Windrush, Gloucestershire

Windrush
Windrush church
Windrush is located in Gloucestershire
Windrush
Windrush
Location within Gloucestershire
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCHELTENHAM
Postcode districtOX18
Dialling code01451
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
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51°48′14″N 1°44′06″W / 51.804°N 1.735°W / 51.804; -1.735

Windrush is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, approximately five miles southeast of Northleach. It lies in the Cotswolds on the River Windrush, from which it derives its name. The village name is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Wenric.[1]

  1. ^ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.523.