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A417 road
The A417 is a main road in England.
It runs from Streatley at its junction with the A329 (between Reading and Wallingford) to Wantage, over the picturesque Berkshire Downs. In Wantage, it negotiates the market place (around King Alfred's statue and thence to Faringdon, via Stanford in the Vale (speed-limited here to 30 miles per hour (48 km/h)). At Faringdon, its traditional route over Folly Hill and down through the market place has been blocked by the more recent development of the A420. Turning left on the A420 and right at the next roundabout, through Faringdon, leads on to Lechlade, where it crosses the River Thames. It then runs past the Cotswold Water Park, through Fairford to Cirencester and thence to Gloucester and Ledbury, to a point south of Leominster, where it joins the A49.
From the start of the Cirencester bypass to Gloucester, the A417 forms part of a major new dual-carriageway route (A419/A417) connecting the M4 (junction 15) with the M5 at Gloucester (junction 11A). At the A429 roundabout on the older Cirencester bypass, the A417 follows the A429 north for 0.5 miles (0.80 km), where it once passed a Little Chef (removed during the recent creation of the Blunsdon Bypass), then resumes when it joins the newer bypass (which is also the A417). There is a large BP service station here and a Texaco one further north near a roadside restaurant. The 6-mile (9.7 km) Cirencester & Stratton Bypass opened on December 9 1997. This route carries traffic between the ports of the south coast and the industrial Midlands. The 4-mile (6.4 km) dual-carriageway North of Stratton to Nettleton Improvement opened on January 16 1998. The roundabout at the end of this section often has congestion during peak hours.

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Cricklade
Coordinates: 51°38′24″N 1°56′42″W / 51.640°N 1.945°W / 51.640; -1.945
Cricklade is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in north Wiltshire in England, midway between Swindon and Cirencester.
On 25 September 2011 Cricklade was awarded The Royal Horticultural Society's 'Champion of Champions' award in the Britain in Bloom competition.
Cricklade is twinned with Sucé-sur-Erdre in France. Cricklade's Latin motto is In Loco Delicioso, which means "in a pleasant place".
The 2001 census recorded Cricklade's population as 4,132.
There is a large clock, called the Jubilee clock, which was erected in 1898 in honour of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee the preceding year. It stands outside The Vale Hotel in the High Street, where the Town Cross once stood. There are two replicas of the cross in Cricklade; one is in the churchyard of St Sampson's, the other at St Mary's, and there is local rivalry as to which one is now believed to be the original.
Cricklade was founded in the 9th century by the Anglo Saxons, who chose it for the fact that it is where the Roman road Ermin Street crosses the River Thames. It was the home of a Saxon royal mint.

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England
England ⁱ/ˈɪŋɡlənd/ is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, while the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separate it from continental Europe. Most of England comprises the central and southern part of the island of Great Britain in the North Atlantic. The country also includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.
The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Palaeolithic period, but it takes its name from the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in AD 927, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world. The English language, the Anglican Church, and English law—the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world—developed in England, and the country's parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations. The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England, transforming its society into the world's first industrialised nation. England's Royal Society laid the foundations of modern experimental science.

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Fairford
Coordinates: 51°42′29″N 1°47′06″W / 51.708°N 1.785°W / 51.708; -1.785
Fairford is a small town in Gloucestershire, England. The town lies in the Cotswolds on the River Coln, about 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Cirencester, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Lechlade and 9 miles (14 km) north of Swindon. Nearby are RAF Fairford and the Cotswold Water Park.
The town's secondary school is Farmor's School, an 11-18 co-educational comprehensive. The school is judged to be of outstanding standard, having achieved grade 1 in its Ofsted inspection in 2010. There is also a primary school, Fairford Primary, and a playgroup.
Every other year RAF Fairford hosts the world's largest military air show – the Royal International Air Tattoo. The event brings a boost to economy of the town and surrounding areas.
In March 2003 "Flowers to Fairford" was held as a protest against the use of USAF Fairford as the base for the 14 B-52 bombers aircraft which were used to bomb Iraq. Several thousand people attended and there was a large police presence, but the event passed off peacefully and without incident.

