Thanks for bringing us along, with my arthritis and heart problems I don’t go anywhere anymore, so this is something that really makes my day, great job and a Videos on the cemetery we’re just as good !!
@@internetcensure5849 You just don't get it do you? To the owner, and possibly, to some buyers, it's worth exactly what they are prepared to pay--to obtain what it is, they desire.
@@MobileInstinct2 Stow on the wold is situated high up on the wolds ( hills) with a ancient busy Cross Road at it's centre, and very exposed in Winter.
I went to England on a student trip 50 years ago. England is like every other country, US included. Outside of where elites tend to collect, there's a warm and wonderful country going on. My highlight was Bronte country, the town of Haworth.
@@hx2607 Picked up a steam engine from the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Museum, Haworth station, in the 90s, and you are right, climbing up station rd, by the time I got to the island, my temperature gauge was well into the red! had to stop, and let her cool-down for ten mins.
And now it's all new build Little boxes.I do not like modern houses.This is only the second I have lived in.If an ant sneezes 3 doors down u say bless you.A workman once said he'd seen better built Lego houses.
Great Britain 🇬🇧 retains its historic places so beautifully. The Cotswolds is a magnificent place Id love to live in. The peacefulness and charm is unmatched by anything we have in America. I’m so thankful for your videos Chris 🙏🏻Thank you for this amazing visit 🌟💙🌟
@@ernestj3081 If you believe the Americas have no history, then that's because you can't bother yourself to learn about it. Granted (for the most part) it's not the history of the deplorable caste system & filthy living conditions of the 'medieval' period in Europe, but it's still historic and was more populated than much of Europe. While in modern times, it is true that a lot of developers build a lot of tall towers & business developments over old building sites, they are also required to stop if anything of a historical nature is found so it can be properly dug out, preserved & studied before, if at all, they can restart construction. However, most of out pre-European history was already destroyed by a lot of the first Europeans after Columbus, particularly the French, Spanish, Portuguese and other Catholics, when they tried their damnedest to obliterate what ever historic records, art objects, buildings and other artifacts they found because they considered them 'blasphemous' and heretical. All the while plundering as much gold & other valuable jewels & metals they could carry away.
Reminds me of villages in Germany. Very quaint and homey. Loved it there. Also when I was there back in the early 80's, it always blew my mind how old things are in Europe. I remember on a trip one time ( don't remember where or when) but there was an old cuckoo clock. It had rocks on the chains, the clock was 800 years old!! Hearing the church bell also reminded me of Bitburg where I was stationed.
The Cotswolds is a lovely part of the country. If you're still in the area Bourton-on-the-Water is a place I'd recommend. For such a small village it has so much to do - The Motor Museum, Birdland, the Model Village and the maze, all within about 10 minutes walk at most from each other. And it's a beautiful little place, like most of the towns and villages down that way (I live just over an hour from the area). I'm glad you seem to be enjoying your visit Chris and you sure have brought the weather with you!
yeah he is giving you guys a taste of our American summers. Now imagine that for 4 months ( at least ) every year... Add in miserable humidity and presto feels like an American summer.
Bourton-on-the-Water is indeed beautiful--it can be a bit crowded in summer. Smaller villages worth a visit include Broadway, Upper Slaughter and Lower Slaughter, and Upper Swell and Lower Swell. ("Slaughter" means a marshy or boggy area; the word is related to Slough or Slew.) Also, Burford, the so-called Gateway to the Cotswolds, is beautiful. If you are touring and want to explore a little bit south and east, and also love odd place-names, try the little villages along the Wallop Brook, on a side road from the main road from Salisbury to Winchester. Nether Wallop (yes, that really is its name) is the most picturesque. Thatched cottages alongside a clear brook where wild watercress grows ...
Been there in 1988 and just loved that place. My wife and I took 6 weeks and toured all though the UK but the Cotswolds were unique. We hit that pub as well as the "highest" pub in England (Tan Hill) where the wind was blowing so strong it laid a mini-bus on it's side in the parking lot. Been back over there three times since.
Sadly the last time I was there was in 2001 so I’m loving all of these videos! So many cozy gothic buildings & cottages. Have you gone on a Jack the Ripper tour in the East End? So many amazing old pubs on it. The cobbled roads & gas lights are gorgeous too. Have fun & thanks for sharing!
