Cirencester

Cirencester is a marketplace metropolis in east Gloucestershire, England, a 130 km west northwest of London. Cirencester lies at the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the biggest metropolis in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural University, the oldest agricultural university within the English-speakme international, founded in 1840. The town's Corinium Museum is widely known for its massive Roman collection.

The Roman call for the city was Corinium, that's idea to had been associated with the ancient British tribe of the Dobunni, having the same root phrase because the River Churn. The earliest recognised connection with the city turned into with the aid of Ptolemy in AD 150. The Church of St. John the Baptist, Cirencester is renowned for its Perpendicular Gothic porch, fan vaults and merchants' tombs. The town additionally has a Roman Catholic Church of St Peter's; the muse stone become laid on 20 June 1895.

Coxwell Street to the north of Market Square is home to the Baptist Church that changed into based in 1651 – making it one of the oldest Baptist church buildings in England. Its current constructing changed into started out in 1856. To the west of the city is Cirencester House, the seat of Earl Bathurst and the web site of one of the best panorama gardens in England, laid out via the first Earl Bathurst after 1714. Abbey House, Cirencester turned into a country house.