Winchcombe
Winchcombe is a Cotswold community in the regional 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, 2nd Earl of Hereford for the Empress Matilda, although the precise site of this is unknown;. It has been suggested nonetheless, 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 in part by hardship. In an effort to make money, local individuals grew cigarette as a cash crop, in spite of this practice having actually been outlawed because the Commonwealth. Soldiers were sent in on a minimum of one occasion to ruin the illegal plant. In Winchcombe and the prompt area can be found Sudeley Castle and the remains of Hailes Abbey, which was one of the main centres of expeditions in Britain due to a phial possessed by the monks stated to consist of the Blood of Christ. There is absolutely nothing left of the previous Winchcombe Abbey. St Peter's Church in the centre of the town is noted for its grotesques.
