Bishop's Cleeve, Gloucestershire
Location
Bishop's Cleeve is an ancient parish located in the north of the county of
Gloucestershire. The village of the same name lies in the centre of the parish. The hamlet of Gotherington is in the north of the parish and adjacent to the neighbouring parish of
Woolstone.
Bishop's Cleeve is approximately four miles north of
Cheltenham and
Evesham in Worcestershire is about twelve miles to the north east. The historic county town of
Gloucester is about eleven miles to the south west.
Parish Church
The Parish (CofE) Church is St Michael and All Angels, Bishops_Cleeve, which can be found
here on Google Street View
Parish Registers
The surviving parish registers are held at the Gloucestershire Archives where they are catologued with reference P46/IN/1. See
Gloucesterhsire Archives Catalogue Search and
https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/media/10855/parish-register-guide-b-final.pdf
Adjacent (Pre 1832) Parishes
To the east of Bishop's Cleeve lies
Prescott, an extra-parochial place,
Winchcombe with Gretton and
Charlton Abbots.
Sevenhampton Prestbury and
Swindon are to the south west. To the west lies
Elmstone Hardwicke with Uckington. Both
Tredington and
Woolstone are to the north.
Gleanings from
