Rendcomb

Rendcomb is a village in the Cotswold local authority area of the English county of Gloucestershire. It is about five miles north of Cirencester in the Churn valley.

Rendcomb

St Peter's Church, Rendcomb
OS grid referenceSP0209
District
  • Cotswold
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCirencester
Postcode districtGL7
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament

History

In 1086 a total of 39 inhabitants of Rendcomb and Eycot was recorded in the Domesday Book as part of Rapsgate Hundred. By 1563, there were 12 households in Rendcomb. [1]

St Peter's church dates from the 16th century. It was restored by Frederick R. Kempson in 1895.

The diplomat Thomas Roe was living at Rendcomb in 1608. In 1641, Sir Maurice Berkley and Richard Berkeley of Rendcomb were fined by Parliament for supporting the Royalist cause in the English Civil War, but were spared having their estates seized. [2]

About 1773, the lord of the manor, Sir William Guise, improved access from the village to Cirencester by building a new road. [1]

Sir Berkeley Guise funded a charity school at Rendcomb from 1808.

In the mid 1860s, Sir Francis Goldsmid rebuilt the manor-house, Rendcomb Park, and made some improvements to the village, including a new river bridge and funds for the village school. The village school closed in 1930. [1]

In 1920, Rendcomb College was founded at Rendcomb Park adjacent to the village.

Notable residents
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See also

References
  1. "Rendcomb Pages 218-227 A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7. Originally published by Oxford University Press for Victoria County History, Oxford, 1981". British History Online. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  2. "House of Commons Journal Volume 5: 14 December 1647 Pages 381-383 Journal of the House of Commons: Volume 5, 1646-1648. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1802". British History Online. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

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