Winchcombe, Gloucestershire - Gargoyles multiview - postcard c.1920s

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• Picture / Image:  Gargoyles on Winchcombe Church [Gloucestershire] - 8 views
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^{Winchcombe is a Cotswold town in the local authority district of Tewkesbury, in Gloucestershire, England. Its population according to the 2011 census was 4,538.}

^{The Belas Knap Neolithic long barrow on a hilltop above Winchcombe, was constructed from about 3000 BC[citation needed]. Later, during Anglo-Saxon times, Winchcombe was a chief city of Mercia[citation needed] favoured by Coenwulf;[1] the others being Lichfieldand Tamworth. Subsequently, during the 11th century, the town was briefly the county town of Winchcombeshire. The Anglo-Saxon saint St. Kenelm is believed to be buried in the town.}

^{During the Anarchy of the 12th century, a motte-and-bailey castle was erected in the early 1140s by Roger Fitzmiles, 2nd Earl of Hereford for the Empress Matilda, although the exact site of this is unknown;.[2] It has been suggested however, that it was to the south of St Peter's Church.}

^{In the Restoration period, Winchcombe was noted for cattle rustling and other lawlessness, caused in part by poverty. In an attempt to earn a living, local people grew tobacco as a cash crop, despite this practice having been outlawed since the Commonwealth. Soldiers were sent in on at least one occasion to destroy the illegal crop.[3]}

^{In Winchcombe and the immediate vicinity can be found Sudeley Castle and the remains of Hailes Abbey, which was one of the main centres of pilgrimages in Britain due to a phial possessed by the monks said to contain the Blood of Christ.[4] There is nothing left of the now-vanished Winchcombe Abbey. St Peter's Church in the centre of the town is noted for its grotesques.}

^{The Michelin star restaurant 5 North Street is in Winchcombe.[5]}