Driffield, Gloucestershire
{{short description|Village in Gloucestershire, England}}
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| static_image_name = Driffield Village Pond - geograph.org.uk - 288021.jpg
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| static_image_caption = Driffield village pond
| country = England
| official_name = Driffield
| population = 173
| population_ref = (2021 census)
| area_total_km2=7.644
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| civil_parish =Driffield
| shire_district = Cotswold
| shire_county = Gloucestershire
| region = South West England
| constituency_westminster = South Cotswolds
| post_town = Cirencester
| postcode_district = GL7
| postcode_area = GL
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Driffield is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is situated {{convert|3+1/2|mi}} east-south-east of Cirencester.http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10610http://www.geonames.org/7300570/driffield.html {{Bare URL inline|date=September 2022}} The parish includes the village of Harnhill. In 2021 the parish had a population of 173.{{cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/southwestengland/admin/cotswold/E04004222__driffield/|title=Driffield|publisher=City Population De|accessdate=24 December 2022}}
History
The name "Driffield" means 'Dirty open land' or possibly, 'stubbly open land'.{{cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Gloucestershire/Driffield|title=Driffield Key to English Place-names|publisher=The University of Nottingham|accessdate=24 December 2022}} Driffield was recorded in the Domesday Book as Drifelle.{{cite web|url=http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/gloucestershire1.html#driffield|title=Gloucestershire A-F|publisher=The Domesday Book Online|accessdate=24 December 2022}}{{cite book |last=Rudge |first=Thomas |date=1803 |title=The history of the County of Gloucester; compressed and brought down to the year 1803 |publisher=Harris |url= https://archive.org/details/historycountygl01rudggoog |page=[https://archive.org/details/historycountygl01rudggoog/page/n341 231]}} On 1 April 1935 the parish of Harnhill was abolished and merged with Driffield.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10370334|title=Relationships and changes Driffield CP/AP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=24 December 2022}}
References
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External links
- [https://ukga.org/england/Gloucestershire/towns/Driffield.html ukga.org]
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Category:Villages in Gloucestershire
Category:Civil parishes in Gloucestershire
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