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Chalford is a small village in the Frome Valley of the Cotswolds in England. It is about 8 km upstream (4 miles east) from Stroud. At this point the valley is also called the Golden Valley. The parish covers 2 square miles of this Cotswold countryside. Notable residents include James Bradley, the third Astronomer Royal, who died in Chalford in 1762, and the 19th-century sculptor John Thomas. The artist Damien Hirst has a studio in the village. Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Stroud, Gloucestershire Minchinhampton Thrupp & Brimscombe Chalford Amberley, Gloucestershire Cashes Green Categories: GFDL images | GBdot ...
Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Stroud, Gloucestershire Minchinhampton Thrupp & Brimscombe Chalford Amberley, Gloucestershire Cashes Green Categories: GFDL images | GBdot ...
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The River Frome is a river in Gloucestershire. ...
The Cotswolds are a range of hills in central England, sometimes called the heart of England, a hilly area reaching over 300 m or 1000 feet. ...
Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ...
Stroud is a town in the county of Gloucestershire, England. ...
The Five Valleys converge on the town of Stroud, Gloucestershire, England. ...
James Bradley (1693 – July 13, 1762) was an English astronomer, Astronomer Royal from 1742. ...
Astronomer Royal is a senior post in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. ...
Damien Hirst (born 7th June 1965 in Bristol) is a British artist and probably the most famous of the group that has been dubbed Young British Artists (or YBAs). ...
History
The remains, and known sites, of many barrows indicate that the plateau area of Chalford Hill, France Lynch and Bussage has been an area of continuous settlement for probably at least 5,000 years. Stone Age flints have been found in the area as well as the remains of a Roman Villa. Several of the place names in the area are also Saxon or Danish in origin. Barrow may refer to: Barrow 1 n 1 A flat rectangular tray or cart with handles at each end. ...
Stone Age fishing hook. ...
The Roman Empire contained many villas which were rather like country houses, though suburban villas on the edge of cities were known, such as the Middle and Late Republican villas that encroached on the Campus Martius, then on the edge of Rome, and which can be also seen outside the...
The name Chalford may be derived from Calf(Way) Ford, or possibly from the Saxon cealj or Chalk and the Norman Ford and both possibilities have the same meaning. Chalford Hill is a reasonable recent title for the western end of the hill: Its original name was Chalford Lynch. Lynch from the Anglo-Saxon hline means a cultivated terrace following the contours of a hill. France is much more difficult to explain. Some say it is derived from Frams-eye (island) or –ea(stream) from the Fram (Frome) river in the valley, thence, perhaps via ‘Francey’ to ‘France’. Others say it is derived from the 17th century Huguenot refugees who settled here to make woollen cloth and silk.
Chalford was one of the centres for the manufacture of broadcloth and its wealthy clothiers built many of the houses on the hill.
External links
Resources - http://www.chalfordhill.org.uk/history.htm
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