Cirencester

Cirencester stands in the Cotswolds on the site of the Roman town of Corinium. In the Middle Ages it became prosperous through the wool trade, and the tombs of wealthy merchants in the parish church testify to that wealth. Houses built of local stone lined the streets of the market town. During the Civil War Royalist troops stormed Cirencester in February 1643 and held it until 1645.