| Official Name: | Horsley |
| Country: | England |
| Region: | South West England |
| Static Image Name: | Horsley Church - geograph.org.uk - 192476.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | St Martin's Church, Horsley |
| Population: | 820 |
| Population Ref: | [1] |
| Os Grid Reference: | ST830980 |
| Post Town: | Stroud |
| Postcode Area: | GL |
| Postcode District: | GL6 |
| Dial Code: | 01453 |
| Constituency Westminster: | Stroud |
| Shire District: | Stroud |
| Shire County: | Gloucestershire |
| Coordinates: | 51.681°N -2.235°W |
Horsley is a village and civil parish about one and a half miles south-west of the small Cotswold market town of Nailsworth. The origins of the name Horsley are much debated, although it is thought to be derived from the pre-7th-century Old English phrase, "horse-lega", meaning "place of horses".[2]
A habitation was recorded in 1327 at Barton End, named after a barton on the manor estate.[3] The village sprung from cross-roads east of St Martin Church. The Parish is bisected from south to north by the Bath-Gloucester, built in 1780.
Historically Horsley had a prison, part of which is now a house, the exercise yard now a garden.
Horsley Court on Narrowcut Lane dates back to c1690. The house was altered and enlarged c1820, with a central tower added in c1850. It was built for the Webb family of clothiers.
In the parish is the hamlet of Newmarket, Gloucestershire.
Horsley has a C of E Primary School and church, a community shop,[4] a playground and sports field, a village hall, Ruskin Mill College (part of Ruskin Mill Trust), and a pub, The Hog (formerly the Bell & Castle). St Martin's Church also serves as the Primary School hall and a performance space for the community and surrounding area.
Horsley's monthly newsletter, 'The Horse's Mouth' provides local news and serves as the church's parish magazine.