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Hucclecote is a village in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, comprising a ward (population 8,826)〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Office for National Statistics )〕 in the City of Gloucester,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hucclecote )〕 and adjacent civil parish (population 1,332)〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Office for National Statistics )〕 in the Borough of Tewkesbury.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Ordnance Survey )〕 It is located on the periphery of the city, between Barnwood and Brockworth along Ermin Way, an old Roman road connecting Gloucester with Cirencester and the Cotswolds. ==History and background== Hucclecote has been settled since ancient times, and a Roman villa dating from the second or third century AD has been found at Hucclecote. Later, Hucclecote was a hamlet in the ancient parish of Churchdown, and is mentioned in the Domesday Book.〔 Hucclecote was a small village until development began prior to the outbreak of World War II in 1939. Development was halted during the war and the area was bombed by the Luftwaffe due to the aircraft factories and other industrial facilities in the area which were originally within the boundary of Brockworth. Due to redistricting, the airfield from which the world's first jet fighter, the Gloster Meteor,〔Gloster Meteor〕 took off for test flights is now within the boundary of Hucclecote. The area which borders Brockworth is currently undergoing redevelopment, with the derelict land that formerly housed the airfield and factory having made way for Coopers Edge, a housing development of 1,900 homes as well as shops and a school.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.coopersedge.co.uk/ )〕 Currently Gloucester Business Park there is a Tesco Supermarket, a Premier Inn, and many office buildings, with restaurants and other retail facilities currently being added.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.coopersedge.co.uk/WhittleSquare.aspx )〕 Ermin Way through Hucclecote was a major trunk route until the construction of the Brockworth Bypass in 1995. Until the construction of the Severn Bridge in 1966 this was a strategic route from the south of England to south Wales, as the lowest bridge crossing of the River Severn was at Gloucester. Hucclecote is split into two parts; with the dividing line being the M5 Motorway bridge. The part to the west of the bridge, and thus closest to Gloucester, is the largest part, and falls under Gloucester City Council, while to the east of the bridge, the Parish of Hucclecote is part of Tewkesbury Borough Council. The Parish of Hucclecote has considered changing its name in recent times, to reflect its identity as a separate part of Hucclecote. Possible names for this "new" village have included Whittlesfield, after Frank Whittle, who invented the jet engine that powered the aeroplane that took off from the airfield, and Pineholt, which had been used to describe a small part of the area before a housing estate more than doubled the Parish's size in the late 1990s. As of 2011 interest has started to build to change the name formally to Pineholt, to separate the area from Hucclecote. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hucclecote」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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