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30 June 2012

A return visit to the Cotswold town of Painswick. I last walked around this town nearly 50 years ago when I was at school in Gloucestershire.

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The church of St Mary which dates from Norman times.

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I remember from when I was young that the churchyard contains 99 yew trees. Legend has it that a 100th tree would not grow.

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New Street, constructed around 1428 when the wool and cloth trade was flourishing, contains the oldest building in England to hold a Post Office.

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Looking south down New Street.

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The Falcon Hotel opposite the entrance to the churchyard.

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The entrance gate to the churchyard.