New Gloucestershire Pictures
 By the River Coln, Bibury |
Original colour images by John Wilkes
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'Hazle Manor', The Camp
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'St. John the Evangelist's' Church, Slimbridge
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The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge
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On the Forest of Dean 'Sculpture Trail'
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The Gloucester/Sharpness Canal, Frampton-on-Severn
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Doric style bridgeman's house by canal, Frampton
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Keble's Bridge at Eastleach
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'St. Michael and St. Martin's Church, Eastleach Martin
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Eastleach
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'St. Mary the Virgin's Church, Fairford
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Bluebells at Damery
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A dandelion seed head at Damery
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Wild garlic at Damery
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The 'Dean Heritage Centre' near Soudley
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'St. Peter's' Church, Newnham-on-Severn
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Coaley Peak viewed from Long Down
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Berkeley Castle
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Berkeley Castle
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'St. Mary's' Church, Kempsford
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'St. Margaret's' Church, Corse
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'St. Mary Magdalene's' Church at Church End near Twyning
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'St. Peter's' Church, Leckhampton
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'Holcombe House', Holcombe
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'St. Mary's' Church, Painswick
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Clipped yew trees in Painswick churchyard
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'Pitchcombe House', Pitchcombe
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The Stroudwater Canal at Stonehouse
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Artwork of 'St. Cyr's' Church, Stonehouse
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'St. George's' Church, Upper Cam
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Bluebells on Cam Peak (once known as Camley Pike)
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Uley from Uleybury
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'St. Giles' Church, Uley
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The tower and spirelet of Uley Church
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Stained glass window in Uley Church
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Houses overlooking The Green, Uley
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'Rockstowes House', Uley
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The former 'Rockstowes' mill buildings, Uley
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Owlpen
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'Owlpen Manor'
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'The Grist Mill' and mill pond, Owlpen
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'Owlpen Manor'
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'Owlpen Hall' (formerly 'Luggers Hall Farm')
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Cam Long Down, the River Severn and May Hill from Uleybury
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Stinchcombe Hill and Cam Peak from Uleybury
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'Ozleworth Park', Ozleworth
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'Newark Park', Ozleworth - the 1550 Tudor East front
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'Newark Park'- the 1790 South front with Georgian Gothic porch
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'Under-the-Hill House', Wotton-under-Edge
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Renishaw's 'New Mills', Wotton-under-Edge
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The Greek temple and lake at Stancombe Park
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'Nibley House', North Nibley
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'Chavenage House'
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Chavenage Church
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'St. Mary Magdalene's' Church, Boddington
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'St. Mary the Virgin's' Church, Barnsley
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Stained glass window in Barnsley Church
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A house on the Coln near Coln Rogers
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'Arlington Row', Bibury
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'Lodge Park' - former deer-hunting lodge and grandstand
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'The Ivy Church' at Ampney St. Mary
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Ampney St. Mary Church
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'The Church of the Holy Rood', Ampney Crucis
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Cottages in Vineyard Street, Winchcombe
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A doorway to 'Jacobean House', Winchcombe
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'St. Faith's' Church, Farmcote
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Interior of Farmcote Church
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'Stanway House', Stanway
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'St. John the Baptist's' Church, Shipton Moyne
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'St. Katherine's' Church, Westonbirt
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'Westonbirt House', Westonbirt
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'Westonbirt House'
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'Westonbirt House'
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Moghul style architecture at 'Spa Cottages', Lower Swell
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The Old Mill on the Slaughter Brook, Lower Slaughter
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Aldsworth at Jubilee time
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Topiary at 'Rodmarton Manor', Rodmarton
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Rodmarton topiary
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'St. Mary's' Church, Bromsberrow
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The splay-foot spire of Bromsberrow Church
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Stained glass windows in Bromsberrow Church
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'Ablington House', Ablington
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'Ablington Manor', Ablington
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'St. Peter's' Church, Southrop
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The sculptured Norman font in Southrop Church
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'Angeston Grange', Uley
