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Building with Cotswold Stone

The Cotswolds are a range of limestone hills running over 50 miles in a northeasterly direction from Bath.  The thin soils are difficult to plough but ideal for grazing sheep, and the wealth engendered by the medieval wool trade was poured into building majestic churches and opulent town houses.  Stone quarried from these hills was used to build London's St. Paul's Cathedral, as well as the villages, barns and manor houses that make the landscape so picturesque.

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