Little Sodbury is an
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
village in
South GloucestershireSouth Gloucestershire is a unitary district in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire in South West England.-History:The district was created in 1996, when the county of Avon was abolished, by the merger of former area of the districts of Kingswood and Northavon...
, located between
Chipping SodburyChipping Sodbury is a market town in South Gloucestershire, south west England, founded in the 12th century by William Crassus. The villages of Old Sodbury and Little Sodbury are nearby. At the 2001 census the population of Chipping Sodbury was 5,066, but in the last two or three decades the town...
, to the West,
Old SodburyOld Sodbury is a small village in the valley of the River Frome just below and to the west of the Cotswold escarpment and to the east of Chipping Sodbury and Yate in South Gloucestershire, England...
to the South,
BadmintonBadminton, Gloucestershire, England is famous for its horse trials, which take place in early May each year in the grounds of the Duke of Beaufort's residence, Badminton House....
, and the
A46 roadThe A46 is an A road in England. It starts east of Bath, Somerset and ends in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, but it does not form a continuous route. Large portions of the old road have been lost, bypassed, or replaced by motorway development...
to the East and
HortonHorton is a village on the Cotswold Edge, in South Gloucestershire, England. It is about 2½ miles from Chipping Sodbury. The nearest settlement is Little Sodbury, about 1½ miles away; Hawkesbury Upton and Dunkirk are both 2½ miles away....
and
Hawkesbury UptonHawkesbury Upton is a village in South Gloucestershire, England, east of the much smaller Hawkesbury, it also lies north of Horton, east of Dunkirk and south of Alderley and Hillesley for a fuller description of the area, and the "Somerset Monument" on the Cotswold Edge there.Hawkesbury Upton is a...
, to the north.
The "manor of Sodbury" comprises the nearby
Chipping SodburyChipping Sodbury is a market town in South Gloucestershire, south west England, founded in the 12th century by William Crassus. The villages of Old Sodbury and Little Sodbury are nearby. At the 2001 census the population of Chipping Sodbury was 5,066, but in the last two or three decades the town...
and
Old SodburyOld Sodbury is a small village in the valley of the River Frome just below and to the west of the Cotswold escarpment and to the east of Chipping Sodbury and Yate in South Gloucestershire, England...
: it is distinct from that of Little Sodbury.
St Adeline's Church was built in 1859 by William James.
Little Sodbury Manor is originally 15th century, the home of Sir John Walsh who employed
William TyndaleWilliam Tyndale was a 16th-century Protestant reformer and scholar who, influenced by the work of Desiderius Erasmus and Martin Luther, translated considerable parts of the Bible into the Early Modern English of his day...
as chaplain and tutor to his grandchildren in 1522-3; by tradition he began his translation of the Bible in his bedroom here.
Little Sodbury is an
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
village in
South GloucestershireSouth Gloucestershire is a unitary district in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire in South West England.-History:The district was created in 1996, when the county of Avon was abolished, by the merger of former area of the districts of Kingswood and Northavon...
, located between
Chipping SodburyChipping Sodbury is a market town in South Gloucestershire, south west England, founded in the 12th century by William Crassus. The villages of Old Sodbury and Little Sodbury are nearby. At the 2001 census the population of Chipping Sodbury was 5,066, but in the last two or three decades the town...
, to the West,
Old SodburyOld Sodbury is a small village in the valley of the River Frome just below and to the west of the Cotswold escarpment and to the east of Chipping Sodbury and Yate in South Gloucestershire, England...
to the South,
BadmintonBadminton, Gloucestershire, England is famous for its horse trials, which take place in early May each year in the grounds of the Duke of Beaufort's residence, Badminton House....
, and the
A46 roadThe A46 is an A road in England. It starts east of Bath, Somerset and ends in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, but it does not form a continuous route. Large portions of the old road have been lost, bypassed, or replaced by motorway development...
to the East and
HortonHorton is a village on the Cotswold Edge, in South Gloucestershire, England. It is about 2½ miles from Chipping Sodbury. The nearest settlement is Little Sodbury, about 1½ miles away; Hawkesbury Upton and Dunkirk are both 2½ miles away....
and
Hawkesbury UptonHawkesbury Upton is a village in South Gloucestershire, England, east of the much smaller Hawkesbury, it also lies north of Horton, east of Dunkirk and south of Alderley and Hillesley for a fuller description of the area, and the "Somerset Monument" on the Cotswold Edge there.Hawkesbury Upton is a...
, to the north.
The "manor of Sodbury" comprises the nearby
Chipping SodburyChipping Sodbury is a market town in South Gloucestershire, south west England, founded in the 12th century by William Crassus. The villages of Old Sodbury and Little Sodbury are nearby. At the 2001 census the population of Chipping Sodbury was 5,066, but in the last two or three decades the town...
and
Old SodburyOld Sodbury is a small village in the valley of the River Frome just below and to the west of the Cotswold escarpment and to the east of Chipping Sodbury and Yate in South Gloucestershire, England...
: it is distinct from that of Little Sodbury.
St Adeline's Church was built in 1859 by William James.
Little Sodbury Manor is originally 15th century, the home of Sir John Walsh who employed
William TyndaleWilliam Tyndale was a 16th-century Protestant reformer and scholar who, influenced by the work of Desiderius Erasmus and Martin Luther, translated considerable parts of the Bible into the Early Modern English of his day...
as chaplain and tutor to his grandchildren in 1522-3; by tradition he began his translation of the Bible in his bedroom here. The manor retains the porch and
Great HallGreat Hall may refer to* Great hall, the main room of a royal palace, nobleman's castle or large manor house* Great Hall of the People, Tiananmen Square, Beijing* Great Hall of the University of Sydney, Australia...
, with a timber roof resting on corbels carved as shield-bearing angels, of the fifteenth-century courtyard house. The house fell into disrepair in the nineteenth century, but was restored by architect Sir
Harold BrakspearSir Harold William Brakspear was a noted restoration architect and archaeologist.He restored a number of ancient and notable buildings, including*Bath Abbey*Windsor Castle...
for Lord Grosvenor and later Baron de Tuyll.
Little Sodbury's Iron Age
hill fortA hill fort is a type of fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typically European and of the Bronze and Iron Ages...
reshaped by the Romans is accessible from the village via the
Cotswold WayThe Cotswold Way is a long-distance footpath, running along the Cotswold Edge escarpment of the Cotswold Hills in England. It was officially inaugurated as a National Trail on 24 May 2007 and several new rights of way have been created.-History:...
at . There is an
Royal Observer CorpsThe Royal Observer Corps was a civil defence organisation operating in the United Kingdom between 29 October 1925 and 31 December 1995, when the Corps' civilian volunteers were stood down....
post at . Little Sodbury is one of three
Thankful VillagesThankful Villages is a term for the small number of villages in England and Wales which lost no men in World War I, and which are sometimes called "Blessed Villages". The term Thankful Village was popularised by the writer Arthur Mee in the 1930s...
in Gloucestershire - those rare places that suffered no fatalities during the Great War of 1914 to 1918.
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