Tewkesbury is a town in Gloucestershire, England. It stands at the confluence of the River Severn and the River Avon, Warwickshire, and also minor tributaries the Swilgate and Carrant Brook. It gives its name to the Tewkesbury (borough), of which the town is the second largest settlement.
The name Tewkesbury comes from Theoc, the name of a Anglo-Saxons who founded a Hermitage (religious retreat) there in the 7th century, and in the Old English tongue was called Theocsbury.
