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One assault and two break-ins make a successful Stow Fair

by cotswoldhistory Posted on February 11, 2013

TweetStow Horse Fair has received some bad press over recent years, not all of it deserved. But the fears of locals and press about the fair are nothing new – the Oxford Journal over the nineteenth century often recorded fears … Continue reading →

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Call Miss Marple To Cirencester!

by cotswoldhistory Posted on February 4, 2013

TweetIn 1844, there were a spate of accidental deaths in Cirencester that, had Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot (or even Tom Barnaby) been around at that time, would surely have got them investigating the undoubted presence of a local murderer … Continue reading →

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The Magisterial Bull

by cotswoldhistory Posted on November 12, 2012

TweetIn 1822, a Gloucestershire magistrate reported a farmer for drawing his waggon with five horses in the Cotswold Hills. The Cotswolds were, by this point, criss-crossed by turnpike roads, where a turnpike gate keeper would charge tolls for people to … Continue reading →

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The Bibury Sweepstakes

by cotswoldhistory Posted on February 26, 2010

TweetHow did respectable men burn off their energy in the 19th century Cotswolds, after a long day’s work? Vicar Sackville Cresswell and farmer John Millington, with a couple of their acquaintances, had a novel way of both getting a bit of … Continue reading →

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