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The John Moore Museum [4] near Tewkesbury Abbey The John Moore Nature Reserve, created and managed by Kemerton Conservation Trust on land in the village of Kemerton once owned by the author. the name 'Elmbury' was given to the new Secondary Modern School for Girls on Ashchurch Road in the 1960s, which later became the nucleus of today's ...
Author John Moore (1907–1967) was born and lived in Tewkesbury. He set his novel Portrait of Elmbury (pub. 1945) as a "fictionalised biography" of Tewkesbury, the town being the "Elmbury" of the book. Another of his books, Brensham Village (published in 1946) used nearby Bredon as its basis. A local museum has been named after him.
Tewkesbury: Aviation: Restored historic aircraft, aero engines, cockpits and other related exhibits, area history in the development of jet engines John Moore Museum: Tewkesbury: Tewkesbury: Natural history: website, mammals and birds of the local countryside, museum named after conservationist John Moore: Keith Harding's World of Mechanical ...
The Festival was founded by the Spa Manager George Wilkinson, in conjunction with the Tewkesbury-based author John Moore, who served as its first director. Actor Ralph Richardson , who was born in Cheltenham , launched the festival, and poet Cecil Day-Lewis , who taught at Cheltenham College , read a selection of contemporary verse. [ 1 ]
People from Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. ... John Moore (British writer) P. Jack Peart (footballer, born 1884) Donald Priestley; Joseph Hubert Priestley;
The John Moore Primary School, ... Tewkesbury CE Primary School, Tewkesbury; ... Gloucestershire Hospital Education Service, Cheltenham ...
Notable historic features include Kemerton Camp, an Iron Age hill fort surmounting Bredon Hill, thought to have been vacated suddenly after a considerable battle. On the fort's south rampart is a two-storey stone tower known as Parsons Folly (or the Tower), built in the mid-18th century by John Parsons V, MP (1732–1805), the squire of Kemerton, who reputedly wished to raise the summit of ...
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the county of Gloucestershire, England. For places in the district of South Gloucestershire , see that article. For places in Bristol formerly in Gloucestershire, see Subdivisions of Bristol .