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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,history,historic,brewers,brewer,Gloucestershire,England,UK,ale,CAMRA,real,beer,bitter,ales,picture frame,pints,of,races,horses,racecourse,racing,classic,Henrietta St,Gardner,Gardners,Brewhouse & Kitchen,Brewhouse,Quarter,Flower and sons,Flower & sons,heritage,alcohol,Chelters,Cheltenham,Cheltenham Races,gold cup,branding,closed
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K888MN - A framed vintage advertising poster for Flowers Breweries, carrying the memorable slogan Flowers Complement The Turf Beautifully and the accompanying line Always Pick Flowers. The monochrome illustration depicts a foaming pint of Flowers beer alongside racing binoculars and betting slips, deliberately linking the brewery's ales with the long-established traditions of British horse racing, racecourse hospitality and the English public house. The artwork was produced as part of Flowers' distinctive mid-twentieth century advertising campaigns, using clever wordplay between the brewery name and the turf of Britain's famous racecourses, particularly resonating with Cheltenham's national reputation for horse racing and the Cheltenham Festival. Displayed in a traditional wooden picture frame, the print is now an attractive example of British brewing heritage, vintage commercial art, classic typography and nostalgic pub memorabilia.
The Flowers name originated with Flower & Sons, founded in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1831 by Edward Fordham Flower. In 1954 the company was acquired by J. W. Green Ltd of Luton, with the enlarged business adopting the better-known Flowers Breweries name. The brewery expanded into one of Britain's significant regional brewers with an extensive tied estate of pubs across England before being acquired by Whitbread in 1961 as consolidation transformed the British brewing industry. Flowers became part of Whitbread Flowers, although brewing at the historic Stratford-upon-Avon brewery ceased in 1968 and the former J. W. Green Phoenix Brewery in Luton closed in 1969 as production was concentrated into newer facilities. Whitbread itself later exited brewing, selling its brewing operations, including the Flowers brands, to Interbrew in 2000, a business that subsequently became InBev and then today's global brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev). Original Flowers advertising posters such as this are increasingly sought after by collectors
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire , England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,ale,craft,alcohol,local,small,organic,company,Co,Quality,beers,from,Gloucestershire,South West England,UK,Original,Pale Ale,West Coast,IPA,brewery,Coxhorne Farm,London Rd,Charlton Kings,Cheltenham,GL52,GL52 6UY,bottled,bottle,CAMRA,Cotswold,Cotswolds,Battledown Brewing,dark,traditional
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K6C9D6 - Battledown Brewing Co. a Cotswold based, family run brewery making world class craft beer, lager and ale. We have been brewing for over17 years, and in 2020 had a brand new brew kit installed which has allowed us to create an amazing new selection of beers. Take a look below and get to know both our Cotswold and Heritage range.
Coxhorne Farm, London Rd, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK ,GL52 6UY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6W9FR - Dr Edward Jenner (1749-1823), native of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, he was an early pioneer of vaccination whose most spectacular achievement was to eradicate smallpox, which had until that time been a widespread and seriously devastating disease. He has a museum dedicated to him at his former home in Berkeley, and their website has lots of interesting information about his life and work. Although his birthplace was always where his heart was, and his pioneering work also led him to establish medical practices in London, he spent some 25 years living during the summer season in Cheltenham, where he owned a house (later two houses and a garden) in St George's Place. It was from this house that the smallpox vaccine was sent out around the world “ and such was Jenner's humanitarian spirit he administered it free of charge to the poor. The narrow street was frequently crowded with up to 300 people a day clamouring for his services
Jenner didn't keep all of the garden to himself, however. In 1809 the Rev. Rowland Hill, a close friend of Jenner's, built the Cheltenham Chapel on land adjoining the edge of the garden. Built to relieve the overcrowding of the parish church and other local chapels during the town's rapid expansion years, the new chapel was non-denominational and hosted services of pretty much any kind “ only the Unitarians were banned. Designed by Edward Smith, it was described at the time as plain, neat and commodious and contained 1000 seats. A year later the chapel's trustees bought the bottom end of Dr Jenner's garden for £450 for use as a burial ground, and an access lane was made across the garden to link the chapel with St George's Place directly opposite Jenner House. Jenner and Hill took a close interest in each other's work, and a vaccination clinic was held in the chapel every Sunday after the religious service
