Badminton (Gloucestershire)

51.5418 - 2.2819Koordinaten: 51 ° 33 ' N, 2 ° 17' W

Badminton is a village in the county of Gloucestershire in the South West of England. It is in the district Chipping Sodbury -, near the Cotswolds, 7 km north-east of Chipping Sodbury. The village has 258 inhabitants ( 2001).

Location

Badminton is located about 31 km north-east of Bristol and about 180 km north- west of London.

History

Badminton Castle, the home of the Boteler family, was built in 1608. The present building was built by the 1st Duke of Beaufort in 1682 in Palladianismusstil. During the Second World War, was the queen widow of George V, Mary of Teck, in badminton, which was evacuated from London there. After the village or the Badminton House, the game probably originated in British India in the early 19th century Badminton was named since 1860; However, it is unclear why.

Events

On the grounds of Badminton House, the residence of the Duke of Beaufort, find here every year in April or May, the Badminton Horse Trials.