First stop was Bibury, known for the Arlington Row cottages built for wool weavers in 1380:
Next stop was Burford, founded around the year 700 and where we had a fish 'n chips lunch. Burford became the retirement place for Henry VIII's barber, Edmund Harman. I don't know, but I suspect "Harman" was originally "Hair Man."
Here I am standing in front of "The Glen":
Right next to "The Glen" is the estate of Elisabeth Murdoch, Rupert's daughter. The guide told us she tried to have part of the town torn down so she could have a larger entry way...she didn't succeed:
Then Bourton-on-the-Water, where most of the buildings are from the 1600s:
They have a nice stream running through the middle of the town. It's only about 8" deep so kids can play in it. The guide told us they have a soccer tournament once a year in the water:
And finally, Stow-on-the-Wold, which doesn't have a very impressive town motto... Apparently during the English Civil War in the 1640s a major battle was fought in and around the town with the fighting so bad in one area that ducks were floating in the blood; that area is now Digbeth ('duck bath') Street.
Original stocks for public humiliation of people who sold bad food or goods. Could you imagine CEOs today being put in stocks for selling bad products?
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