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office sector. As of 2011 the majority of people work in business, manufacturing and retail. Agriculture now employs 17 people of a population of 603, compared to 61 from a population of 380 in 1881. The change in occupation can be credited to advances in the internet and automotive travel. In 2001, the bulk of the working population of 203 split into 43% who worked from home and 46% who travelled 2 to 20 kilometres to work.
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The B349 runs from the village transporting school children to Fairford and is not available to the general public. The service only operates during term time and is run by Denwell Minicoaches. The B865 runs from Lechlade to Cirencester stopping at Quenington and 17 other stops. It is operated by APL
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took over the running of the church in 1193 from St Peter's Abbey, Gloucester, to whom the church had been granted (or by whom appropriated) 55 years earlier in 1138. The church currently has Grade I listed status. When first built the church was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It was then rededicated
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The population of Quenington in 1801 was 1,326 and steadily grew to 1,859 by 1851, but the next records in 1881 show a population drop of 1,479 to 380. This could be due to various conflicts that ensued in the three decades between the censuses, such as the Crimean War and First Boer War, or more
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The main economy of 1881 was based around agriculture, though the occupation of a large proportion of the population was unknown: they may have been involved in various miscellaneous workings or were simply unemployed at the time. There was a high proportion of females working in the domestic or
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In 1906 the Quenington Institute was donated to the village by Thomas Bazley, a local landowner, to be used as a village meeting place. In January 2013, the village hall moved to new premises: the Gate on the Green had been used as a chapel since 1926 until services ended in 2010. The name was
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The church is considered by the body statutorily appointed to safeguard old English and Welsh buildings from demolition to have been built around 1100, tying it in with records supporting its dedication to St Mary under the locally wealthy De Laci family. The
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It had previously been suggested that the name Quenington could have meant "settlement on the Coln", the river which flows through the village, though the name 'Coln' is of unknown origin. Quenington is mentioned in the
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likely a change to the parish borders. In 1911 the total population was 388 and then a decade later in 1921 there was a decrease in population to 322, which could clearly be attributed to World War I.
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reality series made by Channel 4 in the summer of 2014 and were crowned winners of the competition. The episode aired in early 2015. The pub also featured in Channel 5's
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mountain guide. He is one of Britain's leading alpine climbers and he has successfully climbed Mount Everest eleven times, including leading Sir
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pointed a tank at it. It also stood in as the List and Newt pub in the fictional village of Crinkley Bottom in the 1990s TV series
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A chart showing occupational structure of males and females of Quenington in 1881 according to The Vision of Britain website
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There was a school in the village north-east of the church. Additionally, Quenington House was a farmhouse - part of the
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in relation to two mills at either end of the village, a water mill and a fulling mill, both now private residences.
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A chart showing occupational structure of Quenington in 2011 according to the Neighbourhood Statistics website
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order had a preceptory which was all but demolished by the 1600s. The Gateway is the only part remaining.
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Total Population of Quenington, Gloucestershire, as reported by the Census of Population from 1801–2011
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Important historic buildings include a medieval large dovecote above a gatehouse, and St Swithin's
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St Swithin's Church is, as with the gatehouse and dovecote above, medieval and Grade I listed.
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officially changed to Quenington Village Hall and the facility opened on 11 May 2013.
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There was a paper-mill close to the church and a rectory during this period.
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Knights Hospitallers' Gateway, circa 12th century, Quenington village centre
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This is an excerpt of an historical map in which Quenington can be seen.
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lies to the south and the Cotswold scarp is away to the north and west.
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was established in the village by 1754, making the previously common
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Travel and runs one journey on a Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
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Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology Journal
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in a single expedition without returning to base camp.
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The place-name 'Quenington' is first attested in the
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names
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Quenington is located in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
2011 Census
OS grid reference
SP144044
Civil parish
District
Cotswold
Shire county
Gloucestershire
Region
South West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
GL7
Dialling code
Police
Gloucestershire
Fire
Gloucestershire
Ambulance
South Western
UK Parliament
The Cotswolds
UK
England

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