Dursley
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| Dursley | |||
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| Koordinaten | 51° 41′ N, 2° 21′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | ST756981 | ||
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| Traditionelle Grafschaft | Gloucestershire | ||
| Einwohner | 5814 (2001 census) | ||
| Verwaltung | |||
| Post town | DURSLEY | ||
| Postleitzahlenabschnitt | GL11 | ||
| Landesteil | England | ||
| Region | South West England | ||
| Shire county | Gloucestershire | ||
| District | Stroud | ||
| Britisches Parlament | Stroud | ||
'Dursley ist eine Gemeinde in der Grafschaft Gloucestershire in England. Der Ort liegt unter der Nordostflanke des Stinchcombe Hill, der zum Hügelzug der Cotswolds gehört, etwa 6 km südostlich des Flusses Severn. Er teilt viele Einrichtungen mit der angrenzenden Gemeinde Cam (kombinierte Einwohnerzahl ca. 12.000).
Geschichte
Das Gebiet von Dursley ist seit der Jungsteinzeit besiedelt. In Uley Bury im nahegelegenen Dorf Uley existieren Überreste eines eisenzeitlichen Forts, das auf ca. 300 v. Chr. datiert. Römische Ruinen finden sich in den Nachbarorten Frocester, Woodchester und Calcot Manor.
Die Kirche St. James the Great stammt ursprünglich aus dem 13. Jahrhundert, das heute zu sehende Gebäude wurde allerdings vorwiegend im 14. und 15. Jahrhundert erstellt. Der ursprüngliche Kirchturm kollabierte im Januar 1699 beim Glockenläuten, was einige Tote zur Folge hatte. Der heutige Turm stammt aus dem Jahr 1709 und wurde von Thomas Sumsion erbaut
Dursley war seit dem 18. Jahrhundert ein wichtiger Marktort, der Bauern und Händler aus dem weiteren Umkreis anlockte.[1] Das mit Säulen verzierte Markthaus mit einer Statue von Queen Anne datiert von 1738.
1856 wurde Dursley über die Dursley and Midland Junction Railway an das Schienennetz angeschlossen.[2] Die Station lag an einer Nebenlinie der Bahnlinie Bristol - Gloucester. Dieser Anschluss wurde 1968 stillgelegt. 1994 wurde an der Stelle der ehemaligen Abzweigung ein neuer Bahnhof eröffnet.
Dursley erlangte 1471 den Borough-Status, verlor diesen aber 1886 wieder. Von 1886 bis 1974 war es das Zentrum des Wahlbezirks Dursley Rural District. 1974 wurde Dursley in den Wahlbezirk Stroud eingegliedert.
Character and amenities
The town sits on the edge of the Cotswold escarpment where it drops off towards the Severn Vale and the River Severn. Dursley's main watercourse is the River Cam, and the town is surrounded by beautiful woodland and countryside. The Cotswold Way long distance trail passes through Dursley.
Stinchcombe Hill provides a scenic backdrop to much of the town. It has an 18 hole golf course, said to be a favourite of the actor Hugh Grant. The Hill has had a great deal of work carried out by volunteers (SHV, led by John Smallwood), since 1992, in an attempt to restore the open views over the Severn Vale. The cleared areas can be seen from the M5 motorway. The Cotswold Way has now been re-routed around the Hill to take advantage of this work.
In the 19th and 20th centuries Dursley was a large-scale manufacturing town, and the engines built here by Lister stationary engine company were seen around the world. That company's successor, Lister-Petter, is still based in the town, though much of the original Vorlage:Convert factory site was acquired in 2000 by the South West Regional Development Agency and is now part of a large housing development.[3] The Towers, a large gothic-style house, formerly part of the Lister Petter estate, still overlooks the town and the site has been converted into flats and a residential care home.[4]
Historically, other large factories based in the town included Mawdsleys, an electrical equipment manufacturer, Bymacks an upholsterers and the Bailey Newspaper Group, a newspaper printer, all of which have reduced or closed operations in recent years.
A new Sainsburys supermarket opened in March 2010 preceded by the closure of Somerfield.
Dursley has a number of licensed premises and the Old Spot pub is regularly voted Gloucestershire Pub of the Year. The pub was also named as 2007 CAMRA National Pub of the year.[5]
Trivia
- Mikael Pedersen invented the Pedersen bicycle in Dursley in the 19th Century.[6]
- Dursley once had a castle, built by Roger de Berkeley in 1153.[1]
- Harry Potter author JK Rowling was born in Yate used to visit the town as a child with her parents, and she named the Dursley family in the Potter books after the town.[7]
References
External links
- Dursley Visitors Guide
- Dursley Local History
- Dursley Chamber of Trade Website
- John Wilkes' Dursley website
- Dursley Gazette Website
- Dursley Town Council
- A history of Dursley's railways
- Coaley Junction Action Committee
- Vale Vision Community Development covering Dursley, Cam and the surrounding villages
- Rednock School website
- About the Dursley Pedersen Bicycle
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- ↑ a b Dursley Location Information
- ↑ citing from Branch lines of Gloucestershire ISBN 0862999596
- ↑ South West RDA: Littlecombe, Dursley - Introduction
- ↑ South West RDA: News Centre - New Lease of Life for Historic Lister Petter Home
- ↑ Gloucestershire Pub Voted Best Pub in Britain! 15/02/08 - CAMRA
- ↑ Dursley Pedersen Bicycle Homepage - The ultimate site of Dursley Pedersen cycles
- ↑ "J.K. Rowling: BBC Online Chat". March 2001. Accessed 21 July 2007.