Longford, Gloucestershire
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 Longford Inn during 2007 floods |
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Longford shown within Gloucestershire |
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| OS grid reference | SO839205 |
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| – London | 103m |
| District | Tewkesbury |
| Shire county | Gloucestershire |
| Ceremonial county | Gloucestershire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Gloucester |
| Postcode district | GL2 |
| Dialling code | 01452 |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Gloucester |
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Longford is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. Although situated within two miles of Gloucester city centre, Longford parish falls within the jurisdiction of the Borough of Tewkesbury. [1]
The village borders the Tewkesbury Road running north out of Gloucester and is bisected by the A40 northern bypass at the busy Longford roundabout.[2]
Longford was severely affected by the July 2007 floods [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] resulting in the many homes being flooded. The bar at the Queen's Head on the Tewkesbury Road was under a couple of feet of water [8] and the flooding extended along the Tewkesbury Road, past the Longford Inn as far as Westfield Terrace.
Longford is primarily residential, and is home to Oxstalls Sports Park and Tennis Centre, the Winfield Hospital [9] and both Longford AFC and Gala Wilton Football Clubs.
In 2016, the former England football captain, Stuart Pearce, briefly came out of retirement to sign a one-match deal with Longford AFC, a team dubbed 'The worst in Great Britain', in order to support the grass roots game.[10] Unfortunately, Longford still lost 1-0.[11]
A new primary school is due to open at Whittington Park, Longford, in September 2017 [12] near the Longford Village Hall. [13] [14]
History
From Gloucester, the Tewkesbury road ran northwards from Alvin gate through the settlements of Kingsholm, Longford, and Twigworth. In Kingsholm it was joined by a road from the blind gate, which in its south part was known in 1803 as Dean's Walk and in its north part in 1722 as Snake Lane (later Edwy Parade). Bridges and a causeway carried the Tewkesbury road over water courses and low-lying meadows in Longford, which took its name from the crossing. [15]
On the Tewkesbury road north of Kingsholm a house was converted into three cottages in the early 19th century. Further north in Longford there was a small early settlement at the south end of the causeway, where a medieval cross and possibly a chapel stood. There was evidently a house there by the early 13th century, when a man surnamed of the plock was recorded, and Plock Court, east of the road, occupied the site of a medieval manor house.
In 1851 market gardeners were fairly numerous in Longford and Twigworth, and later there were several market gardens and nurseries at Longlevens (called Springfield) and Innsworth.
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Longford like this: [16]
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LONGFORD-ST.CATHERINE, a hamlet in St. Catherine parish, Gloucestershire; contiguous to Gloucester city, 1 mile N of Gloucester r. station. Acres, 200. Real property, with Longford-St. Mary, £4,735. Pop.. 213. Houses, 37. The manor belongs to the Bishop of Gloucester; and most of the land, to the Dean and Chapter. A Roman settlement is supposed to have been here.
Sport
- Oxstalls Tennis Centre, Oxstalls Sports Park [17][18]
- Gala Wilton Football Club
- Longford F.C.[19][20][10]
References
- ↑ GloucestershireCC. "Longford Parish Council", Gloucestershire County Council, Gloucestershire. Retrieved on 10th November 2015.
- ↑ CitizenNews. "Overnight Closures at Longford Roundabout planned from tomorrow night", Gloucester Citizen, Gloucestershire, 10th December 2014. Retrieved on 10th November 2015.
- ↑ Wikimedia. "Longford village flooding on Tewkesbury Road (A38) - geograph.org.uk", Wikimedia. Retrieved on 10th November 2015.
- ↑ BBCNews. "Gloucestershire floods: Longford concerns over new homes", BBC News, Gloucestershire, 18th February 2014. Retrieved on 10th November 2015.
- ↑ BBCHome. "Gloucestershire floods photos", BBC Home, Longford, Gloucester. Retrieved on 10th November 2015.
- ↑ CitizenNews. "Fears grow over flooding in Longford as a new primary school comes to the area", Gloucester Citizen, Gloucestershire, 18th February 2014. Retrieved on 10th November 2015.
- ↑ SkyNews. "Building Homes On Flood Plains 'To Be Blocked'", Sky News, 6th March 2014. Retrieved on 10th November 2015.
- ↑ CitizenNews. "Prime Minister David Cameron visits flood victims in Gloucestershire", Gloucester Citizen, Gloucestershire, 17th February 2014. Retrieved on 11th November 2015.
- ↑ WinfieldHospital. "Winfield Hospital", Winfield Hospital, Longford, Gloucestershire. Retrieved on 10th November 2015.
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- ↑ GloucestershireCC. "New Primary School for Longford", Gloucestershire County Council, Gloucestershire. Retrieved on 10th November 2015.
- ↑ GRCC. "Gloucestershire Rural Community Council, Longford Village Hall", Longford Village Hall, Longford, Gloucestershire. Retrieved on 10th November 2015.
- ↑ CitizenNews. "Help raise funds for the Longford Village Hall", Gloucester Citizen, Gloucestershire, 25th May 2013. Retrieved on 10th November 2015.
- ↑ BHO. "Gloucester: Outlying hamlets", British History Online, Gloucester. Retrieved on 10th November 2015.
- ↑ VisionOfBritain. "Longford Parish Council", A Vision Of Britain Through Time, Longford, Gloucestershire. Retrieved on 10th November 2015.
- ↑ CitizenNews. "Anyone for Tennis? County finals at Oxstalls in pictures", Gloucester Citizen, Gloucester, 2nd July 2015. Retrieved on 10th November 2015.
- ↑ LTA. "LTA Oxstalls Sports Park", LTA Gloucestershire Tennis, Gloucestershire. Retrieved on 10th November 2015.
- ↑ TheFA. "TheFA Full-time League Websites, Ground Directions - Longford", The Football Association, 21st May 2015. Retrieved on 10th November 2015.
- ↑ CitizenNews. "Wanted: 11 players and manager for Longford FC", Gloucester Citizen, Gloucester, 2nd September 2015. Retrieved on 10th November 2015.
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