Maps- Interesting town information. · 17. May 2023
Information linked to my hand drawn map ⦁ Royal estate under Edward The Confessor, the seat of his sheriff Aldwyn. ⦁ Late Anglo-Saxon settlement on the site of the present village alongside the bank of the Gyting Broc (the Guiting Brook ), the upper reaches of the River Windrush. ⦁ The name Guiting is believed to derive from the Anglo-Saxon word getinge, meaning rushing, which may refer to the Windrush River, while the name Power comes from medieval lords of the manor called Le Poer. ⦁...
Maps- Interesting town information. · 27. April 2020
A list of the interesting history and facts about the town of Stow on the Wold in Gloucestershire. I produced it to go along with my prints and greeting cards of Cotswold towns. Please contact me if you would like to commission me to draw you a map.