Bishop's Cleeve is an urbanised village in the Borough of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, near Cheltenham. The village lies at the foot of Cleeve Hill, the highest point in the Cotswolds. Bishop's Cleeve has a population of 10,612 and is surrounded by many hamlets and villages. There are 3 Bishop's Cleeve parish wards within the village.
Railway past
Bishop's Cleeve was once served by a railway line, a relative latecomer in British railway history, opened on 1 June 1906 by the Great Western Railway and running from Stratford-upon-Avon to Cheltenham, part of a main line from Birmingham to the South West and South Wales. Bishop's Cleeve railway station along with almost all others on this section closed on 7 March 1960 and was subsequently demolished, but the nearby Cheltenham Racecourse railway station remained in operation for royal visits to the racecourse until 1965; through passenger services continued until 25 March 1968, and goods until 1976 when a derailment (railway accident) at Broadway damaged the line.
The Bishop's ‘ō‘ō or Moloka‘i ‘ō‘ō (Moho bishopi) is a member of the extinct genus of the ‘ō‘ōs (Moho) within the extinct family Mohoidae. It was previously regarded as member of the Australo-Pacific honeyeaters (Meliphagidae).Lionel Walter Rothschild named it after Charles Reed Bishop, the founder of the Bishop Museum.
Description
It was discovered in 1892 by Henry C. Palmer, a bird collector for Lord Rothschild. Its length was about 29 centimeters. The tail had reached a length of 10 centimeters. The plumage was general glossy black with yellow feather tufts on the maxillaries, beneath the wings and the undertail coverts. Their songs were simple two notes, took-took, which could be heard for miles.
Distribution
It was endemic to the montane forests in the eastern of the Hawaiian Island of Molokai, and Mount Olokai. Subfossil bone finds are known from Maui, on Mount Olinda at about 4,500ft above sea level.
Bishop's ward is an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom. It is located in the north of the borough, bounded by the river Thames, and contains many well known London sites including the Southbank Centre, the London Eye, the Old and New Vic theatres, County Hall and Lambeth Palace. It also contains Waterloo station and St Thomas Hospital.
The Lambeth Council State of the Borough 2014 report found that Bishop's was the least residential ward of the borough. It has the lowest ward population (10,600), with a low proportion of children – over 80% of residents are working age, with a many born outside UK. It has the highest number of jobs and the highest employment per head of resident working age population. Health outcomes, such as life expectancy and childhood obesity are typical of the borough. It has the highest proportion of Asian residents in the borough. Although the riverside areas are affluent, household income in most of the rest of the ward is comparable with the borough as a whole. Housing tenure is similar to the borough as a whole – 21% home owners, 42% Social rented, 34% private rented. It has the highest proportion of flats, and house prices are high - 30% of dwellings are in the higher council tax (property tax) bands F, G or H.
Bishop͛s had the highest ward crime rate figures as of 2013, especially violence against the person and theft and handling – this is associated with large numbers of people in the ward at Waterloo Station and the South Bank.
Spitfire Homes has begun selling properties on the third and final phase at Fairmont, a collection of 215 design-led homes in Bishop’s Cleeve ... In delivering Fairmont, Spitfire Homes is contributing more than £7m to the Bishop’s Cleeve community.
MATCH…..WEEKEND ...View this post on Instagram ... A replay was required to get past Bishop’s Cleeve after a banana-skin tie at Cray Valley before Chesham knocked out National League promotion hopefuls Yeovil in the fourth qualifying round ... .
Atalanta are one of the success stories of the last decade ...American investment from the co-owner of Boston Celtics has not changed the maxim ... The FA Cup is simmering away and Torquay have crashed to a new low with a 3-0 defeat at Bishops Cleeve ... .
Recycling bring banks at the Bishop's Cleeve Tesco site will be removed at the beginning of September due to overflowing bins, contamination with non-recyclable items, and fly-tipping.
Residents in the Cleevelands housing development and the surrounding area in Bishop's Cleeve are being asked what they want to see from the proposed Cleevelands community centre, that is set to be built by Persimmon Homes.
Jax Hundt thought there was no chance he would get into the game. He had only signed with Gloucester City AFC a week prior, and the Tigers were playing Bishops Cleeve in the GloucestershireCounty Cup final ... He had made it.
Bishop's Cleeve and Cirencester Town are both set to miss out on the Southern League promotion play-offs. Cleeve are eighth in the Division OneSouth , two points off fifth place, but with only one game left, while other sides have games in hand.
Read more ...View image in fullscreen ... Photograph. Kieran Cleeves/PA ... ColbyBishop (left) and Lee Evans enjoy a laugh during their 3-1 home win against Shrewsbury in early April. Bishop is their leading scorer, with 20 league goals ... Kieran Cleeves/PA ... Share ... .
