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{{Short description|Village in Gloucestershire, England}}
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| official_name = Bisley
|official_name = Bisley
| population = 2,142
|population = 2,142
| population_ref =(2011)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120792&c=Bisley&d=16&e=62&g=6427796&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1427570933678&enc=1 |title=Parish population 2011 |accessdate= 28 March 2015}}</ref>
|population_ref = (2011)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120792&c=Bisley&d=16&e=62&g=6427796&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1427570933678&enc=1 |title=Parish population 2011 |accessdate=28 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402133332/https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120792&c=Bisley&d=16&e=62&g=6427796&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1427570933678&enc=1 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| static_image_name = Bisley, Gloucestershire, a village in the Cotswolds.jpg
|static_image_name = Bisley, Gloucestershire, a village in the Cotswolds.jpg
| static_image_caption = A view over Bisley
|static_image_caption = A view over Bisley
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|shire_district = [[Stroud (district)|Stroud]]
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|region = South West England
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|civil_parish = [[Bisley-with-Lypiatt]]
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| postcode_district = GL6
|postcode_district = GL6
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| post_town = [[Stroud]]
|post_town = [[Stroud]]
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'''Bisley''' is a village and former [[civil parish]], now in the parish of [[Bisley-with-Lypiatt]], in the [[Stroud District|Stroud]] district, in [[Gloucestershire]], England, about {{convert|4|mi|0}} east of [[Stroud]]. The once-extensive manor included Stroud and [[Chalford]], [[Thrupp and Brimscombe|Thrupp]], [[Oakridge, Stroud, Gloucestershire|Oakridge]], [[Bussage]], Througham and [[Eastcombe, Gloucestershire|Eastcombe]]. In 1891 the parish had a population of 5171.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10356969/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Bisley AP/CP through time|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=6 December 2022}}</ref>

'''Bisley''' is a village in [[Gloucestershire]], England, about {{convert|4|mi|0}} east of [[Stroud]]. The parish is combined with adjoining [[Lypiatt]], the two being styled [[Bisley-with-Lypiatt]]. The once-extensive manor included Stroud and [[Chalford]], [[Thrupp and Brimscombe|Thrupp]], [[Oakridge, Gloucestershire|Oakridge]], [[Bussage]], Througham and [[Eastcombe, Gloucestershire|Eastcombe]].


==Governance==
==Governance==
An [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] in the name Bisley exists. This ward has the same area and population as the civil parish.
An [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] in the name Bisley exists. The ward has the same area and population as the civil parish of "Bisley-with-Lypiatt".

The parish was abolished in 1894 to form "Bisley with Lypiatt" and [[Chalford]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/stroud.html|title=Stroud Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=6 December 2022}}</ref>


