Stow On The Wold, The Square And Stocks c.1955
Photo ref: S260010
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The English Civil War ended at Stow-on-the-Wold when the parliamentarian Sir William Brereton defeated the aged royalist Sir Jacob Astley in 1646. Some 1600 prisoners were incarcerated in the parish church of St Edward after a last fight at nearby Donnington.

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My relatives lived in Stow in the 1600's. George Churm married Anne Spurrior on the 29 Sept 1695 at Stow Church. George's father, George, was born at Stow in 1630; his father Lawrence was born in 1600 and married Anne(?) at Stow Church in 1620. Please contact me if you have any further info into the Churm, Spurrior ,Lawrence , Cairn or Webb families of Stow or Wyck Rissington.