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lived in Cranham for a while, and it was there, in the house now called 'Midwinter Cottage' (opposite the Black Horse Inn) that he wrote what is probably the best known tune for the
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of the time. Over 2000 people attended the opening ceremony. Since then it has developed from a small campsite into an activity centre with indoor accommodation.
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bought Old Overton House, just outside Cranham, for a reported £3 million. Old Overton House is
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from which he was suffering and which would kill him six months later after his admission to
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stayed at a nearby sanatorium, in his search for a relief if not a cure for the
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with the earliest part of the property dating back to the seventeenth century.
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Cranham is located in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
OS grid reference
SO896129
Civil parish
District
Stroud
Shire county
Gloucestershire
Region
South West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
GL4
Dialling code
Police
Gloucestershire
Fire
Gloucestershire
Ambulance
South Western
UK Parliament
Stroud
UK
England
Gloucestershire

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