Northleach

Northleach is a small Cotswold market town in Gloucestershire.

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It is situated close to the A40 main road, and the Fosseway, the A429. The town was made wealthy by the wool trade of the fifteenth century.

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Cotswold: The Cotswolds are a range of hills in central England that give their name (usually as a singular) to:...

Market town: In medieval law, a market town is a town that has the right to hold markets. Market towns are opposed to villages, which are typically smaller and do not have this right, and to cities, which are typically larger and often have additional rights....

Gloucestershire: Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in southwest England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....