Winchcombe
Winchcombe is a Cotswold town in the local authority area of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. Its population according to the 2011 census was 4,538. Throughout 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 nevertheless, that it was to the south of St Peter's Church. In the Restoration period, Winchcombe was kept in mind for livestock rustling as well as various other lawlessness, created in part by destitution. In an effort to earn a living, regional individuals expanded cigarette as a cash crop, regardless of this technique having actually been outlawed considering that the Commonwealth. Soldiers were sent in on at least one occasion to damage the illegal plant. In Winchcombe and also the prompt area can be discovered Sudeley Castle as well as the remains of Hailes Abbey, which was just one of the main centres of pilgrimages in Britain due to a phial had by the monks said to consist of the Blood of Christ. There is nothing left of the former Winchcombe Abbey. St Peter's Church in the centre of the community is noted for its grotesques.
