Corse, Gloucestershire

Corse
St Margaret's Church, Corse
Corse is located in Gloucestershire
Corse
Corse
Location within Gloucestershire
Population578 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSO788264
Civil parish
  • Corse
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGLOUCESTER
Postcode districtGL19
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
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51°56′09″N 2°18′31″W / 51.9359°N 2.3087°W / 51.9359; -2.3087

Corse is a village in the English county of Gloucestershire, next to the village of Staunton. The parish lies on the tongue of land between the River Severn and the River Leadon. It is 6 miles north of Gloucester and 7 miles south-west of Tewkesbury.[2]

St Margarets Church is mainly 14th century. Corse Court is mediaeval. The settlement of Snig's End, in the north of the parish was the site of a settlement for industrial workers under the auspices of the National Land Company in 1847.

  1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  2. ^ Corse, Victoria County History