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7 miles north-east of Cirencester you will find the village of Bibury. William Morris, the 19the century artist and poet, thought Bibury the most beautiful village in England.
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The slow moving River Coln snakes between wooded banks, and is spanned by a road bridge dating back to 1770. On the bank of the mill stream, which flows into the river, stands a terrace of gabled and stone-tiled cottages called Arlington Row. The cottages were converted from a 14th century sheephouse in the early 17th century to house weavers supplying cloth for the nearby Arlington Mill. This was built in the 17th century and was both a cloth and corn mill. It then became the village museum and is now a private residence. Next door to this is the trout farm which is open to the public.
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The centre of Bibury is the square which is overlooked by the Saxon Church of St. Mary and some more rather lovely houses.
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Fun facts: Henry Ford thought Arlington Row was an icon of England. On a trip to the Cotswolds he tried to buy the entire row of houses to ship back to Michigan so that he could include them in Greenfield Village, the outdoor Ford Museum. Bibury has also provided the backdrop for numerous movies, including Stardust and Bridget Jones’s Diary.
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Have you been yet? There are plenty more beautiful villages that surround Bibury. I’ll pop a link to my Cotswolds guide for all the best places in my bio ❤
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Happy Sunday!
