Stow-on-the-Wold

Stow -on-the -Wold is a historic market town in the county of Gloucestershire, in the heart of England. The town is located on a 700 foot high hill, at the intersection of important roads of the Cotswolds and was once one of the centers of the wool trade that made this English region rich. In the 19th century were traded up to 20,000 sheep on the bi -annual market days. Today the town has 2,794 inhabitants ( census of 2001).

Stow -on-the -Wold also played a role in the English Civil War. A series of battles took place in the environment in the course of which the old St. Edward 's Church was damaged. On March 21, 1646 Royalists were defeated here by Sir Jacob Astley and detained for some time at St. Edwards.

The image of the idyllic small town (translated from the Old English ' city on the hill ') characterize the typical honey-colored Cotswold Stone houses on rolling hills rows and allow the place to appear as a model of English country life.

The numerous antique shops and traditional pubs characterize the vibrant rural existence. On the Market Square around the St. Edwards Hall, in which the library is located, a sheep market was until a few years ago regular. Today, farmers use from around the place once a month to offer their goods. Another meeting place, be it for festivals or dog owner, the Cricket Field is on the western outskirts.

Places of interest in Stow -on-the -Wold and the two mighty yew trees that frame the north portal of St. Edwards and numerous landscaped gardens in the vicinity.

Every May pulls the Horse Fair through the city, at the meet thousands of Gypsies in the meadows outside the city to operate horse-trading. This causes almost all hotels, pubs and shops for that period to close.

Stow -on-the -Wold is the birthplace of the psychologist Frederic Charles Bartlett and was also the last home of John Entwistle before his death in 2002.