==History and architecture==
==History and architecture==
The area is noted for the wealth of its Cotswold stone houses of architectural and historic interest.<ref>[http://www.stroud.gov.uk/info/conservation/bisley_conservation2.pdf Stroud Council Conservation Area No. 6 Bisley] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723134722/http://www.stroud.gov.uk/info/conservation/bisley_conservation2.pdf |date=23 July 2011 }}</ref> They include [[Lypiatt Park]], formerly the home of Judge [[H. B. D. Woodcock]] and then of the late [[Modernist]] sculptor [[Lynn Chadwick]];<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org/people/lynn-chadwick/image/775 |title=British Council |access-date=30 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725102022/http://venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org/people/lynn-chadwick/image/775 |archive-date=25 July 2011 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }}</ref> [[Nether Lypiatt Manor]], formerly the home of [[Violet Gordon-Woodhouse]] and [[Prince Michael of Kent|Prince and Princess Michael of Kent]];<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/royal/2003/06/kents.shtml |title=BBC - Gloucestershire The Royal County - Nether Lypiatt Manor |website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> [[Daneway]] (near [[Sapperton, Gloucestershire|Sapperton]], but within the parish of Bisley); Over Court; Througham Court (repaired in 1929 for the novelist Sir [[Michael Sadleir]] by [[Norman Jewson]]);<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol11/pp4-11 |title=Bisley: Introduction - British History Online |website=www.british-history.ac.uk}}</ref> and [[Jaynes Court]], formerly the private residence of [[Simon Isaacs, 4th Marquess of Reading]] (born 1942).
The area is noted for the wealth of its Cotswold stone houses of architectural and historic interest.<ref>[http://www.stroud.gov.uk/info/conservation/bisley_conservation2.pdf Stroud Council Conservation Area No. 6 Bisley] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723134722/http://www.stroud.gov.uk/info/conservation/bisley_conservation2.pdf |date=23 July 2011 }}</ref> They include [[Lypiatt Park]], formerly the home of Judge [[H. B. D. Woodcock]] and then of the late [[Modernist]] sculptor [[Lynn Chadwick]];<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org/people/lynn-chadwick/image/775 |title=British Council |access-date=30 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725102022/http://venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org/people/lynn-chadwick/image/775 |archive-date=25 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> [[Nether Lypiatt Manor]], formerly the home of [[Violet Gordon-Woodhouse]] and [[Prince Michael of Kent|Prince and Princess Michael of Kent]];<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/royal/2003/06/kents.shtml |title=BBC - Gloucestershire The Royal County - Nether Lypiatt Manor |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=20 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202070859/http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/royal/2003/06/kents.shtml |archive-date=2 December 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Daneway]] (near [[Sapperton, Gloucestershire|Sapperton]], but within the parish of Bisley); Over Court; Througham Court (repaired in 1929 for the novelist Sir [[Michael Sadleir]] by [[Norman Jewson]]);<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol11/pp4-11 |title=Bisley: Introduction - British History Online |website=www.british-history.ac.uk |access-date=1 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822181406/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol11/pp4-11 |archive-date=22 August 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Jaynes Court]], formerly the private residence of [[Simon Isaacs, 4th Marquess of Reading]] (born 1942).
[[File:BisleyLockup.jpg|thumb|left|150px|'''''Bisley lockup''''']]
[[File:BisleyLockup.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Bisley lockup]]


Througham Slad Manor is believed to date from the mid-16th century with 18th century additions, the manor was altered in the 1930s by [[Norman Jewson]] for [[William Adlington Barrow Cadbury|W. A. Cadbury]]. In the 1970s, the house was owned by [[Mike Oldfield]], who installed a recording studio in the barn.
Througham Slad Manor is believed to date from the mid-16th century with 18th century additions, the manor was altered in the 1930s by [[Norman Jewson]] for [[William Adlington Barrow Cadbury|W. A. Cadbury]]. In the 1970s, the house was owned by [[Mike Oldfield]], who installed a recording studio in the barn.


The village prison, which had originally been located in the churchyard, was replaced in 1824 by a two-cell [[Village lock-up|lock-up]], where drunks were kept overnight,<ref>[http://www.glosgen.co.uk/bisley.htm GlosGen - Bisley] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304133153/http://www.glosgen.co.uk/bisley.htm |date=4 March 2009}}</ref> and petty criminals were detained before appearing before the [[magistrate]]. This was often followed by a spell in the [[stocks]] or [[pillory]]. This building still stands, minus its heavy oak doors.
The village prison, which had originally been located in the churchyard, was replaced in 1824 by a two-cell [[Village lock-up|lock-up]], where drunks were kept overnight,<ref>[http://www.glosgen.co.uk/bisley.htm GlosGen - Bisley] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304133153/http://www.glosgen.co.uk/bisley.htm |date=4 March 2009}}</ref> and petty criminals were detained before appearing before the [[magistrate]]. This was often followed by a spell in the [[stocks]] or [[pillory]]. This building still stands, minus its heavy oak doors.


Bisley has a structure on Wells Road, containing seven spouts forming a public water supply from the Seven Springs and is known for its well dressing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glosgen.co.uk/records/bisley.htm|title=GlosGen - Bisley Genealogy|website=www.glosgen.co.uk}}</ref>
Bisley has a structure on Wells Road, containing seven spouts forming a public water supply from the Seven Springs and is known for its well dressing.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.glosgen.co.uk/records/bisley.htm |title=GlosGen - Bisley Genealogy |website=www.glosgen.co.uk|access-date=8 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125202222/http://www.glosgen.co.uk/records/bisley.htm |archive-date=25 January 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

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There is a Saxon wayside cross on the wide verge of Bisley Road, south-west of Stancombe Toll House.


