Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake The Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake is an annual event held on the Spring Bank Holiday at Cooper's Hill, near Gloucester in England. It was traditionally held by and for the people who live in the local village of Brockworth, Gloucestershire, but now people from all over the world take part. "The Guardian" newspaper called it a "world-famous event", with winners from the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Nepal. The event is traditional and takes its name from the steep hill on which it occurs. Until recent years, it was managed in a quasi-official
Hill, Gloucestershire households, whereas the 2011 census showed there to be a total of 42 households, the majority of which were made up of two adults with one or two children. The Manor of Hill, known as Hill Court, was included in a grant of the Barony of Berkeley, bestowed upon Robert Fitzharding by Henry II of England after his ascension to the throne in 1154. The manor was transferred down successive generations of the Berkeley family until it came into the possession of Robert Poyntz of nearby Iron Acton in 1418. The Poyntz family gave up the Manor at the beginning