Points of interest on Katie B Morgan’s map of Wotton-under-Edge
Arts: Annual music and arts festival.
Tabernacle: The historic building is home to Wotton Auction Rooms.
Walk: The Cotswold Way National Trail goes through the town.
What’s in a name: ‘Wudetun’ means village near a wood. ‘Edge’ is the Cotswold limestone escarpment.
The Ancient Ram Inn (1600): Built on the site of a much older Inn (1145). The inn, now closed, is known for being haunted, having supposedly been a Pagan burial ground. The Battle of Nibley Green happened near the inn in 1469.
Fire: Much of the town burnt down and was rebuilt in 1252.
St Mary the Virgin: The oldest church in the town, consecrated in 1283.
Trees: Planted on Wotton Hill to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo.
Renishaw: The building was called New Mills. It supplied both sides in the Napoleonic Wars.
The Wotton Electric Picture House: One of the first digital cinemas in the UK.
The Tolsey Clock: Commemorates Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
Sir Isaac Pitman: Creator of Pitman Shorthand.
Heritage Centre/Museum: Used to house the town fire engine.
Chipping Car Park: Site of sheep and cattle market.
Star: John Cambridge, born 1784, emigrated to Canada and formed the White Star Line shipping company, named after his father’s pub.
Holy Cross Church: This Roman Catholic church was once a 19th-century engine house for a cloth mill.
War Memorial: One in five men from the town died in WWI.
Church Walk: Part of the original Saxon village that got burnt down.
Rope Walk: Where rope was made.
Arts Centre: Formerly the 'Bluecoat School Hall.
With thanks to the staff of the Heritage Museum.
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