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Faringdon
Coordinates: 51°39′25″N 1°35′10″W / 51.657°N 1.586°W / 51.657; -1.586
Faringdon is a market town in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England. It is on the edge of the Thames Valley, between the River Thames and the Ridgeway. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.
The civil parish is formally known as Great Faringdon, to distinguish it from Little Faringdon in West Oxfordshire.
On 1 February 2004, Faringdon was granted Fairtrade Town status, becoming the first Fairtrade Town in the South East of England. In 1990, the town was twinned with Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe in France. Faringdon is the base for the Faringdon Enterprise Gateway, which is run by the South East England Development Agency to help and advise businesses in rural west Oxfordshire.
The name Faringdon means fern covered hill. The Anglo-Saxon kings of Wessex and later England had a palace located in Faringdon^{[citation needed]} However, claims that King Edward the Elder died there are misguided.

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Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire (ⁱ/ˈɡlɒstərʃər/ GLOSS-tər-shər; abbreviated Glos.) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean.
The county town is the city of Gloucester, and other principal towns include Cheltenham, Cirencester, Stroud, and Tewkesbury.
When considered as a ceremonial county, Gloucestershire borders the preserved county of Gwent in Wales (now Monmouthshire), and in England the ceremonial counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire and Somerset. Ceremonially, it includes the area covered by the South Gloucestershire unitary authority.
According to a 2002 campaign by the charity Plantlife, the county flower of Gloucestershire is the Wild Daffodil.
Gloucestershire is a historic county mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in the 10th century, though the areas of Winchcombe and the Forest of Dean were not added until the late 11th century. Gloucestershire originally included the then "small town" of Bristol. The "local" rural community moved to the port city, (as Bristol was to become) and Bristol's population growth accelerated during the industrial revolution. Bristol became part of the administrative County of Avon in 1974.

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Inglesham
Coordinates: 51°39′47″N 1°42′22″W / 51.663°N 1.706°W / 51.663; -1.706
Inglesham is a village and civil parish in the borough of Swindon, Wiltshire. The village is just off the A361 road about 1 mile (1.6 km) south-west of Lechlade in Gloucestershire. Most of the population lives in the hamlet of Upper Inglesham, which is on the main road about 1.3 miles (2 km) south of the village.
The parish forms the extreme north-east corner of the Borough of Swindon and County of Wiltshire and is bounded to the west and north by the River Thames, (which also forms the county boundary with Gloucestershire) and to the east by the county boundary with Oxfordshire (Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes), formed partly by the River Cole.
As the parish's population is small it has a parish meeting instead of a parish council.
The 13th century Church of England parish church of St. John the Baptist was restored in 1888–89 and is listed Grade I. It is now redundant and is cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust.

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Lechlade
Coordinates: 51°41′56″N 1°41′31″W / 51.699°N 1.692°W / 51.699; -1.692
Lechlade, or Lechlade-on-Thames, is a town at the southern edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England. It is the highest point at which the River Thames is navigable. The town is named after the River Leach that joins the Thames near here.
The town is a popular venue for tourism and river-based activities. There are several pubs, some antique shops, a convenience store, food outlets, a garden centre and a Christmas shop. Near the 15th century Church of England parish church of Saint Lawrence, in the centre of the town, there is a large open space which is now a car park. The main roads through the town are busy, as the town is at the crossroads of the A417 and A361. Where the A361 enters the town from the south it crosses the River Thames on Halfpenny Bridge. Another tributary of the Thames, the River Coln, joins the Thames at the Inglesham Round House.
Lechlade is the highest town to which the River Thames is navigable by relatively large craft including narrowboats. It is possible to travel by river or on foot from here to London. The Halfpenny bridge is therefore the usual start for a water based Thames meander - the term for a long distance journey down the Thames. The Thames Path also continues upstream to the traditional source of the Thames at Thames Head). The river is actually navigable for a short distance further upstream, near the village of Inglesham, where the Thames and Severn Canal joins the River Thames. Rowing boats can reach even further upstream, to Cricklade. Lechlade is a popular resort for Thames boating. Boats of different types can be hired from here, from rowing boats to river cruisers.

