TweetBetween Tetbury and Kemble lies a quaint looking public house, with the intriguing name of The Trouble House. It has the claim to fame of being the only pub in England that has had a railway station built for, and … Continue reading
TweetWhen journalist William Cobbett was touring southern England for his Rural Rides in the 1820s, he visited the village of Kempsford in the Cotswolds, and was impressed by the place. Kempsford – near the larger village of Fairford, with its … Continue reading
TweetWhilst researching shoemaking for yesterday’s post, I spotted this intriguing story about an ambitious man from a small Cotswold village, who went on to measure a queen’s foot and solve the problem of her uncomfortable shoes! “In the parish of … Continue reading
Tweet The Cotswold region, up to the latter 19th century, was an important centre for the shoemaking industry. However, by the 1880s, the area had fallen out of favour, with the industrial towns of Stafford, Northampton, Leicester and Bristol taking … Continue reading
