In 1549, King Henry VIII ordered that Cirencester Abbey, which at the time was 400 years old, was pulled down. The rubble from the demolition was used in the town’s new buildings.
Cirencester is known for...
Cirencester is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles (150 km) west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. The town’s Corinium Museum is well known for its extensive Roman collection.
The Roman name for the town was Corinium, which is thought to have been associated with the ancient British tribe of the Dobunni, having the same root word as the River Churn.