@Hereandthere andnowinyourface My comment was about England in general. There absolutely IS gothic architecture in England. As you can see I was also talking about the East End, which refers to London. That has nothing to do with this town.
The Cotswolds are full of gems as well as a lot of the south (though I’m a northerner and the north certainly has its own magic 😍) I feel lucky to be so close to the beauty and history in this country. Plus studying medieval history in one of the nearby medieval cities has to be the most magical experience I’ve had, there’s nothing better than taking in the gorgeous settings. Hope you and everyone else that visits has a splendid time! 🇬🇧❤️
I have never been out of Saskatchewan, I watch your amazing videos and I just love your videos. Thanks for taking us along to places where some of us have never been before.
The Cotswolds beautiful area with the yellowish stone buildings, is THE most expensive place to live in, in England. My family had to go up to Herefordshire - and it is STUNNING countryside with villages around there with a church built by Henry de Lacey who built the churches circa 1130 onwards, as did his son another Henry de Lacey. Now THAT is old even to use. They have medieval paintings frescoed on the inside walls of these churches, faded but STILL there! Wikipedia the de Lacey Norman family!
And I'm a Brit living in the US for 40 yrs, so it's nice to visit a few old Brtiish villages to remember the feeling of that life, and enjoy the differences that are somehow so much more calm & less phrenetic than current American goings on. Of course what's happening right now in 2022 in the US is not normal life - things have gone haywire, but we hope for the restoration of good sense & decency some time soon ! A certain person needs to be removed from public life & then things will be restored I believe !
Well done! I'm so glad for this - been donkey's years since I was in Stow - the little alleys are for sorting & counting the sheep, back in the Middle Ages when sheep was king in this neighbourhood & they would sell them in the market square. Thanks so much for going in the Porch House, that door is incredible. You probably could have asked someone there if there is any remains of the original structure - the fire place is lovely but obviously younger - but would be interesting to have seen if there are any visible remains. I'm sure it's here that there used to be an amazing bakery - but could be Burton - there are SOOOO many amazing towns & villages to explore here, take you the rest of the year to check them all out methinks! Have fun & keep cool - remember to check out the local ale & eats!
All around the Cotswolds is my favourite part of England, you should go to Castle Comb it is the prettiest town they say, it’s stunning all the old buildings like this, and it’s been used in many movies!
The alleys are referred to as a “mews “, the houses over the walkway is a “ flying freehold”. Stow on the Wold is a Mecca for antique shoppers. on Saturdays the town square is a madhouse of tourists and bus tours of visitors. You can it on a very rare quite time. My family is buried in the churchyard in view of the famous “tree door”
A large entrance like the one at 1:41 and 5:36 on a pub/inn is usually one the coach and horses would use. Passengers would stay overnight and continue their coach journey in the morning.
Took me by surprise when the video just stopped suddenly. 🤔 I loved the tour of that beautiful town! I'm surprised there aren't cobblestone streets. And that Inn was amazing! Thanks for sharing. 👍❤️
The old cobblestones were bad for modern car suspension so most have been removed from places with a lot of traffic. The Royal Mile in Edinburgh is the exception. If you look closely at the ground at the start of this video you can see that it has a modern, very smooth, cobbled surface. Brick rather than stone. That and the double yellow lines at the roadside for no parking tells me it's a pedestrianised area. Traffic will be limited, particularly during the day, to deliveries only. Historic cobbles aren't wheelchair and pushchair friendly. This feels a bit strange to me but it's what has been happening all over GB in recent decades. The street is too empty. In times past, business owners would have literally lived above their shop. That would have meant children playing and adults socialising outside business hours.
hey man, I would recommend heading down to the southwest - Cornwall and Devon are super interesting. If you can check out an old town called Milton Combe, it's pretty near an old RAF base called Harrowbeer, and the home that Francis Drake used to live in
We normally enjoy your films of trips to interesting corners of the US - imagine our double-take to see you pottering round somewhere (relatively) just down the road! Are you travelling by train or braving right-hand-drive and roundabouts?