St. Georges Square, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 3LJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheltenham,Gloucestershire,England,UK,town,centre,from,the,part,of,painting,idea,periodic,annual,council,borough,wall,walls,colour,splash,bright,brighten,up,paint,festivals,vibrant,interesting,bird,swan,swans,Winchcombe St,Winchcombe,St,street,streets
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6W9G4 - . An on-location photograph from Winchcombe St, Cheltenham , Gloucestershire, England, UK in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The main point of reference is Winchcombe St painting, town centre, part of the Cheltenham Paint Festival 2018, Gloucestershire, England, UK. A broader reading of the photograph includes before-and-after reference, mural culture, public art, street-level design, visual street culture, contemporary mural, public realm, period detail, changing land use, visual archive, community identity, local history, documentary photography, and street creativity. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with temporary works, local identity and the role of murals in giving neighbourhoods a distinctive identity. The archival value lies partly in recording building condition and alterations around Winchcombe St, Cheltenham , Gloucestershire, England, UK before replacement signage alters the character of the place. A second descriptive layer includes archival record, local character, contemporary social history, temporary artwork, social history, creative placemaking, changing streetscape, and public-realm art. Details involving Festival, painting, Paint, Winchcombe, and Gloucestershire make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within Winchcombe St, Cheltenham , Gloucestershire, England, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another useful connection is temporary works and how regeneration can both support and displace urban art without losing the local specificity of Winchcombe St, Cheltenham , Gloucestershire, England, UK. It also preserves a local visual benchmark for future local research. The photograph keeps a point of historical comparison before later change alters the scene.
Winchcombe St, Cheltenham , Gloucestershire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Gloucestershire,England,UK,at,night,in,the,night time,buildings,Cheltenham,GL50 1HQ,GL50,The,outside,exterior,façade,architectural,Regency,arts,British,Ralph Richardson,designed,by,town,centre,Cheltenham Everyman,venue,ticket,tickets,theatres,theatre,drama,comedy,evening
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6W9GB - Everyman Theatre is a theatre based in Regent Street, Cheltenham. There are two auditoria in the building - the 675 seat main auditorium and the 60 seat Studio Theatre, originally named The Ralph Richardson Studio after Ralph Richardson.
The Grade II listed building was designed by Frank Matcham and was originally called The New Theatre and Opera House.It was opened on 1 October 1891 with a performance by Lilly Langtry
In 1929, the New Theatre and Opera House gained a licence to screen projected film, becoming a multi-purpose theatre and cinema. The licence stipulated that the building must continue to present live performance as well as cinema.
In World War II, the theatre became a Garrison Theatre, to civilians and the US soldiers based at Pittville. Many actors from London left the capital to escape the Blitz, bringing big names to Cheltenham.
The Cheltenham Corporation ran the building after World War II until 1960. In 1959 the building closed and was at risk of being sold. The Cheltenham Theatre Association published an advertisement in September 1959 advertising Urgent - Wanted £3,000 at once, to re-open Cheltenham Opera House.
In May 1960, the Cheltenham Theatre Association published another advertisement titled Great News, which announced that the Everyman Theatre would open on Monday 22 May 1960 with a world premiere presentation of N.C. Hunter's A Piece of Silver, starring Joyce Heron and Esmond Knight. The Cheltenham Theatre Association rebranded itself as the Everyman Theatre Association (ETA). It enjoyed booking advantages and raised money for the Theatre. Its 50th anniversary in 2010 was a great success
sadly, Covid lockdown prevented the 60th. Members enjoyed a variety of social activities, but, even before lockdown, support diminished and the ETA was wound up in late 2021. The benefits transferred to a new Priority Access Membership scheme administered directly by the theatre.
10 Regent St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 1HQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6W9JX - Neptune's Fountain was designed by Cheltenham borough engineer Joseph Hall, and carved by R. L. Boulton in 1892-3. The fountain was influenced by the Trevi Fountain in Rome and shows Neptune, the Rome god of water, holding a trident as a symbol of his power over the sea. The figure of Neptune was based on local labourer Dick Saunders. The fountain is symbolic of the importance of water in the development of the town of Cheltenham. The fountain draws water from the River Chelt which flows below the fountain through a large culvert.
