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40-700: It had a population of 3,074 according to the 2001 census , increasing to 3,464 at the 2011 census . In 2001 South Cerney was winner of the Bledisloe Cup for the best-kept village in Gloucestershire (large village class), having previously won the award in 1955. The name Cerney is first attested in Old English in 852 CE, when it was recorded that King of the Mercians granted lands in Cerney to

80-471: A Post Office and newsagents (known as South Cerney News), One Stop, Co-Op, hairdressers, a fish and chip shop, an Indian restaurant/takeaway, pharmacy and a dental surgery. There are three public houses in South Cerney, The Old George, The Royal Oak and The Eliot Arms Hotel. There is a Village Hall and Fenton's Community Centre. Duke of Gloucester Barracks , on the site of the former RAF South Cerney ,

120-423: A boundary review which resulted in the former 'Water Park' Ward being replaced. As of May 2015 the village was split into two District Council Wards, 'South Cerney Village' which elected Liberal Democrat Councillor Juliet Layton and 'Siddington and Cerney Rural' which elected Mike Evemy also a Liberal Democrat. Both were elected in the 2019 local elections. There are several industrial areas which have sprung up on

160-466: A box describing themselves as Scottish or Irish, an option not available for English respondents. With an absence of an English tick-box, the only other tickbox available was "white-British", "Irish", or "other". However, if 'English' was written in under the "any other white background" it was not clear whether it would be counted as an ethnic group in same the way as the Welsh. Following criticism, English

200-501: A box describing themselves as Scottish or Irish, an option not available for Welsh respondents. Prior to the census, Plaid Cymru backed a petition calling for the inclusion of a Welsh tickbox and for the National Assembly for Wales to have primary law-making powers and its own National Statistics Office. With an absence of a Welsh tickbox, the only other tickbox available was "white-British", "Irish", or "other". For

240-629: A man called Alfeah. It is again attested in charters of the 990s associated with King Aethelred II , in the form æt Cyrne , meaning 'on the River Churn ' (the origin of whose own name is ancient, but whose etymology is obscure). To this was added the Old English word ēa ('river'), first attested in the form Cernei (and variant spellings like it) in the Domesday Book of 1086. Thus Cerney meant 'the river Churn'. The addition of

280-566: A wall of the village church . The crucifix was probably hidden at the time of the Reformation but mostly disintegrated due to the damp. Part of a crucifix that dates from the 12th century, it is one of very few early-medieval wooden sculptures of Christ extant in England, and would have been part of the ' rood ' that stood above the rood screen that separated the nave of the church from the chancel . The original carvings were purchased by

320-565: Is located approximately 1 mile outside the Village. In 1986 RAF South Cerney hosted the World Aerobatic Championships. It is also home to South Cerney Golf course & Driving Range. South Cerney is a par 70 - 5,987yrds course. Ann Edwards School is also located within the village. The name of the school was adopted when the buildings were located on the present site in 1970. Ann Edwards lived in South Cerney and

360-462: Is well endowed with numerous land and water dwelling species including the water vole, otter, breeding and wintering birds, and bats. Several mammoth bones and Neanderthal stone tools from the last Ice Age were found by a local couple in a quarry at Cerney Wick. South Cerney has an active Parish Council, currently with 10 members. The Clerk is Robert Cowley and the current Chair is local resident Marcus Price. Cotswold District Council undertook

400-621: The B4425 ), Swindon ( A419 ), Chippenham (A429), Bristol and Bath ( A433 ), and Stroud (A419). The nearest railway station is a few miles away at Kemble which is on the main line to London (Paddington) . The nearest airports are at Bristol, Cardiff and Birmingham, all more than an hour away by road. [REDACTED] Media related to South Cerney at Wikimedia Commons 51°40′16″N 1°55′55″W  /  51.671°N 1.932°W  / 51.671; -1.932 United Kingdom Census 2001 A nationwide census , known as Census 2001 ,

440-566: The British Museum in 1994. The South Cerney church now contains a replica. At the end of Silver Street in South Cerney is the Ann Edwards School, founded by Ann Edwards in 1834. And in nearby Station Road, an attractive row of gabled cottages dates from the 16th and 17th centuries. The remains of some of the old railway line can also be found in this area of the village. The Village is home to an active theatre group called

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480-420: The foot-and-mouth crisis , which led to extra precautions being adopted by the field staff, and suggestions that the census may have to be postponed. However, it was reported that the disease outbreak did not affect the effectiveness of the collection process. The census was estimated to cost £259m over its 13-year cycle from the start of planning in 1993 to the delivery of final results in 2006. Printing of

520-481: The 'other' heading. 26 per cent did not specify an ethnicity, but of the remainder 23 per cent wrote Filipino , 21 per cent Japanese , 11 per cent Vietnamese , 11 per cent Arab , 6 per cent Middle Eastern and 4 per cent North African . Controversy surrounding the classification of ethnic groups began as early as 2000, when it was revealed that respondents in Scotland and Northern Ireland would be able to check