The Alley ways are called 'ginels' where i come from, we have many slang words that go back thousands of years, so much history in a small place, thanks for sharing my homeland! :)
I simply love the Cotswolds Chris. As an American myself, I to have visited Stow On The Wold. Its beautiful. Another Interesting place I love to Is a place called Bourton On The Water. You`re not that far away. It has a river running through the village and bridges above them. Its pretty. I believe the Cotswolds has something to do with the Stone Color and Its Architecture. Kate Winslet lives somewhere In the Cotswolds plus other Celebs. Don`t you just love History? I do.
Two main areas where there are very beautiful small towns and villages that retain a lot of old buildings, with an overall harmony of architecture, are the Cotswolds and East Anglia. Both were of importance in the sheep raising/wool yarn producing/weaving industry that was important to England's economy in the Middle Ages and Tudor periods. The towns became rich and could afford handsome churches and municipal buildings, as well as homes and shops. Then when the cloth industry declined in importance population did not grow, and new building declined, so the old town centers remained very much unchanged. The beauty of the honey-colored Cotswold stone that you mention was important in creating the harmonious blend of buildings. Chipping Camden is another, similar market town. Lavenham in Suffolk is an example of a beautiful old town in East Anglia.
947AD WOW!!! Go southeast almost to the water is Cornwall and you'll be where my family originated from. There and South Wales, I'd love to visit someday. Good stuff brother Thanks. God Bless
We use to live near here when I was young. Our doctors,bakers and butchers were all in this style and age of property. Nowadays many of these places are like theme parks.
Hi Mobile Instinct, great videos as always. A small piece of info for you, every city, town, & village in the UK has in it's centre a monument to the men from that area who fought in the first world war. Every city, town, & village has one and they all contain the names of the men who served. Many smaller towns & villages lost many if not all the men from that area ending generations of families. If you look you will find them. They look almost like the civil war one in this video. Thanks for the awesome content on both your channels dude.
A couple of points. Firstly, UK war memorials typically feature the names of those that died. Those who served but were not killed are remembered of course, but their names are not usually found on war memorials. Secondly, it is not true that "many" towns and villages lost "all" their men. That would be highly unusual. The idea that there was a "lost generation" is actually a romantic myth, not that I'm trying in any way to under-sell the sacrifice many families in the UK made during the Great War, mine included.
The older name for Stow, and still the name for part of the town is Maugersbury. The - bury part is Saxon for strong place, like German burg, Mauger would be the Celtic holder of the fort at the time of the Saxon takeover.
Sidewalk glass right in the beginning. Cool. Glass was put into sidewalks to shine light into basement by bouncing it off a mirror underground. Not much of it left in the US
I'm waiting for hip surgery. Haven't been able to walk for almost three years. So these videos allow me to get out of the house and explore different countries! Thank you.
You walked round Stow first thing in the morning,and shops open at 9am. Bin collection day too. In the Summer it’s heaving with visitors and in the Winter it’s deserted. It’s now a tourist town,all the locals shop in Cheltenham.
Have you been to the lake district yet or bath in somerset both amazing but lake district best area of uk, like ambleside truly beautiful or kendal also
Stow on the wold is local to me and I quite often pop over there for a Sunday lunch, I was having one in the porch once when a book flew off the shelf and landed in the middle of the room, I don't even belive in ghosts but that spooked me a little.
Living in an old medieval town links you to history..... I moved from the UK to Brittany 19 years ago. My house is older than the USA and my local town, Josselin, is just full of medieval buildings and a beautiful chateau.. I feel so lucky to live here.
Hi , those narrow ally ways are for the farmers back in the day would steer there sheep down it to market they are narrow so the farmer could count his sheep as they came through . 🙂
Once there was a YHA here and me and my Dad stayed in it. It was old and dark but it had a lot of charm. That was in the olden days when they handed out what they called "sleeping sheets" and you just had to make do. All gone now, I'm afraid.
What a sad story that they don't care for their precious history. My son and his family live in Colchester, rich in British history. My heart is aching to visit them. Greetings from SA.
Oh I live 5 mins from there!!! Just up the road!!! 😃 hope you got to see the most photographed door in the cotswolds in the churchyard there. Stunning. 😍
I know that many in the UK would love to visit America but I wouldn’t doubt that more of we -Americans want to visit the UK. The age of things to us is quite mind blowing. Probably 220 years is the oldest structure I’ve ever been in.