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River Coln
The River Coln is a river in Gloucestershire, England. It rises at Brockhampton to the east of Cheltenham, and flows in a south/south-easterly direction through the Cotswold Hills via Andoversford, Withington, Fossbridge, Bibury, Coln St Aldwyns and Fairford. It joins the River Thames to the south-west of Lechlade, where it shares a confluence with the Thames and Severn Canal, by The Round House Footbridge.
Extensive gravel pits that are now redundant, lying between Fairford and Lechlade, form the Eastern component of the Cotswold Water Park, which is fed and drained by the Coln.
The river is host to many species of freshwater fish including Brown trout and Grayling.

Coordinates: 51°41′N 1°42′W / 51.683°N 1.7°W / 51.683; -1.7

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River Leach
The River Leach is a river tributary to the River Thames, in England which runs mostly in Gloucestershire. It is approximately 18 miles (29 km) long, springing from the limestone uplands of the Cotswolds. In parts of its course it becomes a seasonal bourn, only running above ground when there is sufficient rainfall. Despite its small size it gives its name to two towns and a pair of villages.
The source of the Leach is in the village of Hampnett, about ten miles east of Cheltenham just south of the A40 road. The source spring is enclosed by stonework and pours from a pipe. It seems likely that this spring in a sheltered valley on the Cotswold uplands was the original reason for the existence of the village of Hampnett. According to residents, this section runs all year round.
After running a mile down its limestone valley, the Leach reaches Northleach, the first settlement to which it gives its name. The river enters Northleach to the south west, where it gushes out of a Victorian conduit just below the Fosse Way. At this point it is also known as the Seven Springs. The site of the first watermill on the river is in a part of Northleach called Mill End. A section of the river is confined into mill race type stonework, close to the churchyard and runs behind houses marking the town boundary. The river can next be seen at a road bridge at the end of the town. It is still little more than ditch-sized, and as such continues down the valley to the hamlet of Eastington running alongside a lane before passing through a culvert and away through grazing land.

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South West England
South West England is one of the regions of England defined by the Government of the United Kingdom for statistical and other purposes. It is the largest such region in area, covering 9,200 square miles (23,828 km²) and comprising Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Five million people live there. The region includes the area often known as the West Country, and much of Wessex. The size of the region is shown by the fact that the northern part of Gloucestershire, near Chipping Campden, is as close to the Scottish border as it is to the tip of Cornwall. The largest city is Bristol. Other major urban centres include Plymouth, Swindon, Gloucester, Exeter, Bath, and the South East Dorset conurbation of Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch.
The region includes two National Parks and four World Heritage Sites, including Stonehenge.
Traditionally, the South West of England has been well known for producing Cheddar cheese, which originated in the Somerset village of Cheddar, for Devon cream teas, Cornish pasties, and for cider. It is also well known as the home of the Eden Project, Aardman Animations, the Glastonbury Festival, the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta, trip hop music and also Cornwall's surfing beaches.

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Thames Head
Coordinates: 51°41′39″N 2°01′47″W / 51.694262°N 2.029724°W / 51.694262; -2.029724
Thames Head is a site in Gloucestershire, traditionally identified as the source of the River Thames, a major river which runs through the centre of London. It lies near the village of Kemble and the town of Cirencester.
The claim that Thames Head is the source of the River Thames is disputed. The Environment Agency, the Ordnance Survey and other authorities have the source of the Thames as the nearby Trewsbury Mead. Others hold that the true source of the Thames is at Seven Springs, some eleven miles further north, and east of Gloucester. Officially, however, Seven Springs is the source of the River Churn, a tributary of the Thames that joins at Cricklade. Some would say^[who?] that this tributary, by its distance, in rising further than Trewsbury Mead, would therefore result in the Seven Springs being the ultimate source of the Thames.
A monument beneath an ash tree bears the inscription:
THE CONSERVATORS OF THE RIVER THAMES
1857-1974
THIS STONE WAS PLACED HERE TO MARK THE
SOURCE OF THE RIVER THAMES

