Chipping Sodbury is a market town in South Gloucestershire, south west England, founded in the 12th century by William Crassus. The villages of Old Sodbury and Little Sodbury are nearby. At the 2001 census the population of Chipping Sodbury was 5,066, but in the last two or three decades the town has become part of a much larger built-up area due to the rapid expansion of nearby Yate. At the census the combined population of Yate and Chipping Sodbury was 26,855.
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- Chipping Sodbury is a market town in South Gloucestershire, south west England, founded in the 12th century by William Crassus. The villages of Old Sodbury and Little Sodbury are nearby. At the 2001 census the population of Chipping Sodbury was 5,066, but in the last two or three decades the town has become part of a much larger built-up area due to the rapid expansion of nearby Yate. At the census the combined population of Yate and Chipping Sodbury was 26,855. In the 18th century Edward Jenner started his medical training in Sodbury, observing people catching cowpox, and then not catching smallpox. East of the town is the Chipping Sodbury Tunnel a railway tunnel under the Cotswolds, 2 miles 924 yards (4.06 km) long, which was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1902. The Chipping Sodbury tunnel is notorious for flooding in wet weather, often leading to disruption of services on the main railway line to and from South Wales. Chipping Sodbury had a railway station from 1903 to 1961. Yate station, on the Bristol to Birmingham main line, originally closed in January 1965 but reopened in May 1989. The Mayor of Sodbury is Paul Whittle, who is also chairman of Sodbury Town Council. The Council covers both Chipping Sodbury and neighbouring Old Sodbury. Chipping Sodbury hosts a twice yearly Mop Fair, usually the last weekends of March and September. The town also holds a Festival Week in early June. There is a farmers' market twice a month, on the second Saturday and last Thursday. A Victorian Evening is held on the first Friday in December. The event starts in the afternoon when school choirs perform in the street. The evenings events begin with the arrival of Father Christmas when snow is guaranteed. The streets are lined with stalls from local charities and organisations and old time amusements, including a Ferris wheel, Helter Skelter and two children's rides. Choirs sing, bands play, and stalls bring a market feel. A Hog Roast is held. The name Chipping Sodbury is considered humorous by those unfamiliar with it. Locals often call it "Sodding Chipbury". The town is mentioned in the film comedy Nuns On The Run by Robbie Coltrane's character, as he and Eric Idle's character, disguised as nuns, try to hide in a convent, claiming they come from Chipping Sodbury ― (erroneously) assuming there is no convent there. Additionally in the film Carry on Cowboy, Jim Dale's character Sheriff P. Knutt, purports to have been educated at Chipping Sodbury Technical College; of course no such institution exists. Also, the name is believed to have inspired "Effing Sodbury", a place name associated with the satirical pseudo-newspaper The Framley Examiner. Chipping Sodbury has two primary schools and a secondary school. St John' Mead Primary School is named after the church in the High Street. The other is Raysfield Infants and Junior schools. In 2008 the pass rate for Chipping Sodbury School (the secondary school) was 70% of 5 GCSEs A* to C.
- Chipping Sodbury ist ein Ort in der Unitary Authority South Gloucestershire in England. Chipping Sodbury hat 6.660 Einwohner (2001) und liegt in der Nähe von Bristol. Der Ort wurde im 12. Jahrhundert von William Cassius, Lord of Sodbury, gegründet und war von jeher ein Marktort; daher rührt auch der Namensbestandteil Chipping. Die Hauptstraße wird von eine Häuserreihe aus dem 17. Jahrhundert gesäumt; außerdem gibt es ein um 1460 errichtetes Haus aus der Tudorzeit. Chipping Sodbury wurde erst 1903 von der Great Western Railway an das Eisenbahn-Netz angeschlossen; der Bahnhof wurde 1961 jedoch wieder geschlossen. Chipping Sodbury gehörte früher zur Grafschaft Gloucestershire. 1974 wurde der Ort eine Stadt in der neu gebildeten Grafschaft County of Avon und war Teil des Distrikts Northavon. Diese Grafschaft wurde jedoch 1996 aufgelöst; seitdem gehört Chipping Sodbury zur selbständigen Gebietskörperschaft (Unitary Authority) South Gloucestershire. Eine Reihe von Quellen geben Chipping Sodbury als den Geburtsort der Harry Potter-Autorin Joanne K. Rowling an, anderen Quellen zufolge ist sie jedoch im weitaus unattraktiveren Nachbarort Yate geboren.