My sister lived for 25 years in a mid 1700s farmhouse, my late partner grew up in a mid 1700s cottage, and my brother has lived in a late Georgian (c.1800) property for about 25 years. About 25% of the UK's housing stock is over 100 years old, and a lot of that 200+ years. Living in quite old properties is normal, and the majority of people will live in an older home at some point in their lives.
Are there any instances, that you know of, in this town of time slips where someone walked into a store and momentarily experienced the store of the past? Just asking.
Thanks for bringing us along, with my arthritis and heart problems I don’t go anywhere anymore, so this is something that really makes my day, great job and a Videos on the cemetery we’re just as good !!
Thanks Jim!
@@MobileInstinct2 £325,000 for a shabby two-storied building in a small English town, overpriced as usual.🤣
6-feet doors would fit most US males.
You are not alone me too stay safe.
@@internetcensure5849 You just don't get it do you? To the owner, and possibly, to some buyers, it's worth exactly what they are prepared to pay--to obtain what it is, they desire.
I’d never leave this place! It’s just stunning and quiet and peaceful…everything about it is so incredible.
I'd love to live there
@@MobileInstinct2 Stow on the wold is situated high up on the wolds ( hills) with a ancient busy Cross Road at it's centre, and very exposed in Winter.
‘ Stow in the Wold’ where the wind blows cold - famous saying !
For a 1000 years old it's amazing how it looks still 😊
most of that town is 400-500 years old, but parts date back as far as 2000 years ago
I've always wanted to go to England. Incredible history and beauty. Thanks Chris. I envy you ❤️
I went to England on a student trip 50 years ago. England is like every other country, US included. Outside of where elites tend to collect, there's a warm and wonderful country going on. My highlight was Bronte country, the town of Haworth.
@@frankbolger39692 minutes near me...Lovely little STEEP village....
@@hx2607 You are a very lucky soul. I spent much of my time in the church cemetery on a cool, dark windy day. Magical!
Come and see us! 😊
@@hx2607 Picked up a steam engine from the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Museum, Haworth station, in the 90s, and you are right, climbing up station rd, by the time I got to the island, my temperature gauge was well into the red! had to stop, and let her cool-down for ten mins.
The brickwork on those buildings are beautiful, truly works of art
And now it's all new build Little boxes.I do not like modern houses.This is only the second I have lived in.If an ant sneezes 3 doors down u say bless you.A workman once said he'd seen better built Lego houses.
Great Britain 🇬🇧 retains its historic places so beautifully. The Cotswolds is a magnificent place Id love to live in. The peacefulness and charm is unmatched by anything we have in America. I’m so thankful for your videos Chris 🙏🏻Thank you for this amazing visit 🌟💙🌟
It's not that America can't match the charm. It's that you are subconsciously remembering your past life there with nostalgia. ;-)
@@conniewilkinson9347 American doesn’t have the History. And if they did, they’d knock it down and build a glass tower😡😢
@@ernestj3081 If you believe the Americas have no history, then that's because you can't bother yourself to learn about it. Granted (for the most part) it's not the history of the deplorable caste system & filthy living conditions of the 'medieval' period in Europe, but it's still historic and was more populated than much of Europe. While in modern times, it is true that a lot of developers build a lot of tall towers & business developments over old building sites, they are also required to stop if anything of a historical nature is found so it can be properly dug out, preserved & studied before, if at all, they can restart construction.
However, most of out pre-European history was already destroyed by a lot of the first Europeans after Columbus, particularly the French, Spanish, Portuguese and other Catholics, when they tried their damnedest to obliterate what ever historic records, art objects, buildings and other artifacts they found because they considered them 'blasphemous' and heretical. All the while plundering as much gold & other valuable jewels & metals they could carry away.
There are very quaint neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Boston, Savannah, etc. They are not 1,000 years old, but are >250 years old and very pretty.
Reminds me of villages in Germany. Very quaint and homey. Loved it there. Also when I was there back in the early 80's, it always blew my mind how old things are in Europe. I remember on a trip one time ( don't remember where or when) but there was an old cuckoo clock. It had rocks on the chains, the clock was 800 years old!! Hearing the church bell also reminded me of Bitburg where I was stationed.
