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	Winchcombe Abbey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Winchcombe Abbey is a now-vanished Benedictine abbey in Winchcombe, once the capital of Mercia.
		Indeed, Snowshill Manor was owned by Winchcombe Abbey from 821 until the dissolution of the monasteries.
		Winchcombe Abbey was surrendered to the Crown and then demolished in 1539.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Winchcombe_Abbey (311 words)

	Berkshire History: The Winchcombe, Packer & Hartley Families
		John Winchcombe, son of the grantee, who first went to reside at Bucklebury House, is described in 1559, as one of the gentry of Berkshire, and served the office of High Sheriff of Berks in 1569.
		Winchcombe's house towards Newbury, in the first close without the gate upon the left hand in the hedgerow, there is a great oak that is hollow, and by knocking upon it you shall find him to sound, and if he (the priest) be not in the house you shall find him (there).
		Winchcombe Howard Hartley, who was Colonel of the Royal Gloucestershire Militia, and MP for the County of Berkshire in the Parliaments of 1774-80-90, died in 1794, leaving an only son, the Rev. Winchcombe Henry Howard Hartley, Vicar of Bucklebury.
	www.berkshirehistory.com /articles/winchcombe_family.html (3451 words)

	Winchcombe Carson financial planning - about us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Established in 1979, Winchcombe Carson Financial Planning Pty Ltd is one of the pioneers of the professional financial planning industry.
		Winchcombe Carson Financial Planning has an Australian Financial Services Licence issued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and is a Life Insurance Broker.
		Winchcombe Carson is also a principal member of the Financial Planning Association of Australia, which is the national body for financial planning professionals.
	www.winchcombe.com.au /about.asp (157 words)

	Winchcombe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There is nothing left of the now-vanished Winchcombe Abbey.
		St Peter's church in the centre of the town is famous for its grotesques.
		Winchcombe School (secondary school, a Specialist Science School)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Winchcombe (147 words)

	John WINCHCOMBE (MP)
		John was the son of John Winchcombe, alias Smallwood, the famous Berkshire clothier commonly known as 'Jack O'Newbury' - and his first wife, Alice Hyde.
		The original is owned by John Winchcombe's descendant, the present Lord of the Manor of Bucklebury; and there is a third at Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire.
		Although, John Winchcombe was one of those who, in 1556, sat in judgement of the protestant Jocelyn Palmer of Reading and, on behalf of the Bishop of Salisbury, condemned him to be burnt at the stake.
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/JohnWinchcombe2.htm (451 words)

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		Winchcombe is over 1000 years old and was the capital of the old Saxon Kingdom of Mercia.
		The modern town is small and unspoilt and the beauty and the history of the area acts as a magnet to draw tourists from all over the world to amble along the narrow streets.
		The town has is famous for Sudeley Castle, home to the last wife of Henry V111 and the ruined Winchcombe Abbey famous for a scam that involved a vial of blood reputed to be from Christ.
	members.lycos.co.uk /cotswoldgateway/winchcombe.htm (281 words)

	PoughkeepsieJournal.com - Deer hunters help forests (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		His goal is to keep the population at a level that ensures a rich forest understory and subsequent forest regeneration.
		Invited by Winchcombe, participants are screened for shooting and safety proficiency and oriented to the importance of managing deer for forest health.
		Winchcombe and forest ecologist Charles D. Canham have erected exclosures on several sites, both at the institute and on two privately owned forests in Dutchess County.
	poughkeepsiejournal.com /sections/environment/stories/en011005s1.shtml (934 words)

	Winchcombe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Winchcombe is a very old town, and it was at one time the capital of Mercia.
		The Parish Church was built in the 15th century, and is renowned for the 40 grotesque gargoyles that conduct rainwater from the roof.
		Sudeley Castle, on the outskirts of Winchcombe, was built in the reign of King Stephen, and rebuilt in the fifteenth century.
	www.gwsr.com /html/winchcombe.html (319 words)

	Veterans Recall A Day To Celebrate - from TBO.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Winchcombe, Peregoy and Little, his buddies sharing a table with him at VFW Post 10167, also had stories to tell of that joyous V-J Day, which marked the end of the war and came three months after Allied forces claimed victory in Europe.
		Winchcombe added, ``But to this day, we are happy it was done.
		Winchcombe, a Brooklyn native, was a pressman for 40 years at the New York Daily News before retiring 19 years ago and moving to Florida.
	pasco.tbo.com /pasco/MGB6RYIDCCE.html (1108 words)

	Winchcombe Information Guide Cotswolds England UK
		The ancient Saxon town of Winchcombe is situated in a beautiful Cotswold valley mid-way between Broadway and Cheltenham (approx each 15 minutes away by car).
		The name Winchcombe means 'valley with a bend', and today the town still retains street which curve gracefully along the 'combe'.
		Winchcombe, one of the oldest villages in the Cotswolds
	www.cotswolds.info /places/winchcombe.shtml (470 words)

