| Kiftsgate Court Gardens | |
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 Entrance to Kiftsgate Court House and Gardens | |
| Location | Mickleton, Gloucestershire, England |
| Coordinates | 52°05′09.49″N 01°45′06.83″W / 52.0859694°N 1.7518972°W |
  Location in Gloucestershire | |
Kiftsgate Court Gardens is situated above the village of Mickleton in the county of Gloucestershire, England, in the far north of the county close to the county border with both Worcestershire and Warwickshire.
The gardens, famed for its roses,[1] are the creation of three generations of women gardeners. Started by Heather Muir in the 1920s, continued by Diany Binny from 1950 and now looked after by Anne Chambers and her husband.[2] Kiftsgate Court is now the home of the Chambers family.
The Kiftsgate Hundred was the ancient area surrounding Chipping Campden. Today the 'Kiftsgate Hundred' stone, where the elders met to administer justice, stands in Weston Park Wood above Chipping Campden.[3] Included in the Hundred was Mickleton, called Mycclantune, meaning 'big village'. It is a few hundred yards from Hidcote Manor Garden owned by the National Trust.
- ^ Keen, M. (2018). Ancestral Values. RHS The Garden, (June 143:6), pp.36-41.
- ^ Thomas, Graham Stuart, 2003, "Recollections of Great Gardeners" , Frances Lincoln Ltd, p. 190.
- ^ Historic England. "Kiftsgate Stone (1003590)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 August 2020.