560-765: The 2001 census was organised by the three statistical agencies, ONS, GROS, and NISRA, and coordinated at the national level by the Office for National Statistics. The Orders in Council to conduct the census, specifying the people and information to be included in the census, were made under the authority of the Census Act 1920 in Great Britain, and the Census Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 in Northern Ireland. In England and Wales these regulations were made by

600-469: The 30 million census forms was subcontracted to Polestar Group, and processing of the returned census forms was subcontracted to Lockheed Martin in a contract worth £54m. The forms were initially scanned into digital format, then read with OMR and OCR , with manual entry where the automatic process could not read the forms. The forms were then pulped and recycled, and the digital copies printed onto microfilm for storage and release after 100 years. Once

640-562: The Census Coverage Survey (sample size 320,000 households), resulting in a single set of population estimates. Although the 1851 census had included a question about religion on a separate response sheet, whose completion was not compulsory, the 2001 census was the first in Great Britain to ask about the religion of respondents on the main census form. An amendment to the 1920 Census Act (the Census (Amendment) Act 2000 )

680-585: The Census Order 2000 (SI 744/2000), in Scotland by the Census (Scotland) Order 2000 (SSI 68/2000), and in Northern Ireland by the Census Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 (SRNI 168/2000). The census was administered through self-completion forms, in most cases delivered by enumerators to households and communal establishments in the three weeks before census night on 29 April. For the first time return by post

720-743: The South Cerney Players, as well as two active singing groups, Bluenotes and Singing for Fun. The village lies within the Cotswold Water Park , an area made up of over 140 lakes, mostly formed by gravel extraction. Many of the lakes are now used for leisure activities including fishing and sailing. South Cerney Sailing Club is in the Cotswold Water Park. The village is home to the South Cerney Outdoor Education Centre, which

760-707: The UK census relies on self-completion, the composition of the other ethnic group category is not fixed. Analysis by the Office for National Statistics of the 220,000 people in England and Wales who ticked the other ethnic group box in the 2001 census reveals that 53 per cent were born in the Far East , 10 per cent in the UK, 10 per cent in the Middle East , and 7 per cent in Africa . People could write in an ethnic group under

800-459: The colours of the school uniform in memory of the founder. The original building still stands in School Lane; it was used as a school until 1972 when it was outgrown and children moved to buildings on the present site. These were demolished in 1990, having been replaced by a modern, purpose-built school. The present school is a Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School. It serves

840-445: The communities of South Cerney, Cerney Wick, and Somerford Keynes. The current Headteacher, Miss Helen Sowden was appointed as Headteacher with effect from September 2014, following the death of Headteacher, Stephen Richardson. The school was designed as a semi open-plan building by a local architect and stands on a landscaped site of approximately six acres. The re-built school was formally opened by Pam Ayres in 1990. South Cerney

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880-499: The data were returned to the statistics agencies it underwent further processing to ensure consistency and to impute missing values. The overall response rate for the census, that is the proportion of the population who were included on a census form, was estimated to be 94% in England and Wales, 96.1% in Scotland and 95.2% in Northern Ireland. This was due to a number of factors: households with no response, households excluding residents from their returns, and addresses not included in

920-465: The enumeration. In Manchester for example 25,000 people from 14,000 addresses were not enumerated because the address database was two years out of date. The Local Authority with the lowest response was Kensington and Chelsea with 64%. Hackney had the next lowest response at 72%. Out of all local authorities, the ten lowest response rates were all in London. The results still represent 100 per cent of

960-498: The first time in a UK census, those wishing to describe their ethnicity as Cornish were given their own code number (06) on the 2001 UK census form, alongside those for people wishing to describe themselves as English, Welsh , Irish or Scottish. About 34,000 people in Cornwall and 3,500 people in the rest of the UK wrote on their census forms in 2001 that they considered their ethnic group to be Cornish. This represented nearly 7% of

1000-412: The junction of High Street and Silver Street. It has an old shaft, base & steps in a new cross. It was the place for pilgrims to stop and pray for good luck on their journey. Probably used as the focus for market traders to vend their produce as well. There is a cut OS benchmark on the base representing 90.2 m Above Seas Level. Social activities South Cerney has a range of local amenities including

1040-504: The outskirts of South Cerney, bringing more requirements for housing and a large estate was built on the land sold by Aggregate Industries some years ago. South Cerney has a growing business community with many companies occupying the industrial and business estates that have built up on the outskirts of South Cerney. Cirencester is located at the hub of a significant road network with important routes to Gloucester ( A417 ), Cheltenham ( A435 ), Warwick ( A429 " Fosseway "), Oxford ( A40 via

