Tewkesbury

Tewkesbury, a market-town of Gloucestershire, is at the junction of the Avon and Severn, 8 miles N.W. of Cheltenham, 10 N.E. of Gloucester, and 15 S.E. of Worcester. The cruciform church which was formerly a Benedictine abbey is 317 feet long and 124 feet across the transepts, and has a tower 123 feet high. It was restored in 1875-79, and, while in the main Norman, has Early English, Decorated, and Perpendicular features the west front being especially notable. The murdered Prince Edward, son of Henry VI. was buried here, and there is a tablet to the author of John Halifax. Other bulldings are the town hall, exchange, and grammar school, and there is an iron bridge - by Telford - over the Severn. Tewkesbury is the centre of an agricultural district, and was the sscene of a battle in 1471 during the Wars of the Roses.