A water meadow where cloth was dried

Bibury Quiz: Arlington Row and Cotswold Weavers' Cottages

This Bibury quiz strolls beside the River Coln in a Gloucestershire village of honey-colored stone. Play an interactive set of 10 questions on William Morris's praise, Arlington Row's 1380 origins as a wool store, its weavers' cottages, a passport appearance, Rack Isle, Bibury Trout Farm, Cotswold limestone, the National Trust and the wool trade.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

County
Which county is Bibury in?
Praise
Who called Bibury the most beautiful village in England?
Row
What is Arlington Row?
Origin
What was Arlington Row first built as in 1380?
Weavers
Who lived in the cottages from the 1600s?
Passport
Where did a picture of Arlington Row once appear?
River
Which river flows through Bibury?
Meadow
What is Rack Isle?
Trout
Which business has raised trout there since 1902?
Stone
What gives Cotswold buildings their golden color?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which county is Bibury in?
Answer: Gloucestershire
It is in the Cotswolds.
Q2: Who called Bibury the most beautiful village in England?
Answer: William Morris
He was a designer and writer.
Q3: What is Arlington Row?
Answer: A line of old stone cottages
It is one of England's most photographed streets.
Q4: What was Arlington Row first built as in 1380?
Answer: A monastic wool store
It became cottages later.
Q5: Who lived in the cottages from the 1600s?
Answer: Weavers
They wove wool for nearby mills.
Q6: Where did a picture of Arlington Row once appear?
Answer: Inside a British passport design
Many travelers carried it.
Q7: Which river flows through Bibury?
Answer: River Coln
Trout swim in its clear water.
Q8: What is Rack Isle?
Answer: A water meadow where cloth was dried
Wool cloth hung on racks there.
Q9: Which business has raised trout there since 1902?
Answer: Bibury Trout Farm
Visitors can catch their own fish.
Q10: What gives Cotswold buildings their golden color?
Answer: Local limestone
It glows honey-colored in sunlight.

Weavers' Cottages Beside the River Coln

Bibury is a small Cotswold village in Gloucestershire, built of honey-colored local limestone beside the clear River Coln. The designer and writer William Morris called it the most beautiful village in England, and crowds of visitors now agree.

Its most famous sight, Arlington Row, was built in 1380 as a monastic wool store and converted into weavers' cottages in the 1600s. The weavers supplied cloth to a nearby mill, and the wet meadow in front, Rack Isle, was where cloth was hung on racks to dry. The National Trust looks after the row today.

Arlington Row has appeared inside a British passport design, making it known to travelers worldwide. Bibury Trout Farm, founded in 1902, raises fish in spring-fed ponds. Like much of the Cotswolds, the village owes its beauty to wealth from the medieval wool trade.

What This Quiz Teaches

Village fans will enjoy these questions.

Where Bibury is
What Arlington Row was
Who lived there
Which sites surround it
Why the Cotswolds grew rich

Did You Know?

Arlington Row has appeared in films set in old England.
Ducks paddle in the river beside the main road.
The Swan Hotel is a historic coaching inn.
Visitors are asked to respect residents' privacy.
Early mornings are the quietest time to visit.