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There is a Saxon wayside cross on the wide verge of Bisley Road, south-west of Stancombe Toll House.
===Church history===
===Church history===
[[File:Bisley Church - geograph.org.uk - 786958.jpg|thumb|The church of All Saints; it was mostly rebuilt in the early 1860s]]
[[File:Bisley Church - geograph.org.uk - 786958.jpg|thumb|The church of All Saints was mostly rebuilt in the early 1860s.]]
The parish church of All Saints may originally have been an Anglo-Saxon minster. Between 1827 and 1857 the Vicar was [[Thomas Keble]], a Tractarian and pioneer in parish ministry. Thomas Keble was the younger brother of John Keble his son Thomas Keble succeeded him as Vicar.
The parish church of All Saints may originally have been an Anglo-Saxon minster. Between 1827 and 1873 the Vicar was [[Thomas Keble]], a Tractarian and a pioneer in parish ministry. Thomas Keble was the younger brother of John Keble. His son Thomas Keble succeeded him as Vicar.


==Notable residents==
==Notable residents==
*[[Denis Parsons Burkitt]], surgeon and cancer researcher, lived latterly in Bisley and was buried there in 1993.<ref>Anthony Epstein, "Burkitt, Denis Parsons (1911–1993)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford, UK: OUP, 2004. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/57333 Retrieved 28 February 2017, pay-walled.]</ref>
*[[Denis Parsons Burkitt]], surgeon and cancer researcher, lived latterly in Bisley and was buried there in 1993.<ref>Anthony Epstein, "Burkitt, Denis Parsons (1911–1993)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford, UK: OUP, 2004. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/57333 Retrieved 28 February 2017, pay-walled.]</ref>
*[[Mike Oldfield]], musician, lived and recorded at Througham Slad Manor in the 1970s.
*Bisley since 1982 has been the home of [[Jilly Cooper]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1513975/Jillywood-tours-target-Cotswolds-reluctant-celebrities.html |title='Jillywood' tours target Cotswolds' reluctant celebrities |first=Jeremy |last=Clarke |date=26 March 2006 |publisher= |via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> a prolific contemporary novelist, and was that of her husband, the publisher [[Leo Cooper]], until his death in 2013.
*Bisley since 1982 has been the home of [[Jilly Cooper]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1513975/Jillywood-tours-target-Cotswolds-reluctant-celebrities.html |title='Jillywood' tours target Cotswolds' reluctant celebrities |first=Jeremy |last=Clarke |date=26 March 2006 |publisher= |via=www.telegraph.co.uk |access-date=2 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403233656/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1513975/Jillywood-tours-target-Cotswolds-reluctant-celebrities.html |archive-date=3 April 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> a prolific contemporary novelist, and was that of her husband, the publisher [[Leo Cooper (publisher)|Leo Cooper]], until his death in 2013.
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*[[Michael Sadleir]] (1888–1957), publisher, novelist, book collector and bibliographer, lived in Bisley from 1929 to 1949.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol11/pp11-20#fnn128 |title=Bisley: Manors and other estates |website=British History Online |access-date=2021-04-14}}</ref>

==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:StancombeTollHouse.jpg|'''''Stancombe Toll House'''''
File:StancombeTollHouse.jpg|Stancombe Toll House
File:WaysideCross.jpg|'''''The Cross-Shaft'''''
File:WaysideCross.jpg|The Cross-shaft
File:WaysideCross2.jpg|'''''The plaque'''''
File:WaysideCross2.jpg|The plaque
</gallery>
</gallery>


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*http://www.bisleyvillage.com/
*http://www.bisleyvillage.com/
*http://www.bisleynews.co.uk
*http://www.bisleynews.co.uk
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/content/articles/2008/10/27/dayout_stroudwater_hills_video_feature.shtml BBC archive film of Bisley from 1985]
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/content/articles/2008/10/27/dayout_stroudwater_hills_video_feature.shtml BBC archive film of Bisley from 1985]
*[http://ask.stroudvoices.co.uk/#bisley Stroud Voices (Bisley filter) - oral history site]
*[http://ask.stroudvoices.co.uk/#bisley Stroud Voices (Bisley filter) - oral history site]

