Winchcombe is a Cotswold community in the neighborhood authority district 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 early 1140s by Roger Fitzmiles, second Earl of Hereford for the Empress Matilda, although the exact 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 kept in mind for cattle rustling and various other lawlessness, caused partially by destitution. In an attempt to earn money, regional individuals grew cigarette as a cash crop, in spite of this method having been outlawed because the Commonwealth. Soldiers were sent know a minimum of one event to ruin the prohibited plant. In Winchcombe and also the instant area can be discovered Sudeley Castle as well as the remains of Hailes Abbey, which was among the major centres of trips in Britain due to a phial possessed by the monks said to include the Blood of Christ. There is absolutely nothing left of the former Winchcombe Abbey. St Peter's Church in the centre of the community is noted for its grotesques.