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The Cotswolds (/ ˈ k ɒ t s w oʊ l d z, ˈ k ɒ t s w əl d z / KOTS-wohldz, KOTS-wəldz) [1] is a region of central South West England, along a range of rolling hills that rise from the meadows of the upper River Thames to an escarpment above the Severn Valley and the Vale of Evesham.
The Cotswold style emerged during the late 16th century and flourished throughout the 17th century. [3]: 6 During the second and third decades of the twentieth century, the Cotswold style reached its zenith of popularity. The Cotswold 'Arts and Crafts' architecture was a very popular and prominent style between 1890 and 1930. [4]
This category relates to the Cotswold Hills in Gloucestershire, England, which extend into the adjoining counties of Oxfordshire, Somerset, Warwickshire, Wiltshire and Worcestershire. For the district of Cotswold in Gloucestershire, see Category:Cotswold District .
One of the first major studies of the subject was The Long Barrows of the Cotswolds, written by the archaeologist O. G. S. Crawford and published in 1925. [2] During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a number of sites in the Cotswold-Severn Group were subject to restoration efforts to turn them into visitor attractions. [10]
Cotswold is a local government district in Gloucestershire, England. It is named after the wider Cotswolds region and range of hills. The council is based in the district's largest town of Cirencester .
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C. Calcot, Gloucestershire; Cassey Compton; Chedworth; Cherington, Gloucestershire; Chipping Campden; Church of All Saints, Turkdean; Church of St Andrew, Coln Rogers
Cotswold Way, a long-distance footpath from Bath to Chipping Campden, England; Cotswold Water Park, a series of lakes on the Gloucestershire-Wiltshire border, England; Cotswold-Severn Group, a type of megalithic burial chamber in the Cotswold-Severn Group, England