Your videos are not only so very interesting to watch but for us history buffs you feed us with information we love to hear❤️
The Cotswolds is a lovely part of the country. If you're still in the area Bourton-on-the-Water is a place I'd recommend. For such a small village it has so much to do - The Motor Museum, Birdland, the Model Village and the maze, all within about 10 minutes walk at most from each other. And it's a beautiful little place, like most of the towns and villages down that way (I live just over an hour from the area). I'm glad you seem to be enjoying your visit Chris and you sure have brought the weather with you!
yeah he is giving you guys a taste of our American summers. Now imagine that for 4 months ( at least ) every year... Add in miserable humidity and presto feels like an American summer.
@@chadmiller2224 😁
Bourton-on-the-Water is indeed beautiful--it can be a bit crowded in summer. Smaller villages worth a visit include Broadway, Upper Slaughter and Lower Slaughter, and Upper Swell and Lower Swell. ("Slaughter" means a marshy or boggy area; the word is related to Slough or Slew.) Also, Burford, the so-called Gateway to the Cotswolds, is beautiful. If you are touring and want to explore a little bit south and east, and also love odd place-names, try the little villages along the Wallop Brook, on a side road from the main road from Salisbury to Winchester. Nether Wallop (yes, that really is its name) is the most picturesque. Thatched cottages alongside a clear brook where wild watercress grows ...
How blessed you are to live there.... My heart is just aching to visit my two children who live in the UK. Greetings from SA.
@@liz0707 I hope you can come over soon. You are very welcome 🙂
Been there in 1988 and just loved that place. My wife and I took 6 weeks and toured all though the UK but the Cotswolds were unique. We hit that pub as well as the "highest" pub in England (Tan Hill) where the wind was blowing so strong it laid a mini-bus on it's side in the parking lot. Been back over there three times since.
Sadly the last time I was there was in 2001 so I’m loving all of these videos! So many cozy gothic buildings & cottages. Have you gone on a Jack the Ripper tour in the East End? So many amazing old pubs on it. The cobbled roads & gas lights are gorgeous too. Have fun & thanks for sharing!
@Hereandthere andnowinyourface There is a lot of gothic architecture in England as well as cottages. I didn’t mean to be confusing???
@Hereandthere andnowinyourface My comment was about England in general. There absolutely IS gothic architecture in England. As you can see I was also talking about the East End, which refers to London. That has nothing to do with this town.
@@TraceB yes, there is plenty of gothic architecture in England. You would like the old churches.
@@nigelgreaves2027 I’ve been there a few times & yes they are gorgeous!
It was a hoax.
It's so amazing that you can share this when you're in another country! England is on my bucket list! Thanks for sharing Chris!❤️
The Cotswolds are full of gems as well as a lot of the south (though I’m a northerner and the north certainly has its own magic 😍) I feel lucky to be so close to the beauty and history in this country. Plus studying medieval history in one of the nearby medieval cities has to be the most magical experience I’ve had, there’s nothing better than taking in the gorgeous settings. Hope you and everyone else that visits has a splendid time! 🇬🇧❤️
I have never been out of Saskatchewan, I watch your amazing videos and I just love your videos. Thanks for taking us along to places where some of us have never been before.
What a set of knockers.... why thank you. What a lovely town this is.
That is a beautiful area, I would love to live there.
The Cotswolds beautiful area with the yellowish stone buildings, is THE most expensive place to live in, in England. My family had to go up to Herefordshire - and it is STUNNING countryside with villages around there with a church built by Henry de Lacey who built the churches circa 1130 onwards, as did his son another Henry de Lacey. Now THAT is old even to use. They have medieval paintings frescoed on the inside walls of these churches, faded but STILL there! Wikipedia the de Lacey Norman family!
Come and visit!!
As an American who worked in England for 25+ years in nursing, I consider England my second home.. great your.. thanks Chris
And I'm a Brit living in the US for 40 yrs, so it's nice to visit a few old Brtiish villages to remember the feeling of that life, and enjoy the differences that are somehow so much more calm & less phrenetic than current American goings on. Of course what's happening right now in 2022 in the US is not normal life - things have gone haywire, but we hope for the restoration of good sense & decency some time soon ! A certain person needs to be removed from public life & then things will be restored I believe !
