Gloucestershire

American  

[glos-ter-sheer, -sher, glaw-ster-] / ˈglɒs tərˌʃɪər, -ʃər, ˈglɔ stər- /

noun

1. a county in SW England. 1,255 sq. mi. (2,640 sq. km). Gloucester.

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Gloucestershire British  

/ ˈɡlɒstəˌʃɪə, -ʃə /

noun

1. Glos. a county of SW England, situated around the lower Severn valley: contains the Forest of Dean and the main part of the Cotswold Hills: the geographical and ceremonial county includes the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire (part of Avon county from 1974 to 1996). Administrative centre: Gloucester. Pop (excluding South Gloucestershire): 568 500 (2003 est). Area (excluding South Gloucestershire): 2643 sq km (1020 sq miles)

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Gloucestershire

Three suspicious vehicles were seen near the US-operated airbase in Gloucestershire on 27 September, leading to a major incident being declared.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Essghir was arrested at the scene in Gloucestershire and then released on bail, before police re-arrested him a week ago.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

The man was arrested in Westminster, London, under Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006 on Tuesday, as part of the counter-terror police investigation into the incident near the airbase in Gloucestershire.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

RAF Fairford - in the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire - has been at the centre of an incident being investigated by counter-terror police.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

In a typical Surrey village, where there are no Nonconformists, the Chairman is the Vicar, but of 38 Gloucestershire parishes, where dissenters abound, only in two or three.

From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet) Escott

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