Editing Gloucestershire (section)

==Antiquities==
There are a number of Roman remains scattered across the county, including the Eastgate Viewing Chamber in Gloucester and [[Chedworth Roman Villa]].

There are a variety of religious buildings across the county, notably the cathedral of [[Gloucester Cathedral|Gloucester]], the [[Tewkesbury Abbey|abbey church]] of [[Tewkesbury]] (which is over 500 years old and has the tallest Norman tower in England),<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.tewkesburyabbey.org.uk/history/ |publisher=Tewkesbury Abbey |access-date=3 May 2021 |archive-date=23 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123100552/https://www.tewkesburyabbey.org.uk/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and the church of [[Cirencester]]. Of the abbey of [[Hailes Abbey|Hailes]] near [[Winchcombe]], founded by [[Richard, Earl of Cornwall]], in 1246, little more than the foundations are left, but these have been excavated and fragments have been brought to light.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hailes Abbey |url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/hailes-abbey/ |publisher=English Heritage |access-date=3 May 2021 |archive-date=27 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027081615/https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/hailes-abbey/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:October plenty.jpg|thumb|Parish Church of St. Mary, Fairford]]
Most of the old [[market town]]s have [[parish church]]es. At [[Deerhurst]] near Tewkesbury and [[Bishop's Cleeve]] near [[Cheltenham]], there are churches of special interest on account of the pre-Norman work they retain. There is also a [[Perpendicular Period|Perpendicular]] church in [[Lechlade]], and that at [[Fairford]] was built ({{Circa|1500}}), according to tradition, to contain a series of [[stained-glass windows]] which are said to have been brought from the [[Netherlands]]. These are, however, adjudged to be of English workmanship.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fairford, St Mary's Church |url=https://www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=1564 |publisher=Britain Express |access-date=3 May 2021 |archive-date=28 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028180307/https://www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=1564 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Other notable buildings include [[Calcot Manor|Calcot Barn]] in Calcot, a relic of [[Kingswood Abbey]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.luminatechnologies.org/luminaaw2.html |title=C. Michael Hogan and Amy Gregory, ''History and Architecture of Calcot Manor'', Lumina Technologies, prepared for Calcot Manor, July 5, 2006 |access-date=2006-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070329164105/http://www.luminatechnologies.org/luminaaw2.html |archive-date=2007-03-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Thornbury Castle]] is a [[Tudor dynasty|Tudor]] country house, the pretensions of which evoked the jealousy of [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] [[Thomas Wolsey|Wolsey]] against its builder, [[Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham|Edward Stafford, duke of Buckingham]], who was [[decapitation|beheaded]] in 1521. Near Cheltenham is the 15th-century mansion of [[Southam, Gloucestershire|Southam de la Bere]], of timber and stone.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.simonthurgoodimages.co.uk/outandabout/gloucestershire.asp|title=Simon Thurgood Images: Out and About in Gloucestershire|website=simonthurgoodimages.co.uk|access-date=2019-10-24|archive-date=24 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024225211/http://www.simonthurgoodimages.co.uk/outandabout/gloucestershire.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> Memorials of the de la Bere family appear in the church at Cleeve. The mansion contains a tiled floor from [[Hailes Abbey]]. At Great Badminton is the mansion and vast domain of the Beauforts (formerly of the Botelers and others), on the south-eastern boundary of the county. [[Berkeley Castle]] at over 800 years old and the ruins of [[Great Witcombe Roman Villa|Witcombe Roman Villa]] at Great Witcombe are also notable heritage features.

There are several [[royal residence]]s in Gloucestershire, including [[Highgrove House]], [[Gatcombe Park]], and (formerly) [[Nether Lypiatt Manor]].

An annual "[[Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake|cheese-rolling]]" event takes place at Cooper's Hill, near [[Brockworth, Gloucestershire|Brockworth]] and the [[Cotswold Games]] occurred within the county.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cotswold Olimpicks |url=https://www.olimpickgames.co.uk/ |publisher=Cotswold Olimpicks |access-date=3 May 2021 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503074512/https://www.olimpickgames.co.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref>