Tewkesbury
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 Tewkesbury Abbey |
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 Tewkesbury
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| Tewkesbury shown within Gloucestershire | |
| Population | 10,704 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SO8932 |
| • London | 94 miles (151 km) ESE |
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| District | |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TEWKESBURY |
| Postcode district | GL20 |
| Dialling code | 01684 |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | |
| Tewkesbury Town Council | |
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| Leadership | |
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Mayor
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Cllr Karen Brennan
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Deputy Mayor
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Cllr Peggy Clatworthy
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| Structure | |
| Seats | 16 Councillors |
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16 / 16
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| Elections | |
| Multiple non transferable vote | |
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Last election
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7 May 2015 |
| Meeting place | |
| Town Hall, High Street, Tewkesbury | |
| Website | |
| www |
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Tewkesbury (/ˈtjuːksbri/ TYEWKS-bree) is a town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It stands at the confluence of the River Severn and the River Avon, and also minor tributaries the Swilgate and Carrant Brook. It gives its name to the Borough of Tewkesbury, of which the town is the second largest settlement.
The name Tewkesbury comes from Theoc, the name of a Saxon who founded a hermitage there in the 7th century, and in the Old English language was called Theocsbury. An erroneous derivation from Theotokos enjoyed currency in the monastic period of the town's history.
The Battle of Tewkesbury, which took place on 4 May 1471, was one of the decisive battles of the Wars of the Roses.
At the 2011 UK census the town itself had a population of 10,704. If the neighbouring parishes of Wheatpieces (3,577), Northway (5,080) and Ashchurch Rural (957) are added, the figure rises to 20,318. The Tewkesbury urban area is divided in two by the north-south running M5 motorway, opened in February 1971. However, the town is generally considered as the built-up area to the immediate east and west of the M5 at junction 9, with the town centre, abbey and old town situated to the west. The close proximity of large areas of land that are prone to flooding, as evidenced by the severe floods that struck the region in July 2007, would make further expansion difficult. However, the present Borough of Tewkesbury, created on 1 April 1974, also contains a large portion of rural north Gloucestershire, extending as far as the edges of Gloucester itself and also Cheltenham, and has a present population of 81,943.
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