Winchcombe
Winchcombe is a Cotswold community in the local 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 specific site of this is unidentified;. It has 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 other lawlessness, created in part by hardship. In an effort to work, local people grew tobacco as a cash crop, despite this practice having been outlawed since the Commonwealth. Soldiers were sent know at least one celebration to destroy the unlawful crop. In Winchcombe and also the prompt vicinity can be located Sudeley Castle and the remains of Hailes Abbey, which was among the primary centres of trips in Britain due to a phial had by the monks claimed to have the Blood of Christ. There is absolutely nothing left of the previous Winchcombe Abbey. St Peter's Church in the centre of the community is noted for its grotesques.
