What is recorded here
This black commemorative plaque records: Known as Beatestret or Betarestret as long ago as 1200, this was the main highway to Gloucester. Many of the cottages were occupied by cloth weavers
Beatestret, an ancient road dating back to at least 1200, served as a primary route to Gloucester and was historically significant for housing many cloth weavers' cottages.
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Places near here
School HouseListed building · 23 yd
Statue of King Henry VIMonument or public art · 35 yd
SchoolListed building · 41 yd
Winchcombe Railway MuseumMuseum · 74 yd
Winchcombe AbbeyScheduled monument · 128 yd
Langley HillMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Stancombe WoodWood · 1.1 mi
St Kenelm's WellOld or holy well · 1.3 mi
Salter's HillMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Belas Knap Long BarrowVisitor information · 1.7 mi
Breakheart PlantationForest · 1.7 mi
Cheltenham Cemetery Chapel and CrematoriumChurch, cross or graveyard · 4.1 miOther information
Photo: Graham Horn on Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0