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Dowdeswell
Dowdeswell is a civil parish in the ward of Chedworth, Cotswold, in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, England. It is separated into Upper and Lower Dowdeswell, the former being south of the latter. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 134.
About 7.1 km (4.4 mi) to the northwest is Cheltenham, and 19 km (12 mi) to the west is Gloucester. In 2001, it had a population of 185.
The Church of Saint Michael and All Saints is a Grade I listed building.
Dowdeswell (surname)
Dowdeswell is a surname, and may refer to:
- Caroline Dowdeswell (born 1945), English television actress
- Colin Dowdeswell (born 1955), tennis player
- Elizabeth Dowdeswell (born 1944), Lieutenant Governor of the Canadian province of Ontario
- Peter Dowdeswell (born 1940), English competitive eater
- James Dowdeswell (born 1974), stand-up comedian and actor
- Richard Dowdeswell (died 1673) (1601–1673), English politician
- Roger Dowdeswell (born 1944), tennis player from Zimbabwe, elder brother of Colin Dowdeswell
- William Dowdeswell (1682–1728), English politician
- William Dowdeswell (Chancellor) (1721–1775), British politician
- William Dowdeswell (British Army officer) (1760–1828), English politician
- William Edward Dowdeswell (1841–1893), English politician
- William Dowdeswell (1804–1870), English politician