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词条 Cranham, Gloucestershire
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Cranham is a village in the English county of Gloucestershire. Forming part of the district of Stroud it is to be found a mile or so east of the A46 road between Stroud and Cheltenham. The Cotswold Way long distance footpath also runs nearby.

Composer Gustav Holst lived in Cranham for a while, and it was there, in the house now called 'Midwinter Cottage' that he wrote what is probably the best known tune for the Christmas carol In the Bleak Midwinter by Christina Rossetti.[2] A Ham class minesweeper, HMS Cranham, was also named after the village.

A Fairport Convention album, Gladys' Leap, is named after local postwoman Gladys Hillier, who would jump over a local stream to avoid a long journey. The Ordnance Survey have renamed that place in her honour.[3]

In 1948, Cranham Scout Centre was opened by the chief scout of the time. Over 2000 people attended the celebration of the opening ceremony.[4] Since then it has developed from a small campsite into an activity centre with indoor accommodation.

In 1949 George Orwell stayed at a sanatorium near the village, in his search for a relief if not a cure for the tuberculosis from which he was suffering and which would kill him six months later after his admission to University College Hospital.[5] While in the sanatorium he sketched out in 4 pages of a notebook a short story to be called A Smoking Room Story, set in Burma. The story was never written.[6]

In 2010, pop star Lily Allen bought Old Overton House, just outside Cranham, for a reported £3 million.[7][8] Old Overton House is grade II listed with the earliest part of the property dating back to the seventeenth century.[9]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122412&c=GL4+8HU&d=16&e=62&g=6427984&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1427720025907&enc=1|website=Office for National Statistics|title=Parish population 2011|accessdate=2015-03-30|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402140210/https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122412&c=GL4+8HU&d=16&e=62&g=6427984&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1427720025907&enc=1|archivedate=2 April 2015|df=dmy-all}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/content/articles/2009/01/05/midwinter_shnugget_feature.shtml|title=Gloucestershire – Places – Shnugget: Carols at Cranham|publisher=BBC|date=2008-12-18|accessdate=2012-04-04}}
3. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article553971.ece |title=A bridge too late to spare a country postwoman's muddy boots – Times Online |publisher=timesonline.co.uk |accessdate=2010-01-11 | location=London | first=Alan | last=Hamilton | date=2005-08-11}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.scoutcentre.org.uk/about-the-centre/history/|website=Cranham Scout Centre|accessdate=2012-04-04|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429221928/http://www.scoutcentre.org.uk/about-the-centre/history|archivedate=2016-04-29|dead-url=no}}
5. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/4454419.George_Orwell_finished_classic_during_stay_in_Cranham/|publisher=Stroud News|last=Wiles|first=David|date=2009-06-24|title=George Orwell finished classic during stay in Cranham|accessdate=2015-10-16}}
6. ^{{cite book|title=Finding George Orwell in Burma|year=2011|publisher=Granta Books|last=Larkin|first=Emma|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RMLTetNVilQC&pg=PT115&lpg=PT115&dq=george+orwell+%22A+smoking+room+story%22&source=bl&ots=3bnstQiofm&sig=zn7djERMR5zLTgt_g_aNfofEuUI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDEQ6AEwA2oVChMIrc7GkvDGyAIVxrYaCh3CqQWd#v=onepage&q=george%20orwell%20%22A%20smoking%20room%20story%22&f=false|isbn=9781847084552}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/news/Smile-proud-new-owner-163-3-million-Lily-pad/article-2649417-detail/article.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920191716/http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/news/Smile-proud-new-owner-163-3-million-Lily-pad/article-2649417-detail/article.html|archivedate=2010-09-20|title=Smile, you're the proud new owner of £3 million Lily Allen pad|publisher=This Is Gloucestershire|accessdate=2010-10-25}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Lily-recovers-condition/story-11939606-detail/story.html|title=Lily recovers from serious condition | Gloucestershire News|publisher=This is Gloucestershire|date=2010-11-07|accessdate=2012-04-04}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-132712-old-overtown-house-cranham|title=Old Overtown House – Cranham – Gloucestershire – England|publisher=British Listed Buildings|date=1987-03-24|accessdate=2012-04-04}}

External links

{{Commons category inline|Cranham, Gloucestershire|position=left}}
  • Cranham in pictures
  • Village website
  • Scout Centre based in Village
  • GENUKI(tm) page
  • Stroud Voices (Cranham filter) - oral history site
  • {{oscoor gbx|SO896129}}
{{Gloucestershire-geo-stub}}

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