Winchcombe
Winchcombe is a Cotswold town 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 precise site of this is unidentified;. It has actually been recommended however, that it was to the south of St Peter's Church. In the Restoration period, Winchcombe was noted for livestock rustling and various other lawlessness, caused partially by hardship. In an effort to work, regional individuals grew cigarette as a cash crop, despite this technique having been disallowed since the Commonwealth. Soldiers were sent know at the very least one event to ruin the illegal crop. In Winchcombe and the instant location can be located Sudeley Castle and also the remains of Hailes Abbey, which was one of the main centres of expeditions in Britain due to a phial had by the monks claimed to have the Blood of Christ. There is absolutely nothing left of the former Winchcombe Abbey. St Peter's Church in the centre of the town is noted for its grotesques.