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Greet
There is an old tumbled down cottage off Market Lane in Greet. It is listed on the 1815 Sudeley Tenements map. We know the Wixey Family lived there until about 1957 and then before them the Fisher fanily from the mid 1930's. We would love to find photos of this old house and the local area.
Thomas William Wright in Vineyard Street.
My father Thomas William Wright was born in Vineyard Street in 1918, can anyone remember the Wright family there? Other siblings were Mable, Gwen and Jack. Thomas's parents were Thomas and Maud (Evans) Wright.
Audrey Littlewood.
A memory of Winchcombe contributed by audrey littlewood
Grandparent's home
Hi, I was hoping some one could help me? I am doing my family history and have come across a photo of my mother's brother taken on Cleeve Hill, Cheltenham, the address on the picture is as follows: THE COTTAGE C/O FAIRFIELDS EST CLEEVE HILL NEAR CHELTENHAM GLOS. The photo was taken about 1932/3. They lived at this cottage and I've tried so hard to find this estate, their name was ELLA & FRANK HALL but I have been unable to find anything, can any one help to point me in the right direction please? Thanks so much, Debbie
A memory of Cleeve Hill contributed by debbie thompson
UK Honeymoon
We'd been married some four years before we could afford to take our honeymoon trip; our little daughter was just a year old. I'd never been "east of Boston", and air travel with a toddler was a challenge. Nevertheless, this was a trip I'd dreamed about since childhood. To a native of the flat midwest prairie, the Cotswolds seemed like a fairyland. I was an Illinois farm girl, but I'd never smelled air so soft and fresh as this! Our intent was to drive from Heathrow to Airdrie, Scotland to stay with relatives, and our first night was spent in Moreton-In-Marsh. Next day we drove to Chipping Campden and stayed for a week - I never wanted to leave. In fact, ...read more here
A memory of Chipping Campden contributed by jill murtagh
Extracts From Hailes & Gloucestershire books
Little remains of the 13th-century Hailes Abbey except the ruins of the cloisters. But there is a wonderfully peaceful atmosphere, and it is easy to see why the monks chose this remote site for their contemplative life. An excellent little museum on the site gives an idea of the majesty of the original buildings and shows off some of the remaining relics.
An extract from from"Cotswolds Pocket Album".
These overgrown ruins are the remains of a Cistercian abbey that once attracted pilgrims by the thousand in medieval times. They came to a shrine that was said to contain a phial of Christ's blood. Today the area continues to attract large numbers of people, but now they are drawn by pick-your-own fruit farms.
An extract from from"Cotswolds Revisited Photographic Memories".
These ruined windows and arches are
the remains of the cloisters. Situated
in the north-west Cotswolds, Hailes
Abbey was founded in 1246. The
monks were of the Cistercian order,
and one of their treasured possessions
was a glass phial said to be filled with
the Holy Blood. A shrine was built,
and the Abbey became a focus for
medieval pilgrims. The Abbey was
dissolved on Christmas Eve 1539 and
soon decayed. Stone was removed for
buildings elsewhere.
An extract from from"Cotswold Living Memories".
These ruined windows and arches are
the remains of the cloisters. Situated
in the north-west Cotswolds, Hailes
Abbey was founded in 1246. The
monks were of the Cistercian order,
and one of their treasured possessions
was a glass phial said to be filled with
the Holy Blood. A shrine was built,
and the Abbey became a focus for
medieval pilgrims. The Abbey was
dissolved on Christmas Eve 1539 and
soon decayed. Stone was removed for
buildings elsewhere.
An extract from from"Cotswold Living Memories".
The remains of Hailes
(sometimes spelt
Hayles) Abbey lie a
mile or two out of
Winchcombe off the
B4632 to Broadway.
Consecrated in 1252 at
ceremony with a
distinguished guest
list that included
Henry III, his wife
Queen Eleanor of
Provence, 300 assorted
nobles and knights
and fourteen bishops,
Hailes Abbey was one
of Gloucestershire’s
grandest monastic foundations.
An extract from from"Gloucestershire Living Memories".