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Civil parish
  
Wyck Rissington

Country
  
England

Post town
  
Cheltenham

Local time
  
Thursday 3:26 PM

Postcode district
  
GL54

Region
  
South West

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Dialling code
  
01451

Shire county
  
Gloucestershire

Wyck Rissington

Weather
  
13°C, Wind NW at 10 km/h, 63% Humidity

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Wyck (Wick) Rissington is a village and parish in the picturesque Cotswold hills of Gloucestershire, England. The village is located 1.5 miles north-east of Bourton-on-the-Water. The name 'Wyck Rissington' translates from the Saxon as "A building of special significance on a hill covered with brushwood".

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Map of Wyck Rissington, Cheltenham, UK

Wyck is one of four Rissington villages along with Great, Little and Upper Rissington.

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Local features and characteristics

The village is spread out along a long central village green of about half a mile from end to end. It is regarded as being an unspoilt Cotswold village with a number of attractive traditional-style Cotswold stone dwellings. Other features of note include a duck pond and Victorian drinking fountain, both situated on the village green.

Stone House Garden is a notable local garden which is open to the public by appointment.[1]

There is a village hall, which was built recently of traditional Cotswold stone and hosts a range of community events.

The long-distance Oxfordshire Way footpath runs through part of the village.

Church and rectory

In the early 1890s composer Gustav Holst, at the age of 17, was the resident organist for the church. The organ that Holst played is still in use.

Until 1984, a liturgical maze existed in the garden of the Rectory. This was built by Canon Harry Cheales, rector of the parish from 1947-1980. Once a year on St Lawrence's Day, 10 August, Canon Cheales would lead the congregation round the maze. Different points of the maze represented different Pilgrim Stations. At each station was a wood carving, twelve of which now decorate the chancel of the church. The design of the maze was such that each point could be visited without turning back. A mosaic plan of the maze is embedded in the wall of the church. The maze was dismantled when the rectory was sold on Canon Cheales' death.

There is currently an appeal to raise £120,000 for urgent repairs to the church which includes replacing part of its roofing and making the bells safe.

References

Wyck Rissington Wikipedia