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A district of Gloucestershire is named [[Cotswold (district)|Cotswold]] after the region.
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The underlying rock is a yellow [[oolite|oolitic]] [[limestone]], and the area is characterised by attractive small [[town]]s and [[village]]s built of this local stone. The area is particularly good for [[sheep]] [[grazing]]: in the [[Middle Ages]], the Cotswolds were extremely prosperous from the [[wool]] trade. Some of this money was put into the building of [[church]]es, so the area has a number of large, handsome "[[wool church]]es", built of [[Cotswold stone]]. The area remains affluent, e.g. it has attracted wealthy Londoners who either own second homes in the area or have chosen to retire to the Cotswolds.
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