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Thames meander
Coordinates: 51°41′33″N 1°41′33″W / 51.692410°N 1.692453°W / 51.692410; -1.692453 Thames meander refers to a long-distance journey over all or part of the River Thames in England. Walking the Thames Path is itself a meander, but the term usually applies to journeys using other methods such as rowing, running, or swimming.
A Thames meander can be a social expedition over a few days. However more specific meanders are competitive events, or record breaking attempts. Means of propulsion include swimming and running and propelling virtually every type of small craft that floats on water. Meanders are often associated with charity sponsorship. The normal start of a meander for craft is Halfpenny Bridge, Lechlade. The finish is often Teddington Lock but other points in London are used. A “Giant meander” for craft goes all the way to Gravesend Pier. The Thames Meander run begins at Reading, Berkshire.
Follow a water-based meander by stepping through the locks, starting with St John's Lock
Follow a land-based meander along the Thames Path, starting at Water Eaton House Bridge

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Thames Path
The Thames Path is a National Trail, opened in 1996, following the length of the River Thames from its source near Kemble in Gloucestershire to the Thames Barrier at Charlton. It is about 184 miles (296 km) long.
The entire length of the path can be walked, and some parts cycled. Most of the path uses the original towpath but in some places this is not possible. The main reason for this is that towpath traffic used to cross the river at several points using ferries, but apart from Shepperton to Weybridge Ferry these no longer operate. This means that in several places such as Shiplake, Whitchurch-on-Thames and Moulsford, there are diversions away from the towpath. At other places, there are replacement connections. An example of this is at Hurley, where the Temple Footbridge was built in 1989.
Some parts of the Thames Path, particularly those west of Oxford, are subject to flooding during the winter months. The river is tidal downstream from Teddington Lock, and parts of the path may be underwater if there is a particularly high tide.

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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe. The country includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign state—the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea.
The United Kingdom is a unitary state governed under a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary system, with its seat of government in the capital city of London. It is a country in its own right and consists of four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. There are three devolved administrations, each with varying powers, based in Belfast, Edinburgh and Cardiff, the capitals of Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Associated with the UK, but not constitutionally part of it, are three Crown Dependencies. The United Kingdom has fourteen overseas territories. These are remnants of the British Empire which, at its height in 1922, encompassed almost a quarter of the world's land surface and was the largest empire in history. British influence can still be observed in the language, culture and legal systems of many of its former territories.

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Lawrence of Rome
Lawrence of Rome (Latin: Laurentius, lit. "laurelled"; c. 225 – 258) was one of the seven deacons of ancient Rome, serving under Pope St. Sixtus II, who were martyred during the persecution of Valerian in 258.
According to lore, among the treasures of the Greek church entrusted to Lawrence for safe-keeping was the Holy Chalice, the cup from which Jesus and the Apostles drank at the Last Supper. Lawrence was able to spirit this away to Huesca, in present day Aragon, with a letter and a supposed inventory, where it lay hidden and unregarded for centuries. When Augustine connects Lawrence with a chalice, it is the chalice of the Mass:
For in that Church, you see, as you have regularly been told, he performed the office of deacon; it was there that he administered the sacred chalice of Christ’s blood.
According to Christian history the Holy Grail is a relic that was sent by St Lawrence to his parents in northern Aragon. He entrusted this sacred chalice to a friend whom he knew would travel back to Huesca, remaining in the monastery of Saint John of Pena, core of spiritual strength for the emerging kingdom of Aragon. While the Holy Chalice's exact journey through the centuries is disputed, it is generally accepted by Catholics that the Chalice was sent by his family to this monastery for preservation and veneration. Historical records indicate that this chalice has been venerated and preserved by a number of monks and monasteries through the ages. Today the Holy Grail is venerated in a special chapel in the Catholic Cathedral of Valencia, Spain.

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Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley ( /ˈpɜrsi ˈbɪʃ ˈʃɛli/; 4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets and is critically regarded as among the finest lyric poets in the English language. Shelley was famous for his association with John Keats and Lord Byron. The novelist Mary Shelley (née Godwin) was his second wife.
He is most famous for such classic anthology verse works as "Ozymandias", Ode to the West Wind, To a Skylark, Music, When Soft Voices Die, The Cloud and The Masque of Anarchy, which are among the most popular and critically acclaimed poems in the English language. His major works, however, are long visionary poems which included Queen Mab (later reworked as The Daemon of the World), Alastor, The Revolt of Islam, Adonaïs and the unfinished work The Triumph of Life. The Cenci (1819) and Prometheus Unbound (1820) were dramatic plays in five and four acts respectively. Although he has typically been figured as a "reluctant dramatist", he was passionate about the theatre, and his plays continue to be performed today. He wrote the Gothic novels Zastrozzi (1810) and St. Irvyne (1811) and the short prose works "The Assassins" (1814), "The Coliseum" (1817) and "Una Favola" (1819). In 2008, he was credited as the co-author of the novel Frankenstein (1818) in a new edition by the Bodleian Library in Oxford and Random House in the U.S. entitled The Original Frankenstein, edited by Charles E. Robinson.

