Limestone - the "other" material of the Cotswolds

The story of the English Cotswolds is the story of wool and limestone. 500 years ago, they used to say "half the wealth of England rides on the back of the sheep"... For the wool from the Cotswold sheep provided much of the money that paid for the building of the Cotswolds', including the  magnificent 'wool' churches, and the manor houses, and magnificent towns and villages... