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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Painswick
Geographically Painswick is situated on a hill in the Stroud district, overlooking the Stroud valleys.
Painswick Beacon, 250 acres of common land 1.5 miles to the north of Painswick, is a viewpoint and beauty spot crossed by footpaths, and with an Iron Age fort overlooking Severn Vale.
The Painswick Rococo Garden on the outskirts of Painswick is an ongoing restoration of an unusual 18th.
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 Painswick - Tourism
Painswick lies midway along the Cotswold Way, which stretches from Chipping Campden in the north of the county to the city of Bath in the south.
Painswick Beacon, which is on the north side of the village at its highest point, is 283 metres above sea level with breathtaking views of the Severn Estuary, Brecon Beacons and Malvern Hills.
Painswick has a number of fine houses which reflect the prosperous era when it was the centre of the thriving wool trade.
www.painswick-pc.gov.uk /general.asp?pid=3&pgid=6   (525 words)

  
 GENUKI: Painswick, Gloucestershire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868
It is situated near the line of the Bristol and Birmingham railway, and the high roads from Cheltenham to Bath, and from Stroud to Gloucester, pass through it.
There is a grammar-school, founded in 1724, by Giles Smith, and known as the Painswick commercial, mathematical, and classical school, with an endowment of £60 per annum; also the united, National, and free, and a British school, which last belongs to the Dissenters.
Painswick House and Painswick Grove are the principal residences.
www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/eng/GLS/Painswick/Gaz1868.html   (622 words)

  
 Cotswold HyperGuide - Painswick
This does not necessarily mean that Painswick is the prettiest or the most unspoiled or the most characteristic small Cotswold town, but for a long time I thought it might be, and it became the standard by which I judged the rest.
Painswick is set high on a spur between two valleys a few miles north of Stroud.
Painswick is close to Stroud, which should also be referred to.
www.digital-brilliance.com /hyperg/towns/painswic.htm   (523 words)

  
 Painswick Rococo Gardens, Gloucestershire Travel Information
On the outskirts of the village of Painswick is the local manor, Painswick House.
Surrounding the manor are 6 acres of formal and informal gardens known as Painswick Rococo Gardens.
Among its undoubted attractions, Painswick Rococo Gradens are best known for the wonderful display of snowdrops in late winter and early spring.
www.britainexpress.com /counties/glouces/Painswick_Rococo_Gardens.htm   (480 words)

  
 Painswick RFC - Welcome to Painswick RFC
Painswick, the original ‘Cherry & Whites’ was formed in 1872 and is the oldest village rugby club in England.
However, Painswick RFC remains one of the stalwarts of rugby in the County of Gloucestershire, a real rugby county.
We offer qualified coaching at all levels and encourage our players to progress; currently players who have started their careers at Painswick are playing for National sides, Birmingham, Moseley and Worcester whilst one of our past players has been part of the successful League Champions London Wasps team.
www.painswickrfc.co.uk   (347 words)

  
 Painswick Golf Club,Painswick,Gloucestershire,England
"Fore!" Magazine included Painswick in its Guide to the 100 Must Play Courses in the British Isles, and the course was ranked 7th in "Britain's 100 Extraordinary Golf Holes" (Harvey and Strowger, AP Press 2003).
Plays over Painswick Beacon and has great views.
Henry Longhurst is said to have described one of the par 3s as among the finest in Britain, demanding a spectacular 203 yard tee shot from the very top of the Beacon
www.golftoday.co.uk /clubhouse/coursedir/gloucestershire/painswick.html   (114 words)

  
 Painswick Beacon
The print run of 1500 copies is delivered free to every household in Painswick village itself, to subscribers in the neighbouring villages of Edge, Sheepscombe and Slad, and from pick-up points in other villages.
Painswick Directory which seeks to list the contact details of all enterprises and organisations within the civil parish of Painswick.
Also published for the anniversary was a supplement describing the many clubs and societies that enrich the lives of Painswickians.
mail.painswick.net /jackb/Painswick_Beacon_files   (304 words)

  
 Painswick Golf Club
The Falcon stands right on the famous Cotswold Way, at the centre of Painswick, overlooking the historic village church.
Our location means that we are very much a first choice stopover for tourists and walkers alike, visitors who come to enjoy the breathtaking Gloucestershire hills, valleys and our glorious surroundings.
From the beginning of the 19th century until the advent of the motoring age, the Falcon was the principal Coaching Inn and Posting House for the region with stage coaches leaving regularly for destinations throughout the county.
www.painswickgolf.com /hotels.php   (221 words)

  
 Painswick Information Guide Cotswolds England UK
Painswick is quite often referred to as the Queen of the Cotswolds due to it's fine buildings of pale grey limestone.
Painswick is a town that contains many notable houses built in the prosperous seventeenth century and has lots of little streets to explore and quaint shops to discover.
Each year on the Sunday after the feast of the nativity the children of Painswick encircle the church of St. Mary,join hands and perform a dance not unlike the Hokey-Kokie.
www.cotswolds.info /places/painswick.shtml   (403 words)

