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Cirencester
Castle Street, Cirencester
Cirencester is located in Gloucestershire CirencesterCirencester
Cirencester shown within Gloucestershire
Population19,076 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSP022021
DistrictCotswold
Shire countyGloucestershire
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCIRENCESTER
Postcode districtGL7
Dialling code01285
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
EU ParliamentSouth West England
UK ParliamentCotswold[2]
List of places UK England Gloucestershire
Coordinates: 51.719°N 1.968°W
Cirencester (Listeni/ˈsaɪərənsɛstər/, occasionally Listeni/sɪstər/; see below for more variations)[3] is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles (150 km) west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural University, the oldest agricultural college in the English-speaking world FOUNDED in 1840. The town's Corinium Museum is well known for its extensive Roman collection. The Roman name for the town was Corinium, which is thought to have been associated with the ancient British tribe of the Dobunni, having the same root word as the River Churn.[4] The earliest known reference to the town was by Ptolemy in AD 150.
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Cirencester
Castle Street, Cirencester
Cirencester is located in Gloucestershire CirencesterCirencester
Cirencester shown within Gloucestershire
Population19,076 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSP022021
DistrictCotswold
Shire countyGloucestershire
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCIRENCESTER
Postcode districtGL7
Dialling code01285
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
EU ParliamentSouth West England
UK ParliamentCotswold[2]
List of places UK England Gloucestershire
Coordinates: 51.719°N 1.968°W
Cirencester (Listeni/ˈsaɪərənsɛstər/, occasionally Listeni/sɪstər/; see below for more variations)[3] is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles (150 km) west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural University, the oldest agricultural college in the English-speaking world FOUNDED in 1840. The town's Corinium Museum is well known for its extensive Roman collection. The Roman name for the town was Corinium, which is thought to have been associated with the ancient British tribe of the Dobunni, having the same root word as the River Churn.[4] The earliest known reference to the town was by Ptolemy in AD 150.
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Cirencester
Castle Street, Cirencester
Cirencester is located in Gloucestershire CirencesterCirencester
Cirencester shown within Gloucestershire
Population19,076 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSP022021
DistrictCotswold
Shire countyGloucestershire
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCIRENCESTER
Postcode districtGL7
Dialling code01285
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
EU ParliamentSouth West England
UK ParliamentCotswold[2]
List of places UK England Gloucestershire
Coordinates: 51.719°N 1.968°W
Cirencester (Listeni/ˈsaɪərənsɛstər/, occasionally Listeni/sɪstər/; see below for more variations)[3] is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles (150 km) west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural University, the oldest agricultural college in the English-speaking world FOUNDED in 1840. The town's Corinium Museum is well known for its extensive Roman collection. The Roman name for the town was Corinium, which is thought to have been associated with the ancient British tribe of the Dobunni, having the same root word as the River Churn.[4] The earliest known reference to the town was by Ptolemy in AD 150.
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History
The church is medieval.[1] It is renowned for its perpendicular porch, fan vaults and merchants' tombs.
The chancel is the oldest part of the church. Construction started around 1115. It was widened in about 1180. The east window dates from around 1300. The original stained glass of the east window has long since disappeared and it is now filled with fifteenth century glass from other parts of the church.
To the north of the chancel is St. Catherine's Chapel which dates from around 1150. It contains a wall painting of St. Christopher carrying the Christ Child, and vaulting given by Abbot John Hakebourne in 1508.
To the north of St. Catherine's Chapel is the Lady Chapel, first built in 1240 and extended in the 15th century.
The Trinity Chapel dates from 1430–1460 and was endowed for a priest of the nearby Abbey to say masses for the souls of Kings and Queens. It contains a squint which enabled the priest to synchronise the celebration of mass with that at the high altar.[2]
The nave was completely rebuilt between 1515 and 1530 and is a remarkable example of late perpendicular gothic architecture.[3]
The tower is fifteenth century and remarkable for the large buttresses which shore it up at its junction with the nave.
The great south porch which adjoins the market place was built around 1500 at the expense of Alice Avening.
Cirencester (Listeni/ˈsaɪərənsɛstər/, occasionally Listeni/sɪstər/; see below for more variations)[3] is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles (150 km) west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural University, the oldest agricultural college in the English-speaking world FOUNDED in 1840. The town's Corinium Museum is well known for its extensive Roman collection. The Roman name for the town was Corinium, which is thought to have been associated with the ancient British tribe of the Dobunni, having the same root word as the River Churn.[4] The earliest known reference to the town was by Ptolemy in AD 150.
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Cirencester
Castle Street, Cirencester
Cirencester is located in Gloucestershire CirencesterCirencester
Cirencester shown within Gloucestershire
Population19,076 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSP022021
DistrictCotswold
Shire countyGloucestershire
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCIRENCESTER
Postcode districtGL7
Dialling code01285
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
EU ParliamentSouth West England
UK ParliamentCotswold[2]
List of places UK England Gloucestershire
Coordinates: 51.719°N 1.968°W
Cirencester (Listeni/ˈsaɪərənsɛstər/, occasionally Listeni/sɪstər/; see below for more variations)[3] is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles (150 km) west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural University, the oldest agricultural college in the English-speaking world FOUNDED in 1840. The town's Corinium Museum is well known for its extensive Roman collection. The Roman name for the town was Corinium, which is thought to have been associated with the ancient British tribe of the Dobunni, having the same root word as the River Churn.[4] The earliest known reference to the town was by Ptolemy in AD 150.
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