| Twigworth | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Image Alt: | stone church in churchyard |
| Pushpin Map: | Gloucestershire |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | map of Gloucestershire |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Twigworth in Gloucestershire |
| Coordinates: | 51.8984°N -2.2244°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Sovereign state |
| Subdivision Name: | United Kingdom |
| Subdivision Type1: | Constituent country |
| Subdivision Name1: | England |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | South West England |
| Subdivision Type3: | Non-metropolitan county |
| Subdivision Name3: | Gloucestershire |
| Subdivision Type4: | Status |
| Subdivision Name4: | Civil parish |
| Governing Body: | Tewkesbury Borough |
| Population As Of: | 2014 |
| Population Total: | 340 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | GMT |
| Utc Offset: | 0 |
| Timezone Dst: | BST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +1 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postcodes |
| Postal Code: | GL1-GL4 |
| Area Code: | 01452 |
Twigworth is a small village near Gloucester in the Borough of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. The population of Twigworth Parish was 340 people in mid-2014 in 170 households.A new housing development called "Twigworth Green" by 3 housing groups, Bloor Homes, Linden Homes and Bovis Homes. A primary school and secondary school has been planned with this development.[1]
The place name Twigworth is though to derive from a personal name Twicga, so an enclosure belonging to Twicga. The name was first recorded as Tuiggewrthe in 1216. [2]
Twigworth parish church, consecrated in 1844, is dedicated to St Matthew.[3] [4]
The poet and composer Ivor Gurney is buried in the churchyard. Next to Gurney's grave is that of Michael Howells, son of the composer Herbert Howells, who died in 1935 of polio aged nine.[5] Howells later wrote a hymn tune entitled Twigworth for the hymn "God is love, let heaven adore him", one of two hymn tunes he composed in memory of his son (the other being Michael — "All my hope on God is founded").[6]
In 2019, following a decision by the Diocese of Gloucester, St Matthew's Church was closed for public worship and the ecclesiastical parish of Twigworth was dissolved and merged into the parish of Sandhurst.[7]