Place:Hardwicke, Gloucestershire, England

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NameHardwicke
Alt namesHerdeuuicsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 113
TypeTown
Coordinates51.95°N 2.133°W
Located inGloucestershire, England
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Hardwicke is a village south of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. Despite its proximity to Gloucester, the village comes under Stroud (district) Council.

With its name deriving from the Old English heorde wic, “herd [tending] settlement”, farming is still the major industry of the parish. Hardwicke was once renowned for its cider and cheese , this may have led to its survival during the battle for Gloucester in the Civil War – neither side wanted to damage a source of much appreciated sustenance.

Though there is a typical village green and pond on Green Lane, along with some of the village's oldest cottages, there was never a distinct centre to the village and other parts have a distinct “Victorian” feel. Added to this are the newer developments of the 1970s.

The village has two pubs, 'The Pilot' (on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal) and 'The Starting Gate' (formerly ‘The Morning Star’, on the Bristol Road (B4008)), a branch of The Royal British Legion, a village hall and two shops, one of which is also a post office. In the centre of the village is the Hardwicke Parochial School, a Church of England school that teaches children from the ages of four to eleven.

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