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Thomas Prence
Thomas Prence (1599 – March 29, 1673) was a co-founder of Eastham, Massachusetts, a political leader in both the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies, and governor of Plymouth (1634, 1638, and 1657 - 1673).
Thomas Prence was born in 1599 at Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England a son of Thomas Prence and Elizabeth Tolderby. Thomas emigrated to America in 1621 on the ship Fortune, arriving in Plymouth on November 9, 1621, just a few days after the first Thanksgiving.
Prence married three times. He married as his first wife on August 5, 1624 at Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (the ninth marriage recorded in the colony), Patience Brewster, a passenger on the Anne which arrived in Plymouth in 1623. She was born circa 1600 probably in Scrooby a small village, where her father was born, in the northern part of the English county of Nottinghamshire and died before December 12, 1634 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, of a "pestilent fever." She was a daughter of Elder William Brewster, (c. 1567 - April 10, 1644), the Pilgrim leader and spiritual elder of the Plymouth Colony and a passenger on the Mayflower.

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Lechlade free party 1992

old skool free party news clip from early 90s...

published: 10 Aug 2011

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Lechlade

Sample Location Library 'Places' clip....

published: 24 Sep 2009

author: LLLocationsUK

Village drive Lechlade

A drive through Lechlade on thames Gloucestershire England...

published: 29 Oct 2008

author: David Oakey

Lechlade on Thames

Walk around the village after snowfall on 5th Feb 2009...

published: 05 Feb 2009

author: RubiTusda

Born to Fish Fly fishing Lechlade

Born to Fish, fly fishing Lechlade trout fishery, episode 3 of a ten program series on fly...

published: 24 Oct 2012

author: proangleruk

jummping off lechlade bridge

amir and tom down to there pants again, this time jumping off letchlade bridge.... is ther...

published: 08 May 2007

author: tomweedon

HBBR Lechlade Raid

The home boat builders raid on Beale park boat show June 2009...

published: 11 Jun 2009

author: mikewoold2477

Lechlade & Buscot Floods July 2007

The floods in Lechlade and Buscot in July 2007...

published: 24 Jul 2007

author: 321iain

EPISODE 30 - Horseshoe lake lechlade 48hrs carp fishing

this episode is to mark my 1st year of blogging. im joined by a couple of mates for a bit ...

published: 30 Sep 2012

author: MrCarpking71

The Delightful Tea Rooms at Buscot near Lechlade

This is an excellent Cream Tea Shop not far from the Thames and the Thames Path. The Tea R...

published: 27 Aug 2012

author: zzapper

The Lakes in Lechlade by Cotwold Spa Holidays

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published: 07 Jun 2011

author: benjaminjcox1981

The Lechlade Music Festival May 2011

THE first-ever music festival in Lechlade aims to be a smash hit. The two-day festival, sp...

published: 01 Jun 2011

author: lakesbyyoo

Fly Fishing Lechlade for Monster Trout

WildernessTV are after the fish of a lifetime at Lechlade. It's the Grudge fly fishing mat...

published: 24 Dec 2012

author: techsecmedia

Lechlade (Cotswolds): Cummings Your Way Series 1.5

Cummings Your Way heads south to The Cotswolds on an all too rare hot summer day, where Da...

published: 27 Nov 2012

author: CummingsYourWay

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Aviva is a 68 metres (223 ft) length motor yacht, currently the 80th longest motor yacht in the world.