	Winchcombe Bed and Breakfast B&B Hotels Inns Pubs Cottages Camping
		The town of Winchcombe is one of the oldest in the Cotswolds dating back to 980AD and Anglo-Saxon.
		Nearby is the Cotswold Farm Park at Temple Guiting, The Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Steam Railway at Toddington, the historic Sudeley Castle at Winchcombe and Prescott Hill Climb for motor enthusiasts.
		The house was origionally built as two cottages in the early 17th century out of Cotswold stone probably taken from the ruins of Winchcombe Abbey which had been totally destroyed during Henry VIII's "disollution of the monastries".
	www.cotswolds.info /accommodation/winchcombe-lodgings.shtml (2100 words)

	Cotswold HyperGuide - Winchcombe
		Fortunately Winchcombe's wonderful pubs are all within easy walking distance of each other and filled with a fine selection of traditional beers and ghosts (draft and bottled).
		A monk of Winchcombe Abbey invented a story that Prince Kenelm of Mercia, who died in 811 as a young man, was murdered by the lover of his sister Quendreda, who wanted to be queen of Mercia.
		Winchcombe today is a quiet and very pleasant little town which is easily ignored by tourists who cram themselves into Broadway and
	www.digital-brilliance.com /hyperg/towns/winchco.htm (1047 words)

	GENUKI: Winchcombe, Gloucestershire
		Transcription of the Census for Winchcombe (Includes Coates, Sudeley Tenements, Abbey Demesne, Union Workhouse, Eccles) of 1851 and 1891 by Gordon Beavington.
		Winchcombe History and Genealogy - an ever-growing collection of transcriptions relating to Winchcombe.
		The Winchcombe Folk and Police Museum hosts a Family History Collection, which contains many items of interest, including an index of Monumental Inscriptions in St Peter's Churchyard, and a Surnames index to the Museum's collection of documents, photographs andc.
	www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/eng/GLS/Winchcombe (420 words)

	Winchcombe Gloucestershire - genealogy and history
		Winchcombe has a wealth of interesting records and this page has links to various transcripts and other Winchcombe related sites.
		Winchcombe Folk and Police Museum - is well worth a visit and includes material that may be of interest to family as well as local historians
		Winchcombe Folk and Police Museum, surnames from posters in their collection submitted by Barbara Edward
	pages.britishlibrary.net /winchcombe/genhist.html (511 words)

	Winchcombe candle holder
		The Winchcombe Pottery dates back to 1926, but there previously had been potteries on the same site.
		Dan Finnegan in 1978 - in fact Winchcombe's roll of honour would make a good basis for a Who's Who of studio potters.
		Winchcombe Pottery: the Cardew-Finch Tradition by Ron Wheeler and Helen Brown
	www.studiopottery.com /cgi-bin/sales.details.cgi?number=4237 (226 words)

	Seventh Generation
		Henry and Frances had one son, another Henry, before the elder Henry died at the young age of twenty-six on the 2nd December 1667.
		John Winchcombe and Martha had five children of whom little is known.
		He died in 1723 and his tombstone is engraved with the Winchcombe Coat of Arms.
	www.geocities.com /domett2/SeventhGeneration.html (411 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Winchcombe Pottery: The Cardew-Finch Tradition: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Winchcombe ranks alongside Bernard Leach's St Ives as one of the pioneer studio potteries in Britain.
		With its strong team ethos Winchcombe has been a magnet to generations of potters, some now very well-known, who came to train there and were touched by its values.
		I found this book to be a great insight into the world of winchcombe pottery its leadership and values.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/187348707X (521 words)

	Kenelm - the martyr prince of Winchcombe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This wasn't going to stop Quendreda, so she bribed Kenelm's tutor, Askbert, to take Kenelm on a hunting trip to Clent in Worcestershire, far from his home in Winchcombe, and whilst he was there to murder the boy.
		The monks of Winchcombe Abbey carried the body back to his home and everywhere they put down the body healing waters sprang.
		Kenelm was made a Saint and buried at Winchcombe Abbey and Quendreda was executed for her crime.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /conker/conkers-and-ghosts/kenelm.htm (451 words)

	John Winchcombe(2)
		The Winchcombe factory was reknowned for the production of a coarse woollen cloth known as Kersey.
		His son and heir, John(3) was the first of the Winchcombes to take up residence there and the Lords of the Manor continue in residence here although no longer bearing the name of Winchcombe.
		His godson was Anthony Bridges, presumably from the family of Lord Chandos of Sudely Castle in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire.
	www.geocities.com /domett2/JohnWinchcombe2.html (454 words)

