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CAR LEASING GLOUCESTERSHIRE
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Gloucestershire Leasing
Did You Know?Gloucestershire Walls Ice Cream factory is the biggest in all of Europe. Built in 1959, there was a major expansion in 1981 when Unilever consolidated all ice cream production in Gloucester with the closing down of its factory in Acton, London The Crecy Window inside Gloucestershire Cathedral is the largest window made of stained-glass window in the UK. It measures in at 12m x 24m and commemorates Gloucestershire knights who fought at the battle of Crecy on the winning side. Gloucestershire has three main landscape areas, a large part of the Cotswolds, the Royal Forest of Dean and the Severn Vale. The Cotswolds take up a large portion of the east and south of the county, The Forest of Dean taking up the west, with the Severn and its valley running between these features. Two well-known Gloucestershire castles Sudeley Castle at Winchcombe and Berkeley Castle have royal connections. Sudley is associated with King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I visited Berkeley Castle. The Romans also loved visiting Gloucestershire, so much, so they stayed and left a heritage and many artefacts and buildings. The Corinium Museum in Cirencester documents Roman life. Roman ruins can be seen in the Gloucester’s Eastgate underground viewing chamber, including the base of a 13th century tower and a horse-pool. The first ever British and Allied jet, the Gloster E28, was designed and built by the Gloster Aircraft Company, with many trial flights taking off from Brockworth airfield. The Cider with Rosie, Laurie Lee 's tale of country life, is set in and around Stroud and the South Cotswolds ? Laurie Lee was born in Stroud, and grew up in nearby Slad. Gloucestershire Cathedral was used in the “Harry Potter” films. The cloisters played the part of the Cloisters at Hogwarts School. The cathedral also hosted the coronation of King Henry III in 1216, who was just nine years old.
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