Well done! I'm so glad for this - been donkey's years since I was in Stow - the little alleys are for sorting & counting the sheep, back in the Middle Ages when sheep was king in this neighbourhood & they would sell them in the market square. Thanks so much for going in the Porch House, that door is incredible. You probably could have asked someone there if there is any remains of the original structure - the fire place is lovely but obviously younger - but would be interesting to have seen if there are any visible remains. I'm sure it's here that there used to be an amazing bakery - but could be Burton - there are SOOOO many amazing towns & villages to explore here, take you the rest of the year to check them all out methinks! Have fun & keep cool - remember to check out the local ale & eats!
My secondary school was founded in 700AD. Some of the teachers we're the original founders. Or so we thought.
All around the Cotswolds is my favourite part of England, you should go to Castle Comb it is the prettiest town they say, it’s stunning all the old buildings like this, and it’s been used in many movies!
Thank you so very much for the wonderful walk through in Stow, very very enjoyable ☺️
Welcome to England Chris ! 🇬🇧
The porch house is a cozy looking place. Winter time with the fireplaces roaring and a hot meal. Perfect 👌
You were hilarious in this video I think it's coziness had you feeling relaxed.
Thanks for another great video. Big fan from Canada 🇨🇦. I've watched all your UA-cam videos from both your UA-cam videos.
The alleys are referred to as a “mews “, the houses over the walkway is a “ flying freehold”. Stow on the Wold is a Mecca for antique shoppers. on Saturdays the town square is a madhouse of tourists and bus tours of visitors. You can it on a very rare quite time. My family is buried in the churchyard in view of the famous “tree door”
Further north mews are called ginnels
A large entrance like the one at 1:41 and 5:36 on a pub/inn is usually one the coach and horses would use. Passengers would stay overnight and continue their coach journey in the morning.
Thank you for sharing and taking me to a place that I wouldn’t have seen otherwise. Beautiful and so very interesting! 👍🇨🇦
This town absolutely fascinates me and I feel as if I am walking with you on the adventure. Thank you
Great video! Been there, and Lower Slaughter is worth a visit also. Great to see the E type Jag!
Isn't it strange that really nice places in the UK never have Mosques or Kebab takeaways.
Took me by surprise when the video just stopped suddenly. 🤔 I loved the tour of that beautiful town! I'm surprised there aren't cobblestone streets. And that Inn was amazing! Thanks for sharing. 👍❤️
There are cobblestone streets here 🥰
The old cobblestones were bad for modern car suspension so most have been removed from places with a lot of traffic. The Royal Mile in Edinburgh is the exception.
If you look closely at the ground at the start of this video you can see that it has a modern, very smooth, cobbled surface. Brick rather than stone. That and the double yellow lines at the roadside for no parking tells me it's a pedestrianised area. Traffic will be limited, particularly during the day, to deliveries only. Historic cobbles aren't wheelchair and pushchair friendly.
This feels a bit strange to me but it's what has been happening all over GB in recent decades. The street is too empty. In times past, business owners would have literally lived above their shop. That would have meant children playing and adults socialising outside business hours.
@@michellebyrom6551 Ah, the good ole days. 😊
"I look like such a tourist right now filming this"
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I bet that Porch Inn is haunted, I'm amazed how old these buildings are and still standing and being used.🤠
ha ha yes!
hey man, I would recommend heading down to the southwest - Cornwall and Devon are super interesting. If you can check out an old town called Milton Combe, it's pretty near an old RAF base called Harrowbeer, and the home that Francis Drake used to live in
there's also a ghost town that was taken over by the military in Dorset, called Tyneham
We normally enjoy your films of trips to interesting corners of the US - imagine our double-take to see you pottering round somewhere (relatively) just down the road!
Are you travelling by train or braving right-hand-drive and roundabouts?
Surprised he never responded to you. You live in a lovely part of the world!
Cozy Charming Mystical ...a gift in today's world 💛 Thank you Chris for the gift of travel thru your eyes.
The Alley ways are called 'ginels' where i come from, we have many slang words that go back thousands of years, so much history in a small place, thanks for sharing my homeland! :)
Thanks for showing us the Porch house. That was amazing. All of that stone and brick work is fantastic. I love the archetecture.
That beautiful golden stone is typical of the Cotswolds. It really is a beautiful place to be.
