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Description: | Now ringed by late 20th-century housing, medieval Newent belonged to the Abbey of Cormeilles in Normandy from the Conquest until 1411. Following the granting of a market charter in 1253, the town became noted for a variety of trades including tanning, candle making and butchery and was popular with Welsh drovers on their way to the livestock market in Gloucester. This 1951 view east along Church Street toward St. Mary's shows the town's typically medieval layout. | Subjects: | Aerial View Townscape | Source: | English Heritage - Viewfinder | Creator: | Wingham, H A | Identifier: | http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.u... | Language: | en | Go to resource |
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