Winchcombe
Winchcombe is a Cotswold community in the regional authority area of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. Its population according to the 2011 census was 4,538. During the Anarchy of the 12th century, a motte-and-bailey castle was erected in the very early 1140s by Roger Fitzmiles, second Earl of Hereford for the Empress Matilda, although the exact site of this is unidentified;. It has been suggested however, that it was to the south of St Peter's Church. In the Restoration period, Winchcombe was noted for livestock rustling and other lawlessness, triggered partially by hardship. In an attempt to earn a living, neighborhood people grew tobacco as a cash crop, despite this technique having been banned since the Commonwealth. Soldiers were sent out in on at the very least one occasion to ruin the prohibited plant. In Winchcombe and the immediate area can be found Sudeley Castle and also the remains of Hailes Abbey, which was among the primary centres of expeditions in Britain due to a phial possessed by the monks claimed to include the Blood of Christ. There is absolutely nothing left of the previous Winchcombe Abbey. St Peter's Church in the centre of the town is kept in mind for its grotesques.