I simply love the Cotswolds Chris. As an American myself, I to have visited Stow On The Wold. Its beautiful. Another Interesting place I love to Is a place called Bourton On The Water. You`re not that far away. It has a river running through the village and bridges above them. Its pretty. I believe the Cotswolds has something to do with the Stone Color and Its Architecture. Kate Winslet lives somewhere In the Cotswolds plus other Celebs. Don`t you just love History? I do.
Two main areas where there are very beautiful small towns and villages that retain a lot of old buildings, with an overall harmony of architecture, are the Cotswolds and East Anglia. Both were of importance in the sheep raising/wool yarn producing/weaving industry that was important to England's economy in the Middle Ages and Tudor periods. The towns became rich and could afford handsome churches and municipal buildings, as well as homes and shops. Then when the cloth industry declined in importance population did not grow, and new building declined, so the old town centers remained very much unchanged. The beauty of the honey-colored Cotswold stone that you mention was important in creating the harmonious blend of buildings. Chipping Camden is another, similar market town. Lavenham in Suffolk is an example of a beautiful old town in East Anglia.
947AD WOW!!! Go southeast almost to the water is Cornwall and you'll be where my family originated from. There and South Wales, I'd love to visit someday. Good stuff brother Thanks. God Bless
Kernow bys vkyen.I miss Cornwall sooo much.
@@susanmccormick6022 God Bless
I love this, alternative title: "American Explores Town 3x Older Than The United States of America".
The Cotswold area is so beautiful, hope to visit there myself some day
How wonderful it must be to live your life in such a place.
It great to see you appreciate such a beautiful country like that i really enjoyed the video
I adore England and the city wall cottages are beautiful, hopefully you get to visit there.
We use to live near here when I was young. Our doctors,bakers and butchers were all in this style and age of property. Nowadays many of these places are like theme parks.
I grew up in the area and can remember Stow before it became a theme park.
Enjoy your time there . Be safe :) love the video ❤️
Hope your enjoying England Chris I’m next door in Ireland 🇮🇪 👍 great video as always
Thank you Chris loving the tour of England.
Love looking at the knockers! Ha ha... You Rock, Chris! Keep up the excellent work!
Hi Mobile Instinct, great videos as always. A small piece of info for you, every city, town, & village in the UK has in it's centre a monument to the men from that area who fought in the first world war. Every city, town, & village has one and they all contain the names of the men who served. Many smaller towns & villages lost many if not all the men from that area ending generations of families. If you look you will find them. They look almost like the civil war one in this video. Thanks for the awesome content on both your channels dude.
A couple of points. Firstly, UK war memorials typically feature the names of those that died. Those who served but were not killed are remembered of course, but their names are not usually found on war memorials. Secondly, it is not true that "many" towns and villages lost "all" their men. That would be highly unusual. The idea that there was a "lost generation" is actually a romantic myth, not that I'm trying in any way to under-sell the sacrifice many families in the UK made during the Great War, mine included.
@@nickmiller76 Yes this is very true. War memorials have only the names of those who died in WW1 and WW11.
There are a few villages in Britain that did not lose any men in WW1 and at least one that didn't lose any in both wars
In fact there's older stuff my friend, its built on a celtic hillfort and there's a roman spring still flowing, so maybe a 3000 year old town.
The older name for Stow, and still the name for part of the town is Maugersbury. The - bury part is Saxon for strong place, like German burg, Mauger would be the Celtic holder of the fort at the time of the Saxon takeover.
Thank you for your footwork.. fantastic video.
There are a few pubs in UK that claim to be the oldest, There is one in St Albans claims to be from 8th Century
Sidewalk glass right in the beginning. Cool. Glass was put into sidewalks to shine light into basement by bouncing it off a mirror underground. Not much of it left in the US
Thanks for sharing Chris we do have some beautiful places in England with lots of history 👊👍🇬🇧🇺🇸
That hotel didn’t miss Mary & Joseph by all that many years. Was there a Stable outback?
Nice place. Thanks for taking us in the oldest building. I wanted to see it so bad an then you went in! Wonderful video. Thank you
I'm waiting for hip surgery. Haven't been able to walk for almost three years. So these videos allow me to get out of the house and explore different countries! Thank you.
You go to the most interesting and beautiful places. I have always wanted to go to Great Britain. Have fun for me too..😊
What a treat to stroll around and not rush. Very charming. My girlfriend who wants to move back will love this video. Thanks Chris.
