Cirencester
Cirencester is a mercat toun in Sooth Wast Ingland. The River Churn rins throu the toun. Cirencester is the muckle maist toun in the Cotswold Destrict.
| Cirencester | |
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  Cirencester Location within Gloucestershire | |
| Population | 19,076 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SP022021 |
| Destrict | |
| Shire coonty | |
| Region | |
| Kintra | Ingland |
| Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
| Post toun | CIRENCESTER |
| Postcode destrict | GL7 |
| Diallin code | 01285 |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | Sooth Wastren |
| EU Pairlament | Sooth Wast Ingland |
| UK Pairlament | |
History
eeditCirencester wis an early Roman toun. They biggit a fort thare an it wis a thrivin trokin centre. Than, efter the Romans, cam the Saxons. A kirk wis foondit in Cirencester in the 9t or 10t century but it was shent in the 12t century an anither kirk wis biggit. In Tudor times mony Cirencester merchands becam rich throu naitional and internaitional troke. By the 18t century it wis a thrivin mercat toun. These days quite a few tourists veesit the toun acause o it's bonnie architecture.
References
eedit- ↑ "Parish population 2011.Retrieved 23 March 2015". Archived frae the original on 2 Apryle 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ↑ The website of Geoffrey Clifton Brown - Current MP for the Cotswold area
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