Steve Jobs' Mega-Yacht Free To Sail After Temporary Reprieve

Newsfactor

24 Dec 2012

Steve Jobs was controversial in life, and now his high-tech mega-yacht is associated with a controversy long after his death. The former Apple CEO's ship was impounded in Amsterdam in the middle of a financial battle over a disputed bill. Phillippe Starck, a French product designer and architect, has alleged that Jobs' heirs owe him 3 million euros for his work on Venus, the 256-foot yacht Jobs commissioned before his death ...   ... ....(size: 2.6Kb)

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Anbetung der Hirten (Adoration of the Shepherds) (c. 1500–10), by Italian painter Giorgio da Castelfranco. Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus to the Virgin Mary as a fulfillment of the Old Testament's Messianic prophecy.

Liberating Burdensome and Tortuous Beasts (An Animal Liberation Theology)

WorldNews.com

24 Dec 2012

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. A deadly silence immediately followed after a bullet penetrated the calf's skull. Against my wishes, Vic had decided against either amputating its leg or contacting a veterinarian-something he reasoned would have been too expensive. The unfortunate calf had slid down into a ravine where its hind leg, which was mangled and torn, became wrapped in barbed wire ... But it was more than a bellow ... 9....(size: 6.3Kb)

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A member of security escorts a U.S. convoy in to the Kabul police headquarters, where a an American advisor was killed in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 24, 2012.

Afghan policewoman kills US adviser in Kabul

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24 Dec 2012

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan policewoman shot and killed an American adviser outside the police headquarters in Kabul on Monday, the latest in a rising tide of insider attacks by Afghans against their foreign allies, senior Afghan officials said. The woman, identified as Afghan police Sgt ... The woman was taken into Afghan custody shortly after the attack ... As many Afghans, the policewoman uses only one name ... Air Force Lt. Col ... Gen ... ....(size: 4.6Kb)

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From left to right, Bahraini Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, United Arab Emirates' Vice President Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Oman's Vice President Fahad bin Mahmoud, Kuwait's Emir Sheik Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Saudi Crown Prince Salam bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Qatar's Crown Prince Sheik Tameem Al Thani, and Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, pose for picture during the Gulf Cooperation Council GCC summit in Sekhir, Bahrain, Monday, Dec. 24, 2012.

GCC states slam Iran interference in region

Al Jazeera

26 Dec 2012

The six Gulf states have sharpened their tone against their neighbour Iran, demanding an immediate halt to its "interference" in their internal affairs while urging action to halt mass killings and violations of international law in Syria ... The council said they "reject and denounce" Iran's "continued interference" in their internal affairs that increase regional tension and threaten security and stability ... 419 Source .. Agencies. Share ... ....(size: 18.7Kb)

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Members of Myanmar Fire Brigade team gather near a damaged Air Bagan passenger plane in Heho, Shan State, Myanmar, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012.

Two killed and 11 injured in Burma emergency landing

BBC News

25 Dec 2012

Two people, including a young child, have been killed and another 11 injured during an emergency landing in Burma, officials say. The Air Bagan plane was carrying more than 60 passengers, many of whom were foreign nationals ... "The cause of the accident is not clear yet ... ....(size: 1.4Kb)

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Will the courts force religious institutions to conduct gay marriages?

The Daily Telegraph

12 Dec 2012

Human rights courts could force all religious institutions to allow gay marriage. 7.00AM GMT 12 Dec 2012. Comments. SIR – If Parliament successfully legislates for gay marriages (even if they are forbidden in Church of England churches), human rights courts will inevitably overrule exemptions of faith communities from conducting marriages in places of worship ... Jonathan Clark. Bournemouth, Dorset ... London NW3 ... Lechlade, Gloucestershire....(size: 18.5Kb)

Flooding update - Monday, 26 November (Tewkesbury Borough Council)

noodls

26 Nov 2012

Flooding update - Monday, 26 November. People across the county are being urged to continue driving with care as significant flooding is still affecting the county's roads. The Environment Agency is predicting river levels to swell overnight with the River Severn being of particular concern ... There has already been some localised flooding in the centre of Tewkesbury as river levels rise ... o A417 at Lechlade, passable with care ... (noodl....(size: 6.9Kb)

Boost in Flood Alleviation Funding is great news for Cotswolds (Cotswold District Council)

noodls

13 Nov 2012

... culvert and ditch improvements in Moreton in Marsh which will significantly reduce the remaining flood risk in the town. The money will also support all the other prioritised improvements required in Chipping Campden, Weston sub Edge, Lechlade, Northleach, Lower Slaughter, Bledington and Blockley where CDC has already set aside funding....(size: 3.4Kb)