You walked round Stow first thing in the morning,and shops open at 9am. Bin collection day too. In the Summer it’s heaving with visitors and in the Winter it’s deserted. It’s now a tourist town,all the locals shop in Cheltenham.
Chris has arrived in old timber & doors paradise 😌
That was really awesome. I love your videos so cool.
how far north you headed? you should check out york
2:04 I almost spit my coffee ALL OVER my laptop when you said that. Awesome video!
More please. This is incredible
So close to my home, I did try to reach out but didn’t hear back. I hope you enjoyed England chris
5:08 1646???? WOW NO ELECTRICITY THEN!!
I always watch your new content on Mondays during work break.
Have you been to the lake district yet or bath in somerset both amazing but lake district best area of uk, like ambleside truly beautiful or kendal also
What an awesome adventure you’re on!!
Stow on the wold is local to me and I quite often pop over there for a Sunday lunch, I was having one in the porch once when a book flew off the shelf and landed in the middle of the room, I don't even belive in ghosts but that spooked me a little.
You should try to visit Windsor and Eton
Lots of history and beautiful buildings. I would be happy to show you around my hometown 👍🏻
Living in an old medieval town links you to history.....
I moved from the UK to Brittany 19 years ago. My house is older than the USA and my local town, Josselin, is just full of medieval buildings and a beautiful chateau..
I feel so lucky to live here.
Very good video Chris and thanks for sharing!
Great footage! Amazing Place
Charming, and so clean!
Love your channel! I'm addicted. 👍
Went past Stow on the train between London and Oxford. Sorry I never got off and looked around!!
Totally awesome thanks.
Would LOVE to own a slate roofed ,ivy covered, stone walled cottage ANYWHERE in England!!
Love this 600 year old town. Would love to live there.
Yes great video of a town from the past. Boy narrow alleys. Well different from what i am used too in America.
Hi , those narrow ally ways are for the farmers back in the day would steer there sheep down it to market they are narrow so the farmer could count his sheep as they came through . 🙂
Once there was a YHA here and me and my Dad stayed in it. It was old and dark but it had a lot of charm. That was in the olden days when they handed out what they called "sleeping sheets" and you just had to make do. All gone now, I'm afraid.
I am sorry to hear the old youth hostels are "all gone"--nation-wide or just in Stow? I have fond memories of youth hosteling back in the early 1960s!
Wow beautiful and clean. Not a piece of trash on the roadside.
Been to the Cotswolds many times. Check out Lower Slaughter. Magnificent
1831 was when Youngs Brewery was formed in Wandsworth, South London (now owned and brewed by a Midlands based Brewery)
Hi, if you can check out Colchester, my home town. Full of history but a shame the local council doesn’t expose it more. Have a great time in the UK.
I’m willing to give you a guided personal tour around Roman Colchester.
What a sad story that they don't care for their precious history. My son and his family live in Colchester, rich in British history. My heart is aching to visit them. Greetings from SA.
I think I’ve been to an older pub….i think it was called the Skirrid at Abergavenny…i think they used to hang people there…
Oh I live 5 mins from there!!! Just up the road!!! 😃 hope you got to see the most photographed door in the cotswolds in the churchyard there. Stunning. 😍
I live in South Cerney.
Great video! Only thing missing IMO, is interaction with some of the locals. Any particular reason why not?, just curious
I know that many in the UK would love to visit America but I wouldn’t doubt that more of we -Americans want to visit the UK. The age of things to us is quite mind blowing. Probably 220 years is the oldest structure I’ve ever been in.
My sister lived for 25 years in a mid 1700s farmhouse, my late partner grew up in a mid 1700s cottage, and my brother has lived in a late Georgian (c.1800) property for about 25 years.
About 25% of the UK's housing stock is over 100 years old, and a lot of that 200+ years. Living in quite old properties is normal, and the majority of people will live in an older home at some point in their lives.
Just when you think the town couldn’t get better, then you hear the church bells.
Chris, you missed the "rim shot" with the knockers line ---
Beautiful wonders , nice appreciate it so much, Thank you
Are there any instances, that you know of, in this town of time slips where someone walked into a store and momentarily experienced the store of the past? Just asking.
I would love to live in England or places like this for sure!! Such history and not everything just built yesterday. LOVE THIS TOWN