*[http://benchmarke.mister.red/#bisley a collection of images of OS Bench Marks in the Bisley area]
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[[Category:Villages in Gloucestershire]]
[[Category:Villages in Gloucestershire]]
[[Category:Former civil parishes in Gloucestershire]]
[[Category:Stroud District]]
[[Category:Stroud District]]

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Bisley
A view over Bisley
Bisley is located in Gloucestershire
Bisley
Bisley
Location within Gloucestershire
Population2,142 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSO905065
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townStroud
Postcode districtGL6
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51°45′13″N 2°08′26″W / 51.75351°N 2.14047°W / 51.75351; -2.14047

Bisley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bisley-with-Lypiatt, in the Stroud district, in Gloucestershire, England, about 4 miles (6 km) east of Stroud. The once-extensive manor included Stroud and Chalford, Thrupp, Oakridge, Bussage, Througham and Eastcombe. In 1891 the parish had a population of 5171.[2]

Governance

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An electoral ward in the name Bisley exists. The ward has the same area and population as the civil parish of "Bisley-with-Lypiatt".

The parish was abolished in 1894 to form "Bisley with Lypiatt" and Chalford.[3]

History and architecture

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The area is noted for the wealth of its Cotswold stone houses of architectural and historic interest.[4] They include Lypiatt Park, formerly the home of Judge H. B. D. Woodcock and then of the late Modernist sculptor Lynn Chadwick;[5] Nether Lypiatt Manor, formerly the home of Violet Gordon-Woodhouse and Prince and Princess Michael of Kent;[6] Daneway (near Sapperton, but within the parish of Bisley); Over Court; Througham Court (repaired in 1929 for the novelist Sir Michael Sadleir by Norman Jewson);[7] and Jaynes Court, formerly the private residence of Simon Isaacs, 4th Marquess of Reading (born 1942).

Bisley lockup

Througham Slad Manor is believed to date from the mid-16th century with 18th century additions, the manor was altered in the 1930s by Norman Jewson for W. A. Cadbury. In the 1970s, the house was owned by Mike Oldfield, who installed a recording studio in the barn.

The village prison, which had originally been located in the churchyard, was replaced in 1824 by a two-cell lock-up, where drunks were kept overnight,[8] and petty criminals were detained before appearing before the magistrate. This was often followed by a spell in the stocks or pillory. This building still stands, minus its heavy oak doors.

Bisley has a structure on Wells Road, containing seven spouts forming a public water supply from the Seven Springs and is known for its well dressing.[9]

There is a Saxon wayside cross on the wide verge of Bisley Road, south-west of Stancombe Toll House.

Church history

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The church of All Saints was mostly rebuilt in the early 1860s.

The parish church of All Saints may originally have been an Anglo-Saxon minster. Between 1827 and 1873 the Vicar was Thomas Keble, a Tractarian and a pioneer in parish ministry. Thomas Keble was the younger brother of John Keble. His son Thomas Keble succeeded him as Vicar.

Notable residents

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  • Denis Parsons Burkitt, surgeon and cancer researcher, lived latterly in Bisley and was buried there in 1993.[10]
  • Mike Oldfield, musician, lived and recorded at Througham Slad Manor in the 1970s.
  • Bisley since 1982 has been the home of Jilly Cooper,[11] a prolific contemporary novelist, and was that of her husband, the publisher Leo Cooper, until his death in 2013.
  • Michael Sadleir (1888–1957), publisher, novelist, book collector and bibliographer, lived in Bisley from 1929 to 1949.[12]
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  • Stancombe Toll House
    Stancombe Toll House
  • The Cross-shaft
    The Cross-shaft
  • The plaque
    The plaque

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Population statistics Bisley AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Stroud Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  4. ^ Stroud Council Conservation Area No. 6 Bisley Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "British Council". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
  6. ^ "BBC - Gloucestershire The Royal County - Nether Lypiatt Manor". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Bisley: Introduction - British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 22 August 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  8. ^ GlosGen - Bisley Archived 4 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "GlosGen - Bisley Genealogy". www.glosgen.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  10. ^ Anthony Epstein, "Burkitt, Denis Parsons (1911–1993)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, UK: OUP, 2004. Retrieved 28 February 2017, pay-walled.
  11. ^ Clarke, Jeremy (26 March 2006). "'Jillywood' tours target Cotswolds' reluctant celebrities". Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  12. ^ "Bisley: Manors and other estates". British History Online. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
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