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_ Vale of Red Horse. “In the latter direction [towards 
Warwickshire], a little south of the Inn called Sunrising 
(where the road to Stratford branches off from that of 
Warwick), a colossal figure of a horse, similar in design 
to that of the Berkshire downs, deeply excavated in the 
ferruginous sands, formerly gave from its colour the name 
of the Vale of the Red Horse, to the plains of Shipston 
beneath. The original figure has been destroyed by recent 
enclosures; and modern art has only replaced it by a 
miserable colt.” (p. 249). 
Of this Vale, the Rolwright Hills form the southern 
boundary; the western boundary is the ridge running 
north-west from Wychwood Forest, continuing in the 
hills north from Stow-on-the-Wold, above Moreton-in-the- 
Marsh; the eastern boundary, the range of Edge Hill. 
(Notes from pp. 249-251). 
1837. ‘The Penny Cyclopedia’ ‘ COTTESWOLD 
HILLS, THE, traverse the eastern part of Gloucester- 
shire, beginning on the north near Chipping Campden, 
and terminating a short distance north of Bath. Their 
whole length may be somewhat more than forty-five 
miles. They are divided into the upper and lower 
Cotteswolds. The upper extend from Chipping Campden 
to Stroud.........and contain the highest portion of 
the ridge. . Broadway Beacon..... ...rises to 1086 feet 
[?]; Cleeve Hill......... to 1134 feet [?]; Symonds 
Hall, not far from Stroud, is 795 feet above high water 
mark. The hills in this part are three or four miles 
across [?], and include many small valleys...... The 
lower Cotteswolds [are] between Stroud and Bath...... 
They hardly rise anywhere to 500 feet [?], and constitute 
a high ground from one to two miles wide.” 
The queries in brackets note obvious mistatements. As Symonds 
Hall is between Stroud and Bath, it contradicts the statement about 
the height of the Lower Cotteswolds. Symonds Hall Hill is 816 feet 
above sea level, and much high ground over 600 and 700 feet extends 
all the way to Bath. Lansdown Hill is 780 feet. 
