Mangotsfield

Mangotsfield
Mangotsfield is located in Gloucestershire
Mangotsfield
Mangotsfield
Location within Gloucestershire
OS grid referenceST641780
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBRISTOL
Postcode districtBS16
Dialling code0117
PoliceAvon and Somerset
FireAvon
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Gloucestershire
51°29′N 2°29′W / 51.48°N 2.49°W / 51.48; -2.49

Mangotsfield is a village and former civil parish in the unitary authority area of South Gloucestershire, in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, England, to the north-east of Bristol.

The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086 as Manegodesfelle,[1] and as Manegodesfeld in 1377.[2]

Between 1845 and 1966 the village was served by Mangotsfield railway station.

  1. ^ See National Archives Cat Ref: E31/2/1
  2. ^ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP40/466. Year 1377; Edward III ; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT4/E3/CP40no466/aCP40no466fronts/IMG_0047.htm; third entry. the (smudged) first word in the second line & also in the third line