Northleach

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Northleach is a small Cotswold market town in Gloucestershire.

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, and the main church is of impressive size and quality in reflection of this fact.

The road which became the A40 originally ran through the town, and as the main road between Oxford and Cheltenham it contributed greatly to the town's development. The town was bypassed in the mid 1980s, only after substantial vibration damage had been detected in some of the fine 15th - 18th century houses on the main road.

The town has three Pubs: The Sherbourne Arms, The Red Lion Inn, and The Wheatsheaf Inn. There is also a Sports and Social Club, a Mechanical Music museum, and an art shop, Fothergill's Gallery.

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