Tewkesbury

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civil parish town

Tewkesbury is a historic market town in England known for its well-preserved medieval streets, timber-framed buildings, and the prominent Tewkesbury Abbey.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish ⓘ
town ⓘ
abbeyConsecrated 12th century ⓘ
abbeyDenomination Church of England ⓘ
abbeyFormerOrder Benedictines ⓘ
surface form: Benedictine
abbeyNotableFeature Norman architecture ⓘ
administeredBy Tewkesbury Borough Council ⓘ
battleDate 1471 ⓘ
battlePartOf Wars of the Roses ⓘ
ceremonialCounty Gloucestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ
country England ⓘ
crossedByRoad A38 road NERFINISHED ⓘ
A46 road NERFINISHED ⓘ
M5 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody Tewkesbury Borough Council ⓘ
surface form: Tewkesbury Town Council
hasCharacteristic historic market town ⓘ
medieval streets ⓘ
timber-framed buildings ⓘ
hasDialCode 01684 ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity light industry ⓘ
retail ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEvent Battle of Tewkesbury ⓘ
Tewkesbury Food and Drink Festival ⓘ
Tewkesbury Medieval Festival ⓘ
hasFloodRisk prone to river flooding ⓘ
hasHeritage medieval urban fabric ⓘ
timber-framed houses ⓘ
hasLandmark Tewkesbury Abbey ⓘ
Tewkesbury Museum ⓘ
Tewkesbury Town Hall ⓘ
hasPostcodeArea GL ⓘ
hasPostcodeDistrict GL20 ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Tewkesbury Abbey ⓘ
hasTransport Tewkesbury railway station (historical) ⓘ
locatedIn Gloucestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ
southwest England ⓘ
surface form: South West England
locatedOnRiver River Avon ⓘ
Severn ⓘ
surface form: River Severn
nearestRailwayStation Ashchurch for Tewkesbury railway station ⓘ
notableFor Battle of Tewkesbury ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Tewkesbury 1471

well-preserved medieval townscape ⓘ
OSGridReference SO 8932 ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituency Tewkesbury (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
region southwest England ⓘ
surface form: South West England
twinnedWith Gernika-Lumo ⓘ
Miesbach ⓘ
Tewksbury, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gloucestershire → hasDistrict → Tewkesbury ⓘ
Gloucestershire → hasTown → Tewkesbury ⓘ
Malvern → locatedNorthOf → Tewkesbury ⓘ