS).

Barton is a village in Gloucestershire, on the Windrush River, near Naunton. It appears in written records as Berton as early as 1287.

The Anglican Church of St Mary at Temple Guiting in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was built in the 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.

Farmcote is a hamlet in the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England. It lies 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the town of Winchcombe and 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Temple Guiting. Farmcote is a small place, a few houses along a dead end lane, but has a long history. Beckbury Camp, half a mile north of the hamlet, is an Iron Age univallate hillfort. St Faith's chapel in the hamlet dates back to Saxon times. Farmcote was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, in the form Fernecote. The toponym is derived from the Old English fearn "fern" and cot "cottage", and so means "fern cottage(s)". In the Middle Ages Hailes Abbey held land here, and built Farmcote Grange, the remains of which are still visible. In 1314 Stephen de Stratford was granted lordship of Farmcote Manor, and his Stratford family descendants held the manor until the estate was sold in 1756. Following the dissolution of Hailes Abbey in 1539 the Farmcote Stratfords occupied Great Farmcote Manor House. The manor house, still bearing the arms of the Stratford family, is now a Grade II listed building. Farmcote became a chapelry of the parish of Guiting Power (also known as Lower Guiting), but in 1883 was transferred to the civil parish of Pinnock and Hyde. The civil parish of Pinnock and Hyde was abolished in 1935 and merged with the civil parish of Temple Guiting.

St Faith, Farmcote is a chapel of ease in Farmcote, Gloucestershire, two miles west-north-west of Temple Guiting. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building. The chapel is located in the small hamlet of Farmcote in the Cotswolds, near Winchcombe. The original building was Saxon; the only remains of the early church are the Saxo-Norman nave, the remains of a doorway and a double bellcote.