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Tewkesbury
Coordinates: 51°59'10?N 2°08'10?W? / ?51.986°N 2.136°W? / 51.986; -2.136 Tewkesbury Tewkesbury Abbey Population 10,704 (2011) OS grid reference SO8932     - London  94 miles (151 km) ESE  Civil parish Tewkesbury District Tewkesbury Shire county Gloucestershire Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town TEWKESBURY Postcode district GL20 Dialling code 01684 Police Gloucestershire Fire Gloucestershire Ambulance Great Western EU Parliament South West England UK Parliament Tewkesbury List of places UK England Gloucestershire Tewkesbury (/'tju?ksbri/ 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 tongue was called Theocsbury. An erroneous derivation from Theotokos enjoyed currency in the monastic period of the town's history. Cite error: There are tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist}} template (see the help page).
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