Jigsaw Holidays Presents Bowmoor Lodge for Holiday Rental

Yahoo Daily News

07 Nov 2012

Witney-based Luxury Cotswold Cottages agent Jigsaw Holidays today announces the addition of "Bowmoor Lodge" to its portfolio of premium Cotswold Cottages, available for short and medium term rental ... Bowmoor Lodge is a two storey property loced the vilage of Lechlade which offers a King Size 4 poster Master bedroom and en-suite, a twin room and a further two King Size rooms. The lodge also offers a fully fitted kitchen ... prevnext....(size: 11.7Kb)

Gloucestershire NFU welcomes Chinese lantern inquiry

BBC News

02 Nov 2012

An inquiry into the impact of Chinese lanterns on livestock has been welcomed by the leader of the National Farmers' Union in Gloucestershire. Charles Mann said it was "an issue" in the county, and it was a "realistic approach to try to find a solution" ... Farming minister David Heath said ... Owl found dead ... "I myself found one in a horse field near Lechlade ... ....(size: 1.9Kb)

Libraries run by communities in Gloucestershire to open

BBC News

01 Nov 2012

Berkeley, Bream, Brockworth, Lechlade and Mitcheldean libraries will be run by local people instead of the ......(size: 0.6Kb)

Steve Fulcher's suspension: there’s nothing intelligent about this injustice

The Daily Telegraph

22 Oct 2012

Steve Fulcher, the detective who broke the rules to solve a murder, should not have been sanctioned. Career in the balance ... SWNS. By Philip Johnston. 7.21PM BST 22 Oct 2012. Comments ... “Do you want another one?” He then took the investigation team to the exact spot in Gloucestershire, in the remote corner of a field near Lechlade, where years earlier he had buried the body of Rebecca Godden-Edwards ... Related Articles ...   ... View ... ....(size: 16.4Kb)

UK full of doorstep challenges, says guide

The Independent

18 Oct 2012

Tracking mountain gorillas in Uganda, swimming with whale sharks and cycling across the beautiful Himalayan mountains. all these make for once-in-a-lifetime holiday experiences. But just as thrilling is a day spent rowing on England's most famous river, according to a new Lonely Planet guidebook ... The guide recommends that rowers begin their journey down the Thames by starting in Lechlade, Gloucestershire, but advises....(size: 1.9Kb)

CDC provides additional help for communities in an emergency (Cotswold District Council)

noodls

15 Oct 2012

So far - as well as Barnsley - communities in Avening (including Cherington and Tetbury Upton), Baunton, Coates, Coln St Aldwyns, Fairford, Kempsford and Lechlade have completed emergency plans and will be receiving boxes . Other communities are also being encouraged to follow suit to qualify for the Battle Box while stocks last. distributed by ... (noodl. 16234553) ....(size: 3.1Kb)

Terry Hammond's Thames River 'water cycle' for charity

BBC News

06 Oct 2012

A father whose cannabis-smoking son became schizophrenic is 'water cycling' on the River Thames to raise money for a mental health charity. Terry Hammond, 65, from Southampton, is pedalling 142 miles (228.5km) on a floating bicycle from Lechlade, Gloucestershire to Vauxhall, London ... ....(size: 1.4Kb)

RH Transport: new bus operators being sought (Oxfordshire County Council)

noodls

04 Oct 2012

Which routes are affected? ... 18. Clanfield - Bampton - Oxford 19. Carterton - Bampton - Witney 63. Longworth - Eaton - Oxford 64. Carterton- Lechlade - Swindon 67/A. Wantage - Stanford - Faringdon 98. Great Western Park - Didcot 243. Combe - Leafield - Witney 700. Water Eaton - Oxford Hospitals C1. Charlbury Rail Bus X8. Wychwoods - Kingham - Chipping Norton X9 ... Replacement opera tors....(size: 3.4Kb)

