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Some Painswick Cottages

Situated at the western end of the Cotswolds is the town of Painswick, 3 miles (5k) north of Stroud and 6 miles (10k) southeast of Gloucester, the town is over looked by Painswick Beacon where the remains of an Iron Age encampment may be found. Around the time of the Domesday Book (1086) it was known as Wyke (from the Old English "wic" = dwelling place"), the Pain was added in the 12th century, possibly after Pain FitzJohn who was the Losr of the Manor. In 1253 Painswick was granted a charte to hold a weekly market, Painswicks prosperity grew, mostly around the cloth making industury, and some 19 mills have been identified along the banks of the Painswick Stream and its tribitaries; although not all were dedicated to cloth making.