Cirencester, Gloucestershire - River Churn - local postcard c.1920s

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• Picture / Image:  The River Churn, Cirecncester, Gloucestershire
• Publisher:  W. Dennis Moss, Cirencesester
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Cirencester (ⁱ/'sa??r?ns?st?r/, occasionally ⁱ/s?st?r/; see below for more variations)^[2] is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles (150 km) west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural University, the oldest agricultural college in the English-speaking world founded in 1840. The town's Corinium Museum is well known for its extensive Roman collection. The Roman name for the town was Corinium, which is thought to have been associated with the ancient British tribe of the Dobunni, having the same root word as the River Churn.^[3] The earliest known reference to the town was by Ptolemy in AD 150.

Cirencester is twinned with Itzehoe, Germany.^[4]

Cirencester lies on the lower dip slopes of the Cotswold Hills, an outcrop of oolitic limestone. Natural drainage is into the River Churn, which flows roughly north to south through the eastern side of the town and joins the Thames near Cricklade a little to the south. The Thames itself rises just a few miles west of Cirencester.

The town is split into five main areas: the town centre, the suburbs of Chesterton, Stratton (originally villages outside the town), Watermoor and The Beeches. The village of Siddington to the south-west of the town is now almost connected to Watermoor.

The town serves as a centre for surrounding villages, providing employment, amenities, shops, commerce and education.

Cirencester is the hub of a significant road network with important routes to Gloucester (A417), Cheltenham (A435), Warwick (A429), Oxford (A40 via the B4425 road), Wantage (A417), Swindon (A419), Chippenham (A429), Bristol, Bath (A433), and Stroud (A419). These good transport links bring the town passing trade. Although the ring road and bypass take traffic away from the town centre, both roads have busy service areas with adequate parking.

Since closure of the Kemble to Cirencester branch line to Cirencester Town in 1964 the town has become one of the largest in the region without its own rail station. However Kemble railway station, 4 miles away, serves as a railhead. It provides regular services between Swindon and Gloucester, with peak-time direct trains to London Paddington station.

The nearest airports are Bristol Airport, Cotswold Airport at Kemble, London (Heathrow) and Birmingham.

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=gloucestershire

number of items=single

period=inter-war (1918 - 1939)

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