- Chipping Sodbury è un paese di 5.066 abitanti del Gloucestershire, in Inghilterra.
- Chipping Sodbury is een plaats in het bestuurlijke gebied South Gloucestershire, in het Engelse graafschap Gloucestershire. De plaats telt 5.066 inwoners.
- Chipping Sodbury er en liten markedsby i South Gloucestershire, England. Den ligger like ved Yate. Byen ble grunnlagt i det 12. århundre av William Crassus. I nærheten av byen ligger den beryktede jernbanetunnelen Chipping Sodbury-tunnelen. Den fire km lange tunnelen åpnet i 1902, er er kjent for å bli oversvømt i perioder med mye regn, noe som fører til store forsinkelser i jernbanetrafikken til og fra det sørlige Wales. Byen hadde en egen jernbanestasjon fra 1903 til 1961. Det mest kjente bysbarnet er forfatteren J.K. Rowling.
- Chipping Sodbury - miasto w Wielkiej Brytanii, w Anglii w South Gloucestershire. Miasto rozwinęło się wraz z rozwojem sąsiedniego Yate, tworzy z nim konurbację o wielkości 26 855 mieszkańców (2001 r.). Miasto posiada najprawdopodobniej najszerszą ulicę w Anglii i jedną z najszerszych głównych ulic w Europie.
- Chipping Sodbury este un oraş în comitatul Gloucestershire, regiunea South West, Anglia. Oraşul se află în districtul South Gloucestershire.
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- The wide main street of Chipping Sodbury. Cars are parked where market stalls would once have been.
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- Chipping Sodbury is a market town in South Gloucestershire, south west England, founded in the 12th century by William Crassus. The villages of Old Sodbury and Little Sodbury are nearby. At the 2001 census the population of Chipping Sodbury was 5,066, but in the last two or three decades the town has become part of a much larger built-up area due to the rapid expansion of nearby Yate. At the census the combined population of Yate and Chipping Sodbury was 26,855.
- Chipping Sodbury ist ein Ort in der Unitary Authority South Gloucestershire in England. Chipping Sodbury hat 6.660 Einwohner (2001) und liegt in der Nähe von Bristol. Der Ort wurde im 12. Jahrhundert von William Cassius, Lord of Sodbury, gegründet und war von jeher ein Marktort; daher rührt auch der Namensbestandteil Chipping. Die Hauptstraße wird von eine Häuserreihe aus dem 17. Jahrhundert gesäumt; außerdem gibt es ein um 1460 errichtetes Haus aus der Tudorzeit.
- Chipping Sodbury è un paese di 5.066 abitanti del Gloucestershire, in Inghilterra.
- Chipping Sodbury is een plaats in het bestuurlijke gebied South Gloucestershire, in het Engelse graafschap Gloucestershire. De plaats telt 5.066 inwoners.
- Chipping Sodbury er en liten markedsby i South Gloucestershire, England. Den ligger like ved Yate. Byen ble grunnlagt i det 12. århundre av William Crassus. I nærheten av byen ligger den beryktede jernbanetunnelen Chipping Sodbury-tunnelen. Den fire km lange tunnelen åpnet i 1902, er er kjent for å bli oversvømt i perioder med mye regn, noe som fører til store forsinkelser i jernbanetrafikken til og fra det sørlige Wales. Byen hadde en egen jernbanestasjon fra 1903 til 1961.
- Chipping Sodbury - miasto w Wielkiej Brytanii, w Anglii w South Gloucestershire. Miasto rozwinęło się wraz z rozwojem sąsiedniego Yate, tworzy z nim konurbację o wielkości 26 855 mieszkańców (2001 r.). Miasto posiada najprawdopodobniej najszerszą ulicę w Anglii i jedną z najszerszych głównych ulic w Europie.
- Chipping Sodbury este un oraş în comitatul Gloucestershire, regiunea South West, Anglia. Oraşul se află în districtul South Gloucestershire.
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