The name of the village of Lower Slaughter stems from the Old English name for a wet land 'slough' or 'slothre' (Old English for muddy place) upon which it lies. This quaint village sits beside the little Eye stream and is known for its unspoilt limestone cottages in the traditional Cotswold style.

The stream running through the village is crossed by two small bridges.

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Lower Slaughter Cotswolds

Lower Slaughter Cotswolds

A photo from a lovely few days in the Cotswolds. This is the Old Mill in Lower Slaughter. They do know how to do perfect English villages in this area. My photo doesn't do it justice.

The mill at Lower Slaughter in the Cotwolds.

The Old Mill at Lower Slaughter in Gloucestershire, UK

In The Cotswolds

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A mono shot of Lower Slaughter in the Cotswolds

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One of the prettiest of the Cotswold villages. We caught it with black skies today!

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One of the very few brick built buildings in our part of The Cotswolds

Here's a photo from our campsite along the Missouri from this past summer. The slaughter campsite was named by the Lewis and Clark expedition due to the 100 or so dead bison that were found in the area. They assumed the buffalo had been run off a cliff, a common way of slaughtering the animals in that day. Later, it was determined that the carcasses had floated down river and accumulated there when the ice broke that year.

This was our last morning on the river. It was a 10 or 12 mile float to our pull-out at Judith Landing. We then headed back to Missoula and were in town by dinner time.

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Lower Slaughter in the Cotswolds.

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Eleven years ago after the passing of the rain from a tropical storm

The Cotswolds town of Lower Slaughter is built on both banks of the River Eye and is thought to have been inhabited for at least 1000 years.

One of our favorite activities from our trip to the UK was wandering the Cotswolds on public bridleways. England has “public rights of way” which are paths where anyone is allowed to pass. These often go through the countryside, fields, and even backyards. One of our days in the Cotswolds we took a trek via a public bridleway from Lower Slaughter to Stow-on-the-Wold to Wyck Rissington to Bourton-on-the-Water and then back to Lower Slaughter.

A sleepy Cotswold village in Gloucestershire, UK.

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One wonders at the name Slaughter given to this beautiful little town on the Cotswold's, UK.

Apparently there are two theories- the name Slaughter comes from the old English word “Slothre” meaning muddy, and so it became known as muddy crossings of the River Eye. Alternatively, Upper Slaughter Manor dates back to the Saxon Period. Sometime in the 12th.

It is a gorgeous little town with quaint buildings, a mill and the river Eye flowing through the middle. A place where time has almost stopped, and horse riders amble along the footpath without the rumble of cars (no cars allowed). My wonderful friend Paul took us here from Wales for a day trip and we visited all the small villages in the Cotswold's. A magnificent day.

House in either Upper Slaughter or Lower Slaughter in Gloustershire, England, 2017. I love the old stone buildings and the English gardens I saw in the Cotswolds, which are second only to the people there and the beauty of the area. I cannot wait to visit again.

Lower Slaughter a fascinating name, which derives from 'miry place'. The link is the tiny River Eye, tributary to the nearby river Windrush. Lower Slaughter is just off the Fosse Way. The village is considered to be one of the prettiest in the area and is well photographed and the village has been used for filming and productions.

One of the most beautiful of the Cotswold villages

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Not the most inviting of village names but certainly one of the most attractive locations in the Cotswolds. It even manages to look cosy in Winter (must go back in Summer ..)

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Autumn is slaughter time and the sheep have probably understood that.

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Not sure what this is now but used to the the Slaughter and May building on London Wall where my sister and brother in law used to work.

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During summer in the Cotswolds.

Set in the centre of the Cotswolds, Lower Slaughter is a beautiful village to visit.

Back to last year's brief visit to Lower Slaughter, a beautiful little village in the Cotswolds. This is about a mile away from Bourton on the Water, with which it shares a number of similarities - apart from the hordes of tourists.

Proverbs 24:11 “Rescue those being taken off to death, and save those stumbling toward slaughter.”