1080-607: The population of Cornwall. Various Cornish organisations were campaigning for the inclusion of the Cornish tick box on the next census in 2011. RAF South Cerney Royal Air Force South Cerney or more simply RAF South Cerney is a former Royal Air Force Station located in South Cerney near Cirencester in Gloucestershire , England. It was built during the 1930s to conduct flying training. The airfield

1120-477: The population, however, because some individuals not completing their forms were instead identified by census enumerators, and through the use of cross-matching with a follow-up survey. The results from the 2001 census were produced using a methodology known as the One Number Census. This was an attempt to adjust the census counts and impute answers to allow for estimated under-enumeration measured by

1160-405: The question. The census ethnic groups included White ( White British , White Irish , Other White ), Mixed ( White and Black Caribbean , White and Black African , White and Asian , Other Mixed ), Asian or Asian British ( Indian , Pakistani , Bangladeshi , Other Asian ), Black or Black British ( Black Caribbean , African , Other Black ) and Chinese or Other Ethnic Group . Since

1200-569: The school was redesignated as a Service Flying Training School (SFTS) and was equipped with 44 Oxfords and 31 Hawker Harts . Shortly afterwards the headquarters of No. 23 Group RAF , responsible for advanced flying training, was transferred to South Cerney with its communications flight. By the late summer of 1940, the Oxfords had replaced all of the Harts and the school was dedicated to multi-engine training. No. 15 Service Flying Training School RAF

1240-426: The word South , distinguishing the settlement from North Cerney , is first attested in 1274. The parish also contains Cerney Wick, which includes the Old English word wic , meaning 'outlying farmstead'. Thus this name once meant 'satellite farmstead of Cerney'. This name is first attested as Cernewike in 1220. Two fragments of a carved wooden crucified Christ, a head and a foot, were found in 1915 concealed in

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1280-501: The work of the church, provides opportunities for local organisations and raises funds for charities. The village is home to Beaver, Cubs and Scouts, meeting on Thursday evenings, and Guides who meet on Tuesday evenings, all at The Jim Denley Scout Headquarters in Berkeley Close. The Brownie Pack meet in the village hall in School Lane on Wednesdays from 5:45-7:00pm. A medieval Wayside Cross (Grade II Listed building ) sits at

1320-404: Was actively involved in education in the early 19th century. She was the wife of the village curate and ran a dame school. When her husband unexpectedly came into money, she endowed the first school building which was opened in 1820. It was a Church of England Foundation School and there were 29 pupils in 1867. The colours of the coat of arms of Ann Edwards - black and gold - have been adopted as

1360-782: Was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194. The 2001 UK census was organised by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in England and Wales , the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). Detailed results by region, council area, ward and output area are available from their respective websites. Similar to previous UK censuses,

1400-423: Was created in 1971 by Gloucestershire County Council as a non-profit organisation to promote outdoor learning and provide low-cost outdoor activities for young people. The annual Street Fair and Duck Race is a local festival held over the weekend of the second May bank holiday. The Street Fair was started by All Hallows church over 30 years ago and since then it has grown and developed into a major event. It supports

1440-459: Was included as a tick-box option in the 2011 census. It is sometimes claimed that the 2001 census revealed that two-thirds of the population of Wales described themselves as of Welsh nationality . In fact, the 2001 census did not collect any information on nationality. Controversy surrounding the classification of ethnic group began as early as 2000, when it was revealed that respondents in Scotland and Northern Ireland would be able to check

1480-589: Was passed by Parliament to allow the question to be asked, and to allow the response to this question to be optional. The inclusion of the question enabled the Jedi census phenomenon to take place in the United Kingdom. In England and Wales 390,127 people stated their religion as Jedi , as did 14,052 people in Scotland. The percentages of religious affiliations were: 15% declared themselves of no religion (including Jedi at 0.7%, more than those who declared themselves as Sikh, Jewish or Buddhist) and 8% did not respond to

1520-435: Was transferred to the base in early June 1940 with its Oxfords and North American Harvard trainers, but it moved to RAF Kidlington at the end of August. Soon afterwards, the syllabus of 3 SFTS changed to intermediate flying training and it continued in this role until 14 March 1942 when it was converted into No. 3 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF to orient foreign-trained pilot to British conditions and standards. During

1560-647: Was turned over to the British Army in 1971 and is now known as the Duke of Gloucester Barracks . Construction of the airfield began in 1936 and it was still underway when it opened on 16 August 1937. No. 3 Flying Training School was the initial tenant and was equipped with a variety of biplane aircraft which were replaced by Airspeed Oxfords in mid-1938. When the Second World War began in August 1939,

1600-466: Was used as the main collection method, with enumerators following up in person where the forms were not returned. The postal response rate was 88% in England and Wales, 91% in Scotland, and 92% in Northern Ireland. A total of 81,000 field staff were employed across the UK (70,000 in England and Wales, 8,000 in Scotland and 3,000 in Northern Ireland). The census was conducted at the height of

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