Batsford

For other uses, see Batsford (disambiguation).

Batsford is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. The village is about 1.5 miles (2 km) north-west of Moreton-in-Marsh. There is a falconry centre close to the village and Batsford Arboretum is nearby, situated on the Cotswold escarpment.

Batsford
Batsford Location within Gloucestershire
OS grid reference	SP187339
Civil parish	Batsford
District	Cotswold
Shire county	Gloucestershire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Moreton-in-Marsh
Postcode district	GL56
Dialling code	01386
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	North Cotswolds[1]
List of places UK England Gloucestershire 52°0′10″N 1°43′45″W

Batsford Stud Farm

Moreton-in-Marsh and Batsford War Memorial, on the High Street in Moreton-in-Marsh, commemorates the village's dead of two World Wars.^[2]

Civil parish

The civil parish of Batsford extends 2 miles (3 km) east from the village, and includes the hamlets of Dorn and Lower Lemington. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 99.^[3] Batsford was an ancient parish, which became a civil parish in 1866. In 1935 the civil parish more than doubled in size, when Dorn was transferred from the parish of Blockley and the civil parish of Lower Lemington was abolished and merged into Batsford.^[4]

Religious sites

The Church of St Leonard at Lower Lemington was built in the 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.^[5]

Notable residents

• Richard Freeman, Lord Chancellor of Ireland
• The 1st Baron Dulverton