  
 Painswick   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Painswick lies midway along the Cotswold Way, which stretches from Chipping Campden in the north of the county to the city of Bath in the south.
Painswick Beacon, which is on the north side of the village at its highest point, is 283 metres above sea level with breathtaking views of the Severn Estuary, Brecon Beacons and Malvern Hills.
Painswick has a number of fine houses which reflect the prosperous era when it was the centre of the thriving wool trade.
www.stroud.gov.uk /docs/community/parishes/painswick.asp?version=print&did=painswick   (523 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Geographically Painswick is situated on a hill in the Stroud district, overlooking the Stroud valleys.
After the siege of Gloucester was broken on September 5 1643, the Royalist army, which had been surrounding the city, encamped overnight at Painswick.
Some damage was caused by the troops and a scar from two small cannonballs can still be seen on the tower of St. Marys church.
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 The Painswick Hotel & Old Rectory Restaurant, Gloucestershire, England - recommended by Condé Nast Johansens ...
The Painswick Hotel is the perfect location from which to discover the heart of the Cotswolds.
A beautiful former rectory built in 1790 in the Palladian style, the hotel is set within the enchanting village of Painswick overlooking stunning countryside.
Painswick is on A46 between Stroud and Cheltenham, turn into road by the church and continue round the corner, taking the first right.
www.johansens.com /details.aspx?ID=599&RootRegion=1&Type=1   (260 words)

  
 Cardynham House Bed & Breakfast in the Cotswolds_Painswick
The churchyard with 99 yew trees (legend has it that the 100th won't grow) and unusual tabletop tombs is also famous for it's 'Clypping ceremony' This ancient religious ceremony has nothing to do with the trees but is the embracing of the church by children of the parish carrying nosegays and singing hymns.
Painswick is undoubtedly a village for all seasons what ever the weather; It's tranquillity and peace make for a wonderful holiday or weekend break, whether you are looking for a cosy log fire set in an original hearth in the winter or a delicious cream tea in the summer.
Painswick is about halfway along it's 100 mile length and therefore useful for a stopover or longer rest.
www.cardynham.co.uk /pages/about.html   (593 words)

  
 Welcome to the Official Stroud Tourism Website   (Site not responding. Last check: )
If you walk amongst the elegant, dove grey houses of Painswick on a quiet day, you might be tempted to think you have stepped into the spa town of Bath, rather then a quiet Cotswold village.
Painswick is a haven for lovers of antiques, crafts, paintings, sumptuous meals and even simple cream teas.
The impoverished mill workers of Painswick and hereabouts were maybe not so badly off after all - surrounded by the lush rolling hills, woods and heaths of Gloucestershire.
www.visitthecotswolds.org.uk /painswick.asp   (424 words)

  
 Painswick: Local government | British History Online
Citation: 'Painswick: Local government', A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 11: Bisley and Longtree Hundreds (1976), pp.
The lord of the manor of Painswick claimed view of frankpledge, assize of bread and ale, right of gallows, pillory, and tumbril, and suit of four tithingmen c.
Painswick became part of the Stroud poor-law union in 1836.
www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=19044   (1028 words)

  
 Painswick Tourist Information and Travel Guide at InfoHub.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The fame of Painswick's church stems not so much from the building itself as from the surrounding graveyard, where 99 yew trees, cut into bizarre bulbous shapes resembling lollipops, surround a collection of eighteenth-century table-tombs unrivalled in the Cotswolds.
Created in the early eighteenth century and later abandoned, the garden is being restored to its original form with the aid of a painting dated 1748.
The best bus service to Painswick is the #46 between Stroud and Cheltenham, which runs hourly during the week and four times on Sundays.
www.infohub.com /destinations/Europe%2D%26%2DRussia/England/Painswick   (341 words)

  
 The Painswick Hotel Painswick United Kingdom Historic Luxury Boutique Hotel
The village of Painswick is a quintessential English Village known as 'The Queen of the Cotswolds'.
A pleasant stroll from the hotel is Painswick Rococo Gardens, a unique 18th century garden situated in a hidden Cotswold valley.
Painswick is just off the A46 between Cheltenham and Stroud and has close links to the M4 and M5.Stroud Railway Station is 4 miles from the hotel and has a direct link with London Paddington.
www.circumvista.com /painswickhotel.html   (830 words)

  
 The future looks bright for the twilight zone | Property | Telegraph
Nine months ago, Pauline was one of the first people to move into this £20 million development in the Cotswolds and she is very happy to act as "showgirl" and spokeswoman for the village.
Both Richmond Painswick and Sol Andalusí believe they are pioneering a more satisfying alternative at a time when the number of elderly people is growing – and yet there are fewer places in residential settings than there were 10 years ago.
Richmond Painswick, the third in a series of similar villages being built round the country, is much the smaller of the two.
www.telegraph.co.uk /property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2006/09/23/pretire23.xml   (963 words)

