Districts of England
'The River Thames'—3
The Great Days of the Cotswolds ' EILEEN POWER (Professor of Economic
History in the University of London)
Last week Professor Eileen Power told you about the Cotswolds under Roman rule. Today she is to describe the Great Days of the Cotswolds. The sheep-farmers of the Middle Ages ; the monasteries-Gloucester Abbey, Hayles Abbey, and Winchcombe. The ' woolmen ' ; Northleach and its church; brasses. A wool merchant of Campden and his house ; market halls and pack horses. The cloth trade ; and old Cotswold mills.
There will be many things for you to ot down in your notebooks while you listen to this talk. Things about woo and things about mills. Is there a mill standing in your district ? ... Why is the Lord Chancellor's seat in the House of Lords called the Woolsack ? What are ' tithes ' that we hear so much about today ? Were there ever monasteries in your district where the monks carried on agriculture or sheep-farming ?