Maugersbury is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

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 in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire

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, England. Situated less than a mile south-east of the market town

Market town

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 of Stow-on-the-Wold

Stow-on-the-Wold

Stow-on-the-Wold is a market town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It is situated on top of an 800 ft hill, at the convergence of a number of major roads through the Cotswolds, including the Fosse Way . The town was founded as a planned market place by Norman lords to take...

 and approximately 18 miles (29 km) east of its post town

Post town

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, Cheltenham

Cheltenham

Cheltenham , also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a large spa town and borough in Gloucestershire, on the edge of the Cotswolds in the South-West region of England. It is the home of the flagship race of British steeplechase horse racing, the Gold Cup, the main event of the Cheltenham Festival held...

, Maugersbury lies within the Cotswolds

Cotswolds

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, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

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. At the 2001 United Kingdom census

United Kingdom Census 2001

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, the parish had a population of 149.

History

Maugersbury was listed as MalgeresberiAe in the Domesday Book

Domesday Book

Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...

 of 1086. The village was the location of the Stow on the Wold Union Workhouse

Workhouse

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Governance

Maugersbury is in the Beacon-Stow ward

Wards of the United Kingdom

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 of the district of Cotswold

Cotswold (district)

Cotswold is a local government district in Gloucestershire in England. It is named after the wider Cotswolds region. Its main town is Cirencester....

, represented by councillor

Councillor

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s David Penman and Merryl Phillips, members of the Conservative Party

Conservative Party (UK)

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. Maugersbury is part of the constituency of The Cotswolds, represented at parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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 by Conservative MP

Member of Parliament

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 Geoffrey Clifton-Brown. It is part of the South West England

South West England (European Parliament constituency)

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 constituency of the European Parliament

European Parliament

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