RH Transport: details of replacement bus services (Oxfordshire County Council)

noodls

04 Oct 2012

The following services, to replace cancelled RH busses, will be provided by Stagecoach free of charge on Friday October 5 and Saturday October 6. 18. Clanfield - Bampton - Oxford 19. Carterton - Bampton - Witney 63. Longworth - Eaton - Oxford (not the 4.30pm journey from Oxford) 64. Carterton- Lechlade - Swindon 67/A. Wantage - Stanford - Faringdon X8 ... Witney - Charlbury - Chipping Norton (except the late night service) X15 ... 98 ... (noodl....(size: 3.6Kb)

Alex James: No longer any need to emigrate to Provence

The Independent

19 Sep 2012

When I was younger I thought I'd end up in France. Sometimes I still dream of spending a couple of years in Sierra Leone, or Laos, taking a complete change of scenery. But a lot has changed here since Peter Mayle's day. Rural Britain is definitely more of a viable dream now than it was, and there is nowhere I'd rather be ... "My boyfriend has just bought a house in Lechlade." She said. "That's near you ... There are no cool pubs ... ....(size: 11.6Kb)

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Coordinates: 51°41′56″N 1°41′31″W / 51.699°N 1.692°W / 51.699; -1.692

Lechlade
Lechlade Lechlade shown within Gloucestershire
Population	2,759 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	SU2199
District	Cotswold
Shire county	Gloucestershire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Lechlade
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	Great Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Cotswolds
Website	Lechlade-on-Thames official website
List of places: UK • England • Gloucestershire

Lechlade, or Lechlade-on-Thames, is a town at the southern edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England. It is the highest point at which the River Thames is navigable. The town is named after the River Leach that joins the Thames near here.

Lechlade centre.

The town is a popular venue for tourism and river-based activities. There are several pubs, some antique shops, a convenience store, food outlets, a garden centre and a Christmas shop. Near the 15th century Church of England parish church of Saint Lawrence, in the centre of the town, there is a large open space which is now a car park. The main roads through the town are busy, as the town is at the crossroads of the A417 and A361. Where the A361 enters the town from the south it crosses the River Thames on Halfpenny Bridge. Another tributary of the Thames, the River Coln, joins the Thames at the Inglesham Round House.

1 The River Thames
2 Youth facilities
3 Notable people
4 Location
5 External links

The River Thames [link]

River Thames and Lechlade

St John's Lock, near Lechlade.

Lechlade is the highest town to which the River Thames is navigable by relatively large craft including narrowboats. It is possible to travel by river or on foot from here to London. The Halfpenny bridge is therefore the usual start for a water based Thames meander - the term for a long distance journey down the Thames. The Thames Path also continues upstream to the traditional source of the Thames at Thames Head). The river is actually navigable for a short distance further upstream, near the village of Inglesham, where the Thames and Severn Canal joins the River Thames. Rowing boats can reach even further upstream, to Cricklade. Lechlade is a popular resort for Thames boating. Boats of different types can be hired from here, from rowing boats to river cruisers.

The highest lock on the Thames is St John's Lock, at Lechlade, where there is a statue of Old Father Thames overlooking the boating activities. There is a view from St John's Bridge across the lock and the meadows to the spire of St Lawrence's parish church. The River Leach flows into the Thames at St John's Bridge. The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley composed A Summer Evening Churchyard here which includes the lines

Clothing in hues of heaven thy dim and distant spire
Around whose lessening and invisible height
Gather among the stars the clouds of night

Youth facilities [link]

Lechlade has a number of youth activities, most of them centred around the Memorial Hall and the adjacent Lechlade Pavilion Hall.

1970 Squadron, Air Training Corps was founded in the town in 1997. The squadron's membership consists of young people from Lechlade and neighbouring towns such as Fairford and Faringdon. The unit has now^[when?] disbanded and all cadets have been transferred.

1st Lechlade Scout Group can trace its origins back to 1915 when Robert Baden-Powell inspected Scouts from Lechlade and the surrounding area.{see 1915 photo Cotswold Scout District website) Behind the Town Hall are large playing fields, an astro turf pitch, a skate park and a playground.

Notable people [link]

Thomas Prence (1599-1673), emigrated to America in 1621 and was a co-founder of Eastham, Massachusetts, a political leader in both the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colonies, and governor of Plymouth, Massachusetts (1634, 1638, and 1657–1673).

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The River Thames [link]

Youth facilities [link]

Notable people [link]

Location [link]

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