Gloucestershire

[glos-ter-sheer, -sher, glaw-ster-]

noun

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

Gloucestershire

/ -ʃə, ˈɡlɒstəˌʃɪə /

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)

Example Sentences

Gloucestershire arable and livestock farmer David Barton said he felt "completely abandoned" by the move.

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Hundreds of boys, many with troubled backgrounds, were sent to the reform school on the border of Worcestershire and Gloucestershire by local authorities across England.

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Dave Baker founded the Olympus Academy Trust in 2012, which is now responsible for educating more than 6,500 pupils across South Gloucestershire.

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Art Shape, which works with the NHS to deliver all kinds of art as prescriptions, has a new home in the University of Gloucestershire's City Campus.

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Originally from Gloucestershire, Mr Conner does not live on the island but as the primary contractor spent a lot of time there during the renovation process.

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