Fretherne

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Fretherne
Fretherne Church - geograph.org.uk - 685373.jpg
Fretherne Church
Fretherne is located in Gloucestershire
Fretherne
Fretherne
Location within Gloucestershire
OS grid referenceSO7309
Civil parish
District
  • Stroud
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGloucester
Postcode districtGL2
Dialling code01452
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Gloucestershire
51°46′51″N 2°23′15″W / 51.7807°N 2.3874°W / 51.7807; -2.3874Coordinates: 51°46′51″N 2°23′15″W / 51.7807°N 2.3874°W / 51.7807; -2.3874

Fretherne is a small village in Gloucestershire, England, situated between the larger villages of Frampton-on-Severn and Arlingham. It forms the civil parish of Fretherne with Saul with the village of Saul. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it is recorded as held by Turstin FitzRolf.[1] The village name probably originates from O.E. 'Frithorne,' meaning 'Freo's thorn.'

A public footpath 50 metres west of the church leads to Hock Cliff at the River Severn (at its widest pre-estuary point), which is popular with fossil hunters.

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