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In 1894, Henry J. Dale of the Leckhampton Quarry Company Limited bought 26 acres (11 ha) of land on Leckhampton hill. To the outrage of local people, he fenced off the area, closing footpaths and warning that anyone found on the land would be treated as trespassers. He also built Tramway Cottage
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The oldest railway (or tramway) in Gloucestershire ran from the quarries to Daisybank road, then alongside Leckhampton road, through Tivoli and beside Queens Road and Gloucester Road, terminating opposite the site of the Cheltenham gasworks (now Tesco). This was later superseded by a more substantial
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The protesters' leaders had met at the Malvern Inn (now a private house in Leckhampton Rd opposite the end of Church Rd), a fact commemorated by a plaque on the wall of the house. The Inn ceased trading in the 1990s. It had a sign portraying a view of the Malverns with the Devil's Chimney in the
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The Leckhampton sub-Post Office (on the corner of Church Rd and Leckhampton Rd) was closed around 2000 and reverted to a general store, which itself closed in 2018. The premises were converted for residential use. The nearest offices are in Bath Rd (about 2 km) and Charlton Kings (about
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The Delancey Rehabilitation and Assessment Hospital (originally a fever hospital, named after its benefactor) was located on Charlton Lane. It closed in 2009, with the site built on in 2012. The original main building has been retained with internal alterations. The building and grounds were
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and St Stephen's (Tivoli) in the Anglican South Cheltenham Team – formally established in 2010. Leckhampton is also served by Bethesda Methodist Church, Leckhampton Baptist Church, Naunton Lane Chapel (Evangelical Presbyterian Church from 2010) and Providence Chapel.
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The local primary schools are Leckhampton Church of England School and Naunton Park School. The High School, a new secondary school, built at the junction of Kidnappers Lane and Farm Lane, was opened in September 2021 and will eventually cater for pupils aged 11-16.
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redeveloped into housing, completed in 2013. The Charlton Lane Centre (dealing with Mental Health including dementia) is nearby, as well as a Leonard Cheshire home. Leckhampton Court, adjacent to St Peter's Church, is a Sue Ryder hospice.
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A newsagents shop on Old Bath Road was well known to be regularly used by the Queen Mother (or her Chauffeur) en route to Cheltenham Races, and was normally decorated with bunting in expectation of a visit.
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On the hill still stands the ruins of the old quarry. You can still see the remains of the old lime kilns, and there are old railway tracks all over the hill. Leckhampton Hill, together with
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Leckhampton Village Hall, formerly the Parish Hall of St Peter's Church, is a Grade II listed building in Church Road. It provides a base for community activities, amateur dramatics (
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and the mid-20th-century Emmanuel Church (founded in the late 19th century as a mission from St Luke's Church). St Peter's, St Philip & St James and Emmanuel are linked with
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In March 1902, about 10,000 protesters tore down the fences and converged on Daisybank Road where they destroyed the cottage. The ringleaders were arrested and sent to
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Leckhampton Court. For an architectural description, see The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire: The Vale and the Forest of Dean, by David Verey; 1970 edition p285
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The curiously named Kidnappers Lane meanders its way from Church Road towards Shurdington Road. The name is old enough for its reason to be undocumented.
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line joining the railway at Charlton Kings station, the lower route of which can be seen as a ridge across the golf course in the vicinity of Sandy Lane.
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are grown'. The earliest recorded mention comes from the 8th century, as the home farm of the royal manor of Cheltenham.
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The expansion of Leckhampton towards Cheltenham resulted in the building of two more churches, the Victorian Gothic
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Scouting has been active in Leckhampton since 1907. It is based in the Leckhampton Scout Hut, on Leckhampton Road.
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In 1929, Cheltenham Town Council bought the land on the hillside, making it available once more for public access.
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The main shopping area for Leckhampton residents is the Bath Road, a mile or so north of the old village centre.
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The old village of Leckhampton stands at the foot of Leckhampton Hill, around the medieval parish church of
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Natural England information on Leckhampton Hill and Charlton Kings Common SSSI including map information
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and is part of the district of Cheltenham. The population of the civil parish taken at the
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Near the top of Leckhampton Hill stands a noted limestone rock formation known as the
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is a medieval manor house dating from about 1320, built by the Giffard family of
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Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300–1500: Southern England
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There are remnants of a moat at Church Farm that dates from Saxon times (
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organisation has a home in Leckhampton which was once used as a
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In the south of Leckhampton lies the small residential area of
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The village has a playing field (known as Burrows Field) for
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all meet there and it is an occasional meeting place of
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on Daisybank Road, a site that had been used to host a
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and, once more, the ringleaders were sent to prison.
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The Wheatsheaf Pub was a favourite drinking spot of
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Troubadour Publishing. 423:The Leckhampton community 366:Common, is designated an 191: 181: 167: 149: 131: 113: 95: 58: 42: 37: 1337:Cheltenham Saracens F.C. 1245:Hereford College of Arts 724:Leckhampton Village Hall 529:Leckhampton Cricket Club 1327:Cheltenham Cricket Club 1175:Gloucestershire College 1159:The Wilson (Cheltenham) 1058:Ellenborough Park Hotel 1028:Cheltenham Masonic Hall 351:and on the north–south 1433:Cheltenham Spa Express 751:2 January 2009 at the 677:Anthony Emery (2006). 509:St Philip and St James 497: 289: 1382:Cheltenham Racecourse 1225:Pate's Grammar School 1185:National Star College 1023:Le Champignon Sauvage 1003:153–159 Fairview Road 493: 388:The Leckhampton Riots 345:Great Western Railway 285: 1357:Old Patesians R.F.C. 1342:Cheltenham Town F.C. 1301:GCHQ trade union ban 1266:Cheltenham Agreement 1154:The Cheltenham Ghost 1129:Cheltenham Town Hall 1048:Cheltenham Town Hall 1043:Cheltenham Synagogue 831:Eric Miller (2011). 774:Sir Henry C. 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Leckhampton, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Leckhampton, Kangaroo Point

Devil's Chimney
Leckhampton is located in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Civil parish
Leckhampton with Warden Hill
District
Cheltenham
Shire county
Gloucestershire
Region
South West
Country
England
Sovereign state
UK
England
Gloucestershire
51°52′50″N 2°6′0″W / 51.88056°N 2.10000°W / 51.88056; -2.10000
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
civil parish
Leckhampton with Warden Hill
2011 census

Leckhampton Court
Domesday Book
leeks

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