Tewkesbury (gbr)

Tewkesbury

Tewkesbury ranks 14,210th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Rabaul, Riverton / Aparima, and Shepparton. The most famous people from Tewkesbury are Henry Green. The most famous people who died in Tewkesbury are Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, and Edmund Beaufort. Tewkesbury has been the birth place of many writers and the death place of many politicians, and noblemen. Tewkesbury is located in United Kingdom.

Tewkesbury is a market town and civil parish in the north of Gloucestershire, England. The town grew following the construction of Tewkesbury Abbey in the twelfth century and played a significant role in the Wars of the Roses. It stands at the confluence of the River Severn and the River Avon, and thus became an important trading point, which continued as railways and, later, the M5 and M50 motorway connections were established. The town gives its name to the Borough of Tewkesbury, a local government district of Gloucestershire. The town lies on the border with Worcestershire, marked largely by the Carrant Brook. Read more on Wikipedia