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 early 1140s by Roger Fitzmiles, 2nd Earl of Hereford for the Empress Matilda, although the exact site of this is unknown;. It has been suggested however, that it was to the south of St Peter's Church. In the Restoration period, Winchcombe was kept in mind for cattle rustling and also other lawlessness, triggered in part by destitution. In an effort to earn a living, neighborhood people grew tobacco as a cash crop, despite this method having been outlawed given that the Commonwealth. Soldiers were sent out know a minimum of one celebration to destroy the unlawful crop. In Winchcombe and also the instant area can be located Sudeley Castle and the remains of Hailes Abbey, which was one of the major centres of trips in Britain as a result of a phial had by the monks stated to contain the Blood of Christ. There is nothing left of the previous Winchcombe Abbey. St Peter's Church in the centre of the community is kept in mind for its grotesques.