Upper Slaughter

Upper Slaughter
Upper Slaughter
Upper Slaughter is located in Gloucestershire
Upper Slaughter
Upper Slaughter
Location within Gloucestershire
Population181 (2021)[1]
OS grid referenceSP154231
Civil parish
  • Upper Slaughter
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCHELTENHAM
Postcode districtGL54
Dialling code01451
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
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51°54′22″N 1°46′37″W / 51.906°N 1.777°W / 51.906; -1.777

Upper Slaughter is a village in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England, 4 miles (6.4 km) south west of Stow-on-the-Wold. The village lies off the A429, which is known as the Fosse Way,[2] and is located one mile away from its twin village Lower Slaughter, as well as being near the villages Bourton-on-the-Water, Daylesford, Upper Swell and Lower Swell. As of 2021, the village had a population of 181 inhabitants, an increase of 4 from 2011.

The village is built on both banks of the River Eye. The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter.[3][4]

Upper Slaughter is one of a handful of the Thankful Villages,[5] amongst the small number in England which lost no men in World War I.[6] The village also lost no men in World War II, additionally making the village a Doubly Thankful Village.[6][7][8][9][10]

Lords of the Manor Hotel, Upper Slaughter

The parliamentary constituency is represented by Conservative Member of Parliament Geoffrey Clifton-Brown.

Upper Slaughter Manor, a Grade I Listed property
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  2. ^ "Things to do in Upper Slaughter, Cotswolds: A local's guide". Explore the Cotswolds. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  3. ^ The Buildings of England, ed Nikolaus_Pevsner
  4. ^ Elrington, C. R. (1965). A History of the County of Gloucester: volume 6. pp. 134–142.
  5. ^ "The thankful villages by Norman Thorpe, Rod Morris and Tom Morgan". Hellfirecorner.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  6. ^ a b Kelly, Jon (11 November 2011). "Thankful villages: The places where everyone came back from the wars". BBC News. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  7. ^ "Parishes - Upper Slaughter | A History of the County of Gloucester: volume 6 (pp. 134–142)". British-history.ac.uk. 4 October 1913. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  8. ^ "The Slaughters". the Cotswolds.
  9. ^ "A guide to visiting Upper Slaughter in the Cotswolds". Pocket Wanderings. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  10. ^ "10 Things To Do in Upper Slaughter, a Charming Cotswolds Village". Where Goes Rose. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.