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. 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 unknown;. 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 cattle rustling and also other lawlessness, caused partly by destitution. In an effort to make money, regional people grew tobacco as a cash crop, regardless of this method having actually been outlawed since the Commonwealth. Soldiers were sent out know at least one celebration to ruin the prohibited crop. In Winchcombe and also the prompt location can be discovered Sudeley Castle and the remains of Hailes Abbey, which was one of the main centres of expeditions in Britain as a result of a phial possessed by the monks claimed to have the Blood of Christ. There is nothing left of the former Winchcombe Abbey. St Peter's Church in the centre of the town is kept in mind for its grotesques.
