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Tewkesbury

Walls Court

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Tewkesbury

Walls Court

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Tewkesbury

Walls Court

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Tewkesbury

A picture of Tewkesbury

Tewkesbury cross is the war memorial in the center of Tewkesbury. This picture is looking from the cross, down Church Street where you will find Tewkesbury Abbey.

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A picture of Tewkesbury

This picture depicts the streets of Tewkesbury well, with old timber-framed buildings, and red brick buildings mixed together, and the high Norman tower of the Abbey being the main focal point. Tewkesbury Abbey is a place on it's own that justifies a visit to Tewkesbury.

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Tewkesbury, Cotswolds

A picture of Tewkesbury

Looking down Church street. On the left of this picture is one of Tewkesbury's famous ancient buildings - The Old Hat Shop.

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A picture of Tewkesbury

A beautiful setting along the back streets of Tewkesbury. The river is the River Avon, the smaller of the two local rivers. The Avon flows along the back of the town allowing just a short walk from the shops to a relaxing walk along the river.

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Tewkesbury, Cotswolds

A picture of Tewkesbury

Walking down Church street. On the left of this picture is Tewkesbury's main bus stop, with the lion gates of Tewkesbury Abbey to the right of that. On the left of the picture is the gable end of the ancient Abbey Cottages that hold a couple of Tewkesbury's interesting museums.

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Lily's Alley Another main feature to Tewkesbury that adds much character to the town is its amazing amount of ancient alleyways to explore. Tewkesbury's main streets are full of alleyways for you to walk down and explore, these alleyways being one of the unique features that has made tewkesbury so famous and adds much character to this already charming town. Stepping into one of these dark narrow alleys really is like stepping back in time, and as you slowly walk through you can really begin to imagine how life must have been back in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the conditions that people lived in. All in all there are roughly 30 alleyways remaining intact today, but originally there were thought to have been around 90 of them, most being lost to decay or renovation of the land around. Tewkesbury's alleys mainly started to appear during the 17th century due to the increased pressure for housing and due to the land shortage around the town because of the floodplains and rivers making land unsuitable to build on. The only way to expand was to build behind the main towns existing properties, or add more storeys to existing ones, and alleyways were how these new properties/storeys were reached. As the alleys were only built just wide enough for a man to pass on foot, many alleys were so narrow that some of the buildings along them almost touched at the eaves above.

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Fish Alley The alleyways also acted as drains and rubbish dumps and due to the narrowness of them causing lack of light, most of the alleys became dim and damp disease ridden places, and during the 19th century their conditions reached an all time filthy low and Diptheria and Cholera were rife.

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Fletchers Alley

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A view of Tewkesbury Abbey from with a street in the town of Tewkesbury.

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Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, Cotswolds