A brief History of Bishops Cleeve
Bishop’s Cleeve is a village 3 miles north of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England and lies at the foot of Cleeve Hill – the highest point in the Cotswolds. Remains dating from the Iron Age and the Roman occupation have been found during recent redevelopment. The village currently has some 31 listed buildings, a few dating back to the 12
th and 13th Centuries.The earliest village on the site of Bishop’s Cleeve existed in the 8
th Century and was Timbingctun. At that time there was a monastery, which is thought to have stood close to the present Church of St Michael’s. In the late 8th Century, Offa, King of Mercia granted the surrounding land to the monastery. Later the village became known as Cliffe, referring to the cliff like escarpment of Cleeve Hill. When in the 9th Century, the monastery and its land were given to the Bishop of Worcester, the village became known as Bishop’s Cleeve, although the monastery itself soon disappeared.Playgrounds and Playing fields
Sports fieldParish Office opening hours are:
Monday to Friday 10.00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m Telephone : 01242 674440 e-mail : clerk@bishopscleevepc.org
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A Tewkesbury Borough Officer is available in the Parish Office on a Friday 10 to 12 noon for advice and information. To contact Tewkesbury Borough Council telephone 01684 295010 www.tewkesbury.gov.uk
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Despite trying to operate as normal today, our crews have experienced very difficult conditions across the borough.
We have had situations where vehicles have been out of control on the ice and loaders have had great difficulty manoeuvring bins safely. Unfortunately, we had a situation where one member of staff was admitted to hospital following a head injury after slipping on ice, which serves to illustrate how difficult it has been to operate.
I must commend all the teams for the work they have done today under the circumstances and particularly when other councils are still not operational.
It is an inevitable consequence of the conditions that some areas will have been missed, but we are urging residents to be patient and to leave their bins out until we can get back to collect them.
The refuse crews will be aiming to carry out normal scheduled collections tomorrow (Friday, 15 January), as the severe weather begins to subside.
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Refuse collections have been scheduled in the following areas:
· Bishop’s Cleeve
· Teddington
· Oxenton
· Woolstone
· Gotherington
· Woodmancote
· Cleeve Hill
· Prestbury
· Elmstone Hardwicke
· Uckington
· Brockhampton
· Hailes
Recycling collections have been scheduled in the following areas:
· Bishop’s Cleeve
· Cleeve Hill
· Hailes
· Prestbury
· Woodmancote
· Gotherington
· Teddington
· Elmstone Hardwicke
The crews will also aim to run an additional service on Saturday in Churchdown and Winchcombe – the areas that were missed on Wednesday due to the treacherous conditions; the media will be kept informed of this to help make residents aware. We are also hoping to arrange some additional collections next week to restore the service to normal.
Once again, crews have been instructed to use their discretion and not to enter any areas that they deem to be unsafe.
It may be the case that some roads are still too dangerous to attend, so all residents are asked to leave out their bins and crews will collect them as soon as it is safe to do so. We will continue to collect side-waste until the back-log is cleared but garden waste collections will not be taking place at the moment.