A Day in the Cotswolds

The Cotswolds are small wool mill villages, which arose in England as the demand for woolen products became more prevalent in the 1800's.

These small villages are mostly to the west of London and Oxford.

They were built around small streams and rivers in order to harness the power of the water and most of them were made up of no more than 200 to 300 people.

The villages that we visited had names like Stow-on-the-Wold, Chipping Norton, upper Slaughter, Lower Slaughter and Bourton-on-the-Water.

These are the villages most Americans are familiar with because of the paintings of Thomas Kinkade.



On a bridge at Bourton-on-the-Water (Venice of England)




Bourton-on-the-Water

More Bourton-on-the-Water

A Church yard in Upper Slaughter

Looking across Upper Slaughter

Patty on a bridge in Lower Slaughter

Andy in Stocks in Lower Slaughter