Upper and Lower Slaughter

'Twins' a mile apart, with the River Eye running through and between them
The grim-sounding name actually comes from the Anglo-Saxon word slohtre, meaning muddy place
Clusters of honey-coloured Cotswold stone buildings blend into the rolling Gloucestershire countryside
Lower Slaughter's 19th-century corn mill operated until the 1960s, and retains its water wheel; it has practically the only brickwork to be seen in the village, and is now The Old Mill Museum, craft shop and cafe
No houses have been built in Upper Slaughter since 1904 - though some cottages in the square were remodelled by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1906
Lower Slaughter, as the centre of a 'hundred' - an ancient unit of local government - was the seat of a court which sat every three weeks from the Middle Ages to the 17th century. The village prison was in use until 1630
The 'Lords of the Manor Hotel' was formerly the home of Francis Witts, Upper Slaughter's rector from 1808 to 1854