83 Promenade, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 1PJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6W9K1 - . Made at 37-39 ,Winchcombe Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL52 2LZ in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The main point of reference is Cat with shells, from the Cheltenham Paint Festival artists, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL52 2LZ - 37-39 Winchcombe St. The setting additionally reflects changing land use, urban artwork, heritage asset, local character, street creativity, place identity, urban graphics, visual street culture, contemporary mural, urban fabric, temporary artwork, conservation architecture, adaptive reuse, and period architecture. The wider contemporary story combines tourism, creative districts and the blurred boundary between commissioned public art and graffiti. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with maintenance, energy retrofit and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. Future viewers can use this scene from 37-39 ,Winchcombe Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL52 2LZ to compare building condition and alterations with whatever follows after changed technology. Other useful contextual ideas include traditional materials, historical comparison, creative placemaking, before-and-after reference, historic streetscape, social history, historic townscape, and public realm. The recorded references to shells, Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, artists, and Winchcombe preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at 37-39 ,Winchcombe Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL52 2LZ matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The image fixes a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference. It also preserves a local visual benchmark for later comparison.
37-39 ,Winchcombe Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL52 2LZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6YFCW - . This dated editorial view of 6 St Georges St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 4AF in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. At the centre of the view is Faunagraphic, a woman with a fox, 6 St Georges St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 4AF. Another layer of the photograph includes local character, historical comparison, local history, changing streetscape, public-realm art, period detail, changing land use, contemporary social history, community art, community identity, urban artwork, temporary artwork, street creativity, and mural culture. The modern context includes continuing discussion of temporary works, graffiti policy and the role of murals in giving neighbourhoods a distinctive identity. Future viewers can use this scene from 6 St Georges St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 4AF to compare landscape treatment and surrounding development with whatever follows after altered transport patterns. The subject also sits alongside place identity, archival record, documentary photography, public art, contemporary mural, urban graphics, public realm, and before-and-after reference. Elements such as woman, Faunagraphic, Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, and Georges add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at 6 St Georges St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 4AF helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another strand within the photograph is temporary works and the blurred boundary between commissioned public art and graffiti within the specific setting of 6 St Georges St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 4AF. The photograph keeps part of the area's social history within the wider story of 6 St Georges St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 4AF.
6 St Georges St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 4AF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Paint Festival,Gloucestershire,England,UK,GL50,Cheltenham,GL50 3JE,instruments,retail,guitars,yellow,fine musical,bought,&,and,sold,independent,retailer,music,shop,shops,store,stores,buy,sell,instrument,musical,acoustic,electric,tools,pedals,bargains,bargain
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6YFE9 - . This location-specific image from 374 ,High St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 3JE in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. At the centre of the view is Independent music instrument shop, World of Guitars, 374 High St Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 3JE. The setting additionally reflects place identity, retail property, before-and-after reference, archival record, documentary photography, visual archive, historical comparison, local character, bricks-and-mortar business, commercial streetscape, period detail, brand display, consumer retail, and everyday life. From a 2025-onward perspective, brand consolidation and town-centre regeneration are closely linked to this subject, alongside how physical shops adapt to online competition. The image fixes public access and movement within 374 ,High St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 3JE at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against different community use. The surrounding story also includes customer footfall, local history, community identity, local enterprise, street-level trading, changing streetscape, social history, and public realm. The recorded references to World, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, music, and Independent preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For 374 ,High St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 3JE, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. A further contemporary connection is brand consolidation and how physical shops adapt to online competition within the specific setting of 374 ,High St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 3JE. The view records evidence of earlier appearance before later change alters the scene.
