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The Ford, Nettleham, Lincolnshire.

Nettleham

in the county of Lincolnshire

Pictures of Kempsford

in the county of Gloucestershire

About Kempsford

Revered as the birthplace of John Arkell, founder of Arkell's Brewery, who was born here in 1802, this picturesque village is also at the division of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire which are divided by the waters of the Thames. The Arkell family estate takes up most of the land in the area and it is therefore unsurprising to find the Arkell name hanging on local pub signs. At either end of the village there is a pub, the atmospheric George was built by John Arkell in 1861 and the Axe and Compass seems to have been created from a row of cottages of roughly the same period.

Kempsford is a pretty place where buildings from the past sit harmoniously with those of the present day. There are attractive canal-side Victorian cottages, beautiful houses from the 17th-century and romantic Kempsford Manor dates from the 18th-century. St.Mary's church is of interest and shows much work from the Norman period, the vicarage though dates from the 16th-century. According to history, a 12th-century castle once stood on the spot where there is now a substantial farmhouse.

The peace of this quaint English village is disturbed at times by the departure and arrival of heavy aircraft at nearby R.A.F Fairford. None-the-less, this pretty Thames-side village with its attractive bridge and quaint English pubs, is well worth a visit.

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This is the mill at Fairford, on a sunny summer day 2004.

Fairford (57 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of Gloucestershire

(2.4 miles, 3.9 km, direction N of Kempsford)

Fairford was granted a market charter in the year 1135 but it is believed that village has its origins way back in the Bronze Age. Its beautiful church is world famous for having the most complete set of Medieval stained glass windows of any parish church in the United Kingdom..

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Lechlade (38 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of Gloucestershire

(3.7 miles, 6.0 km, direction E of Kempsford)

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Coln St Aldwyns (4 Pictures) in the county of Gloucestershire

(5.1 miles, 8.2 km, direction N of Kempsford)

This village in the fertile Coln Valley has the prestige of being one of the 10 most desirable villages in England...

Bibury, Gloucestershire

Bibury (132 Pictures) a Picturesque Village in the county of Gloucestershire

(6.3 miles, 10.2 km, direction NW of Kempsford)

William Morris, the 19th-century artist and poet thought Bibury to be the most beautiful village in England...

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Cirencester (85 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of Gloucestershire

(8.9 miles, 14.4 km, direction W of Kempsford)

Originally known in Roman times as Corinium Dobunorum, the town of Cirencester in those far off day's was the second largest town in England...

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Vale of White Horse (8 Pictures)

(8.0 miles, 12.9 km, direction SE)

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(10.5 miles, 16.8 km, direction SE)

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Tolsey Museum (1 Pictures)

(10.9 miles, 17.5 km, direction NE)

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Burford Church (24 Pictures)

(11.0 miles, 17.7 km, direction NE)

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(11.9 miles, 19.1 km, direction NW)

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(12.2 miles, 19.6 km, direction SE)

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Minster Lovell Hall & Dovecote (13 Pictures)

(13.8 miles, 22.2 km, direction NE)

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