  
 G15 Information   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Painswick is good enough to be a tourist trap but it isn't.
Cotswold wool was famous throughout Europe and Painswick was one of its great centres until the steam engines of the Industrial Revolution made it uncompetitive.
Painswick is on the A46 and the car park is 100mtrs south of the church.
www.walkweb.org.uk /g15_information.htm   (317 words)

  
 Painswick Gloucestershire through time | Local history overview for the Registration sub-District
Painswick was a Registration sub-District in the county of Gloucestershire, in England.
The parishes comprising Painswick shown on 19th and 20th century maps.
Discover other units Painswick was related to, and how its boundaries changed.
www.visionofbritain.org.uk /unit_page.jsp?u_id=10555620   (109 words)

  
 The Sound of Bells - Painswick, Gloucestershire   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The bells at Painswick are a famous and early peal of twelve on which many notable performances have been rung.
Drake regarding the current state of the twelve bells of Painswick, Gloucestershire, in which he reported: 'Perhaps the readers of "Bell News" would be interested to hear what is actually being done in the case of the well-known bells of Painswick.
Ultimately deputations were sent from Painswick to Loughborough; the fact that the bells are badly out of tune was clearly evidenced, and the members of the deputations were so dissatisfied with their present condition, that it was decided that something must be done.
www.hibberts.co.uk /collect/painsw.htm   (2115 words)

  
 Painswick Hotel, Painswick, Gloucestershire
The Painswick Hotel is a family run hotel offering great food and luxury accommodation set in a stunning village known as 'The Queen of the Cotswolds'.
he Painswick has two rooms, which are licensed for weddings, the Dining Room, which can seat a maximum of 100 guests, and the Morning Room, which can seat a maximum of 35 guests.
A two mile walk from the village is Painswick Beacon, where an ancient Iron Age hill fort affords stunning views of the Severn Vale, the Welsh Mountains and Malvern Hills.
www.smoothhound.co.uk /hotels/painswickhotel.html   (1803 words)

  
 Cotswold Country Cottage holiday in Painswick uk
PAINSWICK :- Known as "Queen of the Cotswolds", this ancient stone village centres around the historic parish church of St. Mary's surrounded by the legendary 99 Yew, dating back to the 1600s.
The village of Painswick is a paradise for walkers and is a perfect base from which to explore the incomparable Cotswold Hills.
Painswick is 100 miles from Heathrow, and fast trains to London Paddington depart from Stroud, (3 miles away) and take just over 1 ¼ hours.
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 Hotels in Painswick: Hotel Guest Houses and Accommodation in the UK
Painswick Queen of the Cotswolds (half a mile) has pubs and tea rooms and shops.Golf and horseriding nearby.Gloucester and its cathedral 5 miles,Cheltenham and its racecourse 10 miles,Bath,Bourton on the water,Chipping campden etc all within easy driving distance....
HAMBUTTS MYND was built in the 1700s as a corn mill, which was driven by a wind mill.
In 1800s it was converted into the first Girls School in the Gloucester village of Painswick, and then in latter years it was converted into a normal dwelling house, which is now run as a renowned Bed and Breakfast by John and Elizabeth.
www.accommodation.uk.net /painswick.htm   (269 words)

  
 Manchester City Council: Leisure: Painswick Park
Painswick Park is a community park in the heart of the Woodhouse Park ward, one of Europe's biggest housing estates, and consists of open parkland, a large central pond, structural planting, formal planting areas and a large area of amenity grassland bordered by mature trees in grass.
In 1962 the site was handed over to the council and an artificial lake constructed to serve as a holding pool for surplus flood water from the nearby Baguley Brook during severe rain storms.
Painswick Park's proximity to Manchester Airport has afforded the park a unique relationship with this significant regional economic driver.
www.manchester.gov.uk /leisure/parks/south/painswick.htm   (450 words)

  
 Painswick Area Genealogy
Notes on Painswick and surrounding villages which will hopefully assist family historians in adding depth to the basic births, baptism, marriage and death records of their ancestors.
A well-situated cemetery, less than a mile distant from the church [Painswick], and especially intended for the tithings of Edge and Spoonbed, in the parish of Painswick, has been opened within the last few years.
During the civil war, King Charles stayed at Painswick on the night of 9 August 1643, en route to Gloucester to commence a siege of the city.
www.glosgen.co.uk /painswick.htm   (678 words)

  
 Cam to Painswick - Walking Land's End to John o'Groats with Mark Moxon
Distance: At around 12 miles, the walk from Cam to Painswick is pretty easy, especially when you break it halfway at a lovely countryside pub (more of which later).
Luckily it was only about three or four miles from the pub to my BandB in Painswick, and I took it slowly, enjoying the pleasant feeling of loping along with a couple of pints and a roast dinner inside.
Not surprisingly the day shot past, and the next thing I knew I was sitting in another pub in Painswick, tucking into my third big meal of the day and testing the local brew, just to make sure it hadn't changed too much in the 12 miles since Cam.
www.landsendjohnogroats.info /the_midlands/18_painswick.html   (913 words)

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