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Cirencester Archive

• Cam

  Located close to Dursley, Cam is essentially three distinct areas or settlements: Cam Village; Upper Cam (Cam Green) and Woodfield which is primarily a housing development. read more

• Minchinhampton

  Minchinhampton is one of the Cotswold's lesser-known gems. Partially surrounded by some of the most beautiful common land in England, cows and horses roam free, and wild orchids and cowslips still flourish. The undulating mounds of the common tell tales of iron-age cattle enclosures, long-ago battles, and other forgotten uses that we can only guess at. read more

• Minchinhampton

  Minchinhampton is one of the Cotswold's lesser-known gems. Partially surrounded by some of the most beautiful common land in England, cows and horses roam free, and wild orchids and cowslips still flourish. The undulating mounds of the common tell tales of iron-age cattle enclosures, long-ago battles, and other forgotten uses that we can only guess at. read more

• Stonehouse

  Stonehouse must have been a fair sight when William the Conqueror's Domesday Book was written in 1086. For there, surrounded by lovely countryside, was a manor house built in stone - quite different from the many wattle and daub buildings that were normally found. And so the area was named "Stanhus" in the great book. Today, that name has little changed: from Stanhus to Stonehouse. read more

• Painswick

  Painswick's churchyard is one of the most beautiful in England, famed for its yew trees which date back over 200 years. Indeed some were planted as long ago as 1714. read more

• Berkeley

  Berkeley is largely dominated by the 840 year-old castle around which the existing town has developed. read more

• Stroud

  When Laurie Lee wrote of his childhood in the Slad Valley, just outside Stroud, he immortalised this corner of England, and brought it to the attention of the wider world. People have continued to flock here ever since. read more

• Painswick

  Painswick's churchyard is one of the most beautiful in England, famed for its yew trees which date back over 200 years. Indeed some were planted as long ago as 1714. read more

• Stonehouse

  Stonehouse must have been a fair sight when William the Conqueror's Domesday Book was written in 1086. For there, surrounded by lovely countryside, was a manor house built in stone - quite different from the many wattle and daub buildings that were normally found. And so the area was named "Stanhus" in the great book. Today, that name has little changed: from Stanhus to Stonehouse. read more

• Stroud

  When Laurie Lee wrote of his childhood in the Slad Valley, just outside Stroud, he immortalised this corner of England, and brought it to the attention of the wider world. People have continued to flock here ever since. read more

• Nailsworth

  The old woollen merchants who left their mark on so much of the Cotswolds, must surely haunt Nailsworth as almost no other town. It was an important centre for clothiers, and many mills line the waterway that runs through it. Hopefully, they would be reassured bythe good use their factories have been put to. read more

• Nailsworth

  The old woollen merchants who left their mark on so much of the Cotswolds, must surely haunt Nailsworth as almost no other town. It was an important centre for clothiers, and many mills line the waterway that runs through it. Hopefully, they would be reassured bythe good use their factories have been put to. read more

On this day: Cirencester Archive