The Gloucestershire town of Winchcombe
Winchcombe, a small medieval market town in the Cotswold hills of Gloucestershire. Winchcombe hit the headlines recently when fragments of the "Winchcombe meteorite", originating from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, landed in the town on 28 February 2021.
Winchcombe History
According to Wikipedia, Winchcombe started life as a Roman hamlet, rising to prominence as an Anglo-Saxon walled town containing Winchcombe Abbey, where a Mercian king and his saintly son were buried.
The town wall has long since vanished, but Winchcombe retains much of its medieval layout, with a mixture of timber-framed and Cotswold limestone buildings along its High Street, some dating back to the 15th century.
Some know Winchcombe as "the walking capital of the Cotswolds" - Winchcombe's position on the Cotswold Way keeps it popular with walkers and history fans.
Visitors also come to the area to visit Sudeley Castle, the burial place of Queen Catherine Parr, which lies on the outskirts on the town and Belas Knap Long Barrow.