374 ,High St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 3JE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6YFEB - . This authentic period view of Tewksbury road, ex-railway line, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 4BL in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The image documents Eyes, off-road cycle path, over Tewksbury road, ex-railway line, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 4BL. The setting additionally reflects period architecture, conservation interest, documentary photography, regional identity, architectural character, before-and-after reference, built heritage, community identity, historic streetscape, heritage landmark, social history, changing streetscape, conservation architecture, and visual archive. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into energy retrofit and maintenance, not least because of the balance between conservation and modern commercial use. Small period details of period objects and surrounding context at Tewksbury road, ex-railway line, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 4BL may become more significant with time, particularly following later reinterpretation. The location also brings in heritage asset, architectural detailing, urban fabric, historical comparison, traditional materials, local character, local history, and place identity. Elements such as Tewksbury, Gloucestershire, cycle, off-road, and Cheltenham add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around Tewksbury road, ex-railway line, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 4BL, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another useful connection is energy retrofit and the balance between conservation and modern commercial use within the real-world context of Tewksbury road, ex-railway line, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 4BL.
Tewksbury road, ex-railway line, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 4BL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Gloucestershire,England,UK,GL50,Great Western Terrace,Cheltenham,GL50 3QU,cycle,path,walkway,housing,houses,property,properties,estate,estates,district,area,walk,pathway,route,routes,adjacent,tags,tagging,tag,painted,cheery,old,rail,railway,Beeching,cuts,closure,closures
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6YFF0 - . This dated editorial view of Great Western Terrace, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 3QU in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The photograph centres on View over Great Western Terrace, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 3QU. Another layer of the photograph includes local character, residential development, public realm, period detail, brownfield housing, visual archive, urban housing, apartment construction, new-build homes, housing delivery, archival record, construction phase, mixed-tenure development, and historical comparison. Today's relevance is strengthened by energy efficiency, infrastructure and the continuing question of the pressure to increase housing supply in established towns. Small period details of materials and architectural details at Great Western Terrace, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 3QU may become more significant with time, particularly following different community use. Further associations within the scene are everyday life, changing land use, residential regeneration, urban infill, social history, contemporary social history, before-and-after reference, and place identity. Elements such as Western, Terrace, Cheltenham, and Gloucestershire add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within Great Western Terrace, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 3QU, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Its period value extends to energy efficiency and the pressure to increase housing supply in established towns in a form that can be compared with future views of Great Western Terrace, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 3QU. The period view preserves period character for future local research.
Great Western Terrace, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 3QU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,shop,store,retail,history,Photo Studio,WW,W.W.,town,front,shopfront,facade,47 Winchcombe St,Cheltenham,Gloucestershire,England,UK,GL52 2NE,sign,signage,older,old,ancient,outside,urban,old shop,old shops,shops,photo,camera,cameras,studios,photographer,photographers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M7XFH5 - . This scene at 47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE in 2022 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The photograph centres on WW Dowty historic Photo Studio, 47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE. The subject also carries associations with everyday life, urban fabric, retail property, changing land use, local enterprise, commercial frontage, bricks-and-mortar business, heritage asset, visual archive, town-centre economy, local history, historic townscape, conservation architecture, and street-level trading. For current editorial use, town-centre regeneration and business rates provide additional context, especially through how physical shops adapt to online competition. Current relevance extends to energy retrofit and maintenance, particularly through keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. Small period details of materials and architectural details at 47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE may become more significant with time, particularly following closure or conversion. Further associations within the scene are customer footfall, community identity, contemporary social history, changing streetscape, public realm, shopfront economy, period building, and architectural character. The combination of Cheltenham, Winchcombe, historic, Studio, and Gloucestershire anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For 47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The record includes a local visual benchmark as part of 47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE's history.
47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY3KP6 - Francis Close (11 July 1797 “ 18 December 1882) was the Anglican rector of Cheltenham (1826“1856) and Dean of Carlisle (1856“1881).
Close was born on 11 July 1797 in Frome, Somerset, the youngest son of the Rev. Henry Jackson Close, who was at one time Rector of Bentworth, near Alton, in Hampshire. Enrolling at St. John's College, Cambridge in 1816 he earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1820, and was elevated to MA in 1825. During the same time period, he was ordained a deacon in 1820, and as a priest the following year. In 1822 he was assigned as curate of Willesden and Kingsbury in the London area. Two years later, in 1824, he was assigned to Cheltenham and the parish church of St Mary's, and when the rector died in 1826, he was elevated to that office.
