Woodchester, The Monastery c.1960
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Photo ref: W130005
Photo of Woodchester, The Monastery c.1960

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A picture of perfect peace and tranquillity is shown here, but Woodchester was one of the places where riots broke out during the early 19th century industrial revolution when weavers and their families suffered extreme hardship. A century earlier, George III had visited the then prosperous mills at Woodchester.

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