Editing Lechlade (section)

==History==
A [[Neolithic]] [[cursus]] was discovered from [[cropmark]]s on aerial photographs was identified in 1943.<ref>{{PastScape |mname=Lechlade Cursus |mnumber=332220 |accessdate=18 February 2019}}</ref> There are several archaeological remains of dwellings from the [[Iron Age]] and [[Roman Britain|Roman]] periods, which have now been scheduled as an [[ancient monument]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lechlade: Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester Iron Age and Romano-British Monuments in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds. |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/ancient-glos/pp73-77 |website=British History Online |publisher=Her Majesty's Stationery Office |access-date=18 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |desc=Iron Age and Romano British settlement remains and associated features, 1km south east of Leaze Farm |num=1011604 |accessdate=18 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bateman |first1=Clifford |last2=Enright |first2=Dawn |last3=Oakey |first3=Niall |title=Prehistoric and Anglo-Saxon Settlements to the rear of Sherborne House, Lechlade: excavations in 1997 |journal=Trans. Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society |date=2003 |volume=121 |pages=23–96 |url=http://cotswoldarchaeology.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Sherborne_House_Lechlade_200dpi-1.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lechlade on Thames Town History |url=http://www.fairfordu3a.org.uk/History/Lechlade.html |publisher=Fairford U3A |access-date=18 February 2019}}</ref>

[[William the Conqueror]] gave the manor of Lechlade to [[Henry de Ferrers]], who had accompanied him to England in 1066, and the manor is mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Open Domesday: Lechlade|url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SU2199/lechlade/|access-date=17 November 2022}}</ref><ref name=townhist/> A charter granting market to the town was passed in 1210.<ref name=townhist>{{cite web |title=Town History |url=https://lechladeonthames.co.uk/visiting-lechlade/town-history/ |publisher=Lechlade on Thames |access-date=18 February 2019}}</ref> [[Lechlade Priory]] was founded in the early 13th century and lasted until 1472.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40298&strquery=Lechlade |title=43. The Hospital of St John the Baptist, Lechlade |editor-first=William|editor-last=Page |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1907 |work=A History of the County of Gloucester|volume=2 |access-date=15 June 2014 |pages=125–126}}</ref> The town developed as a trading centre linked by the river, canal, roads and railway. The [[Lechlade railway station|town's railway station]] opened in 1873 and closed in 1962.<ref name=townhist/> The development of [[RAF Fairford]] and [[RAF Brize Norton]] after [[World War II]] increased local employment and the need for housing.<ref name="neighbourhoodplan"/>