Close served as rector for thirty years, where he was a popular preacher and a noted evangelical. He was a vociferous opponent of the Oxford Movement. He advocated for the creation of a training college for schoolteachers and opposed alcohol, tobacco, horse racing and theatrical amusements. He was involved in the provision of new churches in Cheltenham. On 24 November 1856, he was nominated to be Dean of Carlisle Cathedral by the Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston, and the appointment was approved by the Queen. That same year, the Archbishop of Canterbury conferred a Lambeth Doctorate of Divinity upon Close. He remained as Dean of Carlisle until 1881, when failing health forced him to resign. At the time of his resignation, he was the oldest of all deans in the Church of England He died in Penzance the following year, on 12 December 1882, and was buried in Carlisle Cathedral
7 Abbey St, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8TZ, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYCHX - A Brief History of St Peter's Parish Church
There has been a church dedicated to St Peter on this site from the early 800s. The earlier building fell into disrepair in the early 1400s and was rebuilt in the Perpendicular style between about 1452 and 1460 by the Abbot of Winchcombe and the townspeople with the encouragement and support of Ralph Boteler, Lord of Sudeley. He arranged for his father and elder brothers to be reburied in the chapel at the east end of the new St Peter's, and provided them with carved effigies. They were also portrayed in the stained glass of the side windows
his sisters and presumably his mother were portrayed in the chapel on the north side. The new church was almost certainly the first here to be provided with seating, as the clergy responded to the challenge of the radical reformist movement of the Lollards with more instructive sermons. Embroidered panels from the new vestments acquired at that time have survived and are displayed in a cabinet in the north aisle.
Not long after this rebuilding the Church entered a period of great turbulence as part of the English Reformation in the reign of Henry VIII (1509 - 1547). The most dramatic change was the suppression of Winchcombe Abbey in 1539, following which all of the Abbey's (and the Abbot's) possessions and income were transferred into lay hands. As the Abbot was also the Rector of St Peter's, this meant much of the income that had financed St Peter's dried up and the church was left impoverished for centuries. At the same time a translation of the Bible into English was introduced into all churches, followed shortly afterwards by the first version of the Book of Common Prayer. Relics and pictures encouraging ˜idolatry' were removed.
Change continued in the reign of Henry VIII's son Edward VI (1547-1553). More info at https://winchcombeparish.org.uk/a-brief-history-of-st-peters-parish-church.php
Winchcombe, Cotswolds, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL54 5LU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYX8G - . Stone Effigy of Tom Wiliams, St Peters Church, Cheltenham, Gloucester, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 09 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The interior viewpoint records fittings, surfaces, decoration and spatial details that help show how the premises or public space was arranged when photographed. The scene is closely associated with St Peters, Winchcombe, Church, St Peters Church, Gloucestershire, Tom Wiliams, Tom Williams, praying, effigy and Stone Effigy, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to religious heritage, places of worship, ecclesiastical architecture, local history, faith communities and the conservation of historic buildings. It can illustrate editorial features about churches and cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, stained glass, church interiors, architectural detail, tourism, listed buildings and the role of historic religious sites within towns and cities. Stonework, inscriptions, furnishings, windows, towers, memorials and other surviving details can provide useful evidence for architectural and heritage-focused picture research. As a documentary location image it also records the condition, presentation and setting of the site at a particular point in time. Search themes include religious heritage, churches, cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, ecclesiastical architecture, conservation, tourism and local history. Architectural and decorative details can also be useful to researchers studying the fabric, furnishings and changing presentation of historic places of worship. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYY29 - . Flag of the Royal British Legion, Womans Section, Winchcombe Branch, St Peters Church, Cheltenham, Gloucester, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 09 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The interior viewpoint records fittings, surfaces, decoration and spatial details that help show how the premises or public space was arranged when photographed. The scene is closely associated with St Peters, Winchcombe, Church, Royal British Legion, Flag of the Royal British Legion, Flag, Womans Section, Winchcombe Branch, St Peters Church and Gloucestershire, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to religious heritage, places of worship, ecclesiastical architecture, local history, faith communities and the conservation of historic buildings. It can illustrate editorial features about churches and cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, stained glass, church interiors, architectural detail, tourism, listed buildings and the role of historic religious sites within towns and cities. Stonework, inscriptions, furnishings, windows, towers, memorials and other surviving details can provide useful evidence for architectural and heritage-focused picture research. As a documentary location image it also records the condition, presentation and setting of the site at a particular point in time. Search themes include religious heritage, churches, cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, ecclesiastical architecture, conservation, tourism and local history. Architectural and decorative details can also be useful to researchers studying the fabric, furnishings and changing presentation of historic places of worship. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DD57E0 - St Peter's Church in Winchcombe is one of the great wool churches in the Cotswolds, an area blessed with similar reminders of the wealth of local medieval wool merchants.
