Winchcombe (England)
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Name (Latin)
Winchcombe (England)
Other forms of name
nne Winchcombe (Gloucestershire)
Winchcomb (England)
Coordinates
-1.965 -1.965 51.955 51.955 (gooearth )
W0015800 W0015800 N0515700 N0515700 (geonames )
Associated country
Great Britain
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Collins Britain atlas and gazetteer, 1999(Winchcombe, Glos.; small town, attractive historic town 6m/10km NE of Cheltenham. sudeley Castle to SE; fine medieval 'wool church')
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 51°57ʹ00ʺN 001°58ʹ00ʺW)
- Wheeler, R. Winchcombe Pottery, c1998:p.19 (Winchcombe)
- Wikipedia, viewed 23 January 2018(Winchcombe; Cotswold town, near Tewkesbury, in Gloucestershire, England; it was a chief city of Mercia in Anglo Saxon times and the county town of Winchcombeshire in the 11th century; it had a motte and bailey castle in the 12th century and prospered from the medieval wool industry and pilgrimmages to the abbey in the medieval era; its prosperity declined after the Reformation and into the 17th century; the town expanded again from the 19th century onwards)
- Winchcombe Ecumenical Partnership. Magazine, July/August 2015.
- Adlard, E. A short history of the Postlip Mill, Winchcombe, 1950.
- Bartholomew gaz. of Britain, 1977(Winchcombe, Glos.; nr. Cheltenham)
- Municipal yrbk., 1984(Winchcombe, Tewkesbury District, Gloucestershire)
- Winchcombe Pottery, c1998:p. 19 (Winchcombe)
- GEOnet, Aug. 13, 1999(Winchcomb; [UF] Winchcombe)
Wikipedia description:
Winchcombe () is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Tewkesbury in the county of Gloucestershire, England, situated 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Cheltenham. The population was recorded as 4,538 in the 2011 census and estimated at 5,347 in 2019. The town is located in the Cotswolds and has many features and buildings dating back to medieval times. In 2021 it was the primary strike site of the eponymous Winchcombe meteorite.
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