	Winchcombe -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		He was possibly educated at a Dissenting academy rather than at Eton and the University of Oxford, as has been claimed.
		In 1698–99 he traveled in Europe and in 1700 married Frances Winchcombe.
		In 1701 he entered Parliament, where he soon won a reputation by his superb oratory and his support of partisan Tory measures, including attacks on the previous Whig ministry and on...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9077148 (266 words)

	Rosemary Potter's Winchcombe, Gloucestershire page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I have a very personal interest in the area - I was born in Cheltenham and spent several years, as a child, in Toddington, which is between Winchcombe and Broadway.
		My obsession with family history and love of Winchcombe has led me to set up these pages; my paternal grandfather's family can be found in the parish records at least from the mid to late 17th century
		David Donaldson's latest book Winchcombe: A history of the Cotswold borough, price £14.95 (paperback), £17.95 (hardback) for 261 pages can be obtained from Phoenix Bookshop, 19 North Street, Winchcombe, GL54 5HT, tel 01242 602795, fax 01242 604095 - and presumably other bookshops in the area.
	pages.britishlibrary.net /winchcombe (224 words)

	Winchcombe - Heart of the Cotswolds
		Tuesday 20 February: Edward Gillespie, Managing Director of Cheltenham Racecourse Company, welcomed the first steam train to arrive at Cheltenham Racecourse Station today, marking completion of the latest stage of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway’s (GWR) ambitious plan to re-open the former Cheltenham-Stratford-upon-Avon main line.
		The railway currently operates heritage trains between Toddington, south of Broadway, through Winchcombe to Gotherington.
		Three-and-a-half miles of track has just been laid from Gotherington to Cheltenham Racecourse station - but much work remains to be completed before passenger trains can use the new extension.
	www.winchcombe.co.uk /sites/trains.htm (415 words)

	Luxury Walking in the Cotswolds \| cotswolds \| walking cotswolds \| cotswolds accommodation \| hiking cotswolds \| hiking ...
		Walk from Broadway to Winchcombe along the Cotswold Way passing through some of the loveliest villages in England - Buckland, Stanton (much used for period films and movies), Stanway with its beautiful manor house and tithe barn and the romantic ruins of Hailes Abbey.
		Day 5 - Transfer to Birdlip and walk across meadows and through woodland to the picturesque village of Sheepscombe and on to Painswick, 'Queen of the Cotswolds';, with its village centre of tiny streets and cottages.
		Day 2 - Transfer to Broadway and walk back to Winchcombe along the Cotswold Way passing through some of the loveliest villages in England - Buckland, Stanton (much used for period films and movies), Stanway with its beautiful manor house and tithe barn and the romantic ruins of Hailes Abbey.
	www.infohub.com /vacation_packages/146.html (1397 words)

	Winchcombe Folk & Police Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Winchcombe is a unspoilt little historic town surrounded by the beautiful rolling Cotswold hills.
		A folk collection which deals with the fascinating history of Winchcombe and its people
		We are upstairs in the Victorian town hall at the T-junction in the centre of Winchcombe, and we are easily identified by the large round clock overhanging the main road.
	www.sunloch.demon.co.uk /museum.htm (163 words)

	Winchcombe Parish
		The parish of Winchcombe is about eight miles north-east of Cheltenham, in Gloucestershire, England.
		Christian worship began in Winchcombe in Saxon times.
		The earliest reference to the church, dedicated to St Peter, is in 1175 when we hear of its close association with the abbey that once stood to the east of the church.
	www.winchcombeparish.org.uk (257 words)

	Winchcombe
		Winchcombe is a largely unspoilt market town with a long history serving the countryside around.
		The market place and town centre streets are well worth a wander.
		Open to visitors, the Castle houses an impressive collection of furniture and paintings, and is surrounded by magnificent gardens.
	www.the-cotswolds.org /top/english/know/villages/winchcombe (83 words)

	Winchcombe Cricket Club
		Winchcombe Sports Hall ------- Information, contacts and availability for local Sports Hall
		Winchcombe Cricket Club, set in the heart of the Cotswolds is widely regarded locally as one of the most picturesque cricket grounds to play at.
		The Club itself runs two Saturday sides and two Sunday sides as well as two Junior teams at any one time.
	uk.geocities.com /winchcombecc (325 words)

	clayart - thread 'winchcombe pottery exhibition' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		There is a wonderful exhibition of Winchcombe Pottery at Cheltenham Museum
		Wheeler that tells the story of Winchcombe followed by the catalogue of the
		Yesterday I attended a Winchcombe Pottery Study day at the museum in
	www.potters.org /subject18543.htm (278 words)

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