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The stylish architecture of 'Angeston Grange'
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'Preston Court', Preston
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'Nether Lypiatt Manor' near Stroud
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Topiary and Parterre garden at Nether Lypiatt
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'Nether Lypiatt Manor' viewed from inner courtyard
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'Nether Lypiatt Manor' viewed from outer courtyard
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The courtyard gates at Nether Lypiatt
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'Medford House', Mickleton
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A terrace of cottages in Calmsden
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'The Church of The Holy Rood', Daglingworth
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The vilage sign, Upton St. Leonards
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'St. Leonard's' Church, Upton St. Leonards
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'St. Peter and St. Paul's' Church, Northleach
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The town sign, Northleach
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'The Red Lion Inn', Northleach
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Montpellier, Cheltenham
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Caryatid in Montpellier, Cheltenham
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Montpellier caryatids
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The 'Imperial Gardens', Cheltenham
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Municipal flowerbeds in Cheltenham's 'Imperial Gardens'
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The 'Pittville Pump Rooms', Cheltenham
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'St. Lawrence's' Church, Swindon Village, Cheltenham
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'Small tortoiseshell' (Anglais urticae) butterfly on a September sedum bloom
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'St. Osmund's' Church, Tarlton
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'Wick Court', Arlingham
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Artwork of 'Alderley Grange'
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The 'Tunnel House Inn' and the Coates canal portal
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Artwork of 'Gatcombe Park' near Avening
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'Sezincote' - a grand country house built in the Moghul style
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An engraving of 'Sezincote'
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Muslim dome, 'chaja' cornices and 'chattri' minarets; Hindu window details
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'Bourton House', Bourton-on-the-Hill
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'Bourton House' - the front elevation
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'Bourton House'
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Wind sculptures in the grounds of 'Bourton House'
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'Bourton House'
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A field of linseed near Snowshill
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'Snowshill Lavender Farm'
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'St. James' Church, Chipping Campden
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Interior of Chipping Campden Church
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Alms Houses and Church, Chipping Campden
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The Market Hall, Chipping Campden
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Thatched cottage and cloud hedge at Chipping Campden
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Bay window dating from 1380, 'Grevil's House', Chipping Campden
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The Church and, in the former manor grounds, a 17th Century Banqueting Pavilion
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The East Banqueting Pavilion
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The terrace elevation of the East Banqueting Pavilion
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The Almonry
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'Campden Manor' which was burnt down in 1645 during The Civil War
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The Gateway Lodges of 'Campden Manor'
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The Church and a Gateway Lodge of the former manor
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'St. James the Great's' Church, Postlip
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'All Saints' Church, Shortwood
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'St. Peter's' Church, Clifford's Mesne
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'Christ's' Church, Gorsley
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The ruins of 'St. James' Church, Lancaut
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'Christ's' Church, Tutshill
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The Buildings of England; Gloucestershire 1:
"The Cotswolds"
and
The Buildings of England; Gloucestershire 2:
"The Vale and Forest of Dean"
both by David Verey and Alan Brooks
and published by Penguin Books
with new editions by Yale University Press
To find out more and to view a wide variety of aspects
of Gloucestershire,
refer to Picture Sets 1, 2, 3 and 4 below:
Picture Set 1
Picture Set 2
Picture Set 3
Picture Set 4
Churches
in alphabetical order
Stow Fair
GLOUCESTERSHIRE - Some Historical Notes
"Gloucestershire, a west Midland county, situated upon the estuary of the Severn, and bounded north and north-east by Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and Warwickshire; by Oxfordshire; south by Berks, Wilts, and Somerset; and west by Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, and the estuary of the Severn; greatest length, south-west to north-east 54 miles; greatest breadth, north-west to south-east, 33 miles; area, 783,699 acres; population 572,433. The face of the county shows varied aspects, of which the most distinctive are the Cotswold Hills, in the east; the valley of the Severn, in the middle; and the Forest of Dean, in the west. Besides the Severn there are numerous important rivers, such as the Avon, Lower Avon, Wye, Thames, and Windrush. The canal system has been largely developed, and several important water-ways of that description pass through the county. Agriculture forms the leading occupation of the rural population; in the hills sheep-farming receives attention; while the rich valley of the Severn has long been famed for the superiority of its products. Its luxuriant pastures especially have originated and supported a great industry in the shape of dairy farms which produce the celebrated Glo'ster cheese. In the west of the county are 2 great coal fields - the Forest of Dean on the north, and the Bristol coal-field on the west. Other minerals are gypsum, barytes, quartz, limestone, and freestone. The manufactures are mostly woollen and cotton stuffs, but at Bristol there are also large hardware manufactures." (Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887.)
The location of Gloucestershire in England