The exterior is dominated by a striking west tower, 90 feet high, with 8 pinnacles. Atop the tower is a gilded weathercock, brought here in 1874 from the historic church of St Mary Redcliffe in Bristol. But it is not the weathercock that most people come to Winchcombe to see, but the grotesque carvings that embellish the battlemented roofline of the exterior. (Often called gargoyles, they are technically grotesques, for they do not have water spouts passing through them as a true gargoyle does).
There are 40 of these carvings
about 20 depict demonic creatures, and the remainder appear to be caricatures of locally important people, both civic figures and Abbey officials. To the left (west) of the south porch is a grinning figure of Sir Ralph Boteler of Sudeley, who gave money to complete the church. More famous, and beloved of postcard photographers, is a figure to the east of the porch, a grimacing human figure with a squat hat. This figure is said to be the model for the Mad Hatter in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland story.
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Altar frontal made of 14th century vestments, stitched by Catherine of Aragon
Saxon coffins of King Kenwulph and his son, St Kenelm
Amusing gargoyles including the possible model for the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland
The first written record of a church dedicated to St Peter in Winchcombe comes from 1175, when a church associated with the Benedictine Abbey here is mentioned. It seems very likely that there was a much earlier Saxon church, dedicated to St Nicholas.
That Norman church gradually fell into disrepair, and in 1458 Abbot William began building a new church. The lord of Sudeley Castle, Lord Ralph Boteler, granted money to help finish the construction, and the new church was completed in just 10 years.
Gloucester St, Winchcombe, Cheltenham GL54 5LU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6W9GC - . An identifiable period record of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The location is represented through Framed James McQueen yellow book cover, Be Careful What You Wish For, 6d, Penguin, Non-Fiction. Further facets of the scene include changing land use, local character, everyday life, adaptive reuse, historic streetscape, before-and-after reference, place identity, built heritage, regional identity, local history, conservation architecture, historical comparison, community identity, and urban fabric. The modern context includes continuing discussion of heritage conservation, tourism and how historic fabric can support regeneration rather than demolition. As a dated visual record of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50, the frame retains transport arrangements and footfall, making it especially useful if closure or conversion subsequently changes the scene. A second descriptive layer includes historic townscape, social history, visual archive, architectural detailing, changing streetscape, archival record, period building, and heritage asset. Elements such as Penguin, McQueen, cover, James, and yellow add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Its period value extends to heritage conservation and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character without losing the local specificity of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50. The photograph keeps a local visual benchmark within the wider story of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50. Image 2M6W9GC also remains a dated record of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50.
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6W9GD - . An identifiable period record of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The image documents Framed James McQueen blue book cover, I had fun once it was awful, 6d, Penguin, Non-Fiction. The frame also records themes of period detail, place identity, heritage asset, contemporary social history, period building, archival record, local history, everyday life, social history, urban fabric, built heritage, conservation interest, architectural character, and conservation architecture. The modern context includes continuing discussion of planning control, redevelopment pressure and how historic fabric can support regeneration rather than demolition. Future viewers can use this scene from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 to compare equipment and working practice with whatever follows after different community use. The surrounding story also includes public realm, traditional materials, historic streetscape, historic townscape, historical comparison, adaptive reuse, heritage landmark, and changing land use. Details involving awful, McQueen, cover, Non-Fiction, and Framed make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The image also provides a reference for planning control and how historic fabric can support regeneration rather than demolition in a form that can be compared with future views of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50. Another useful connection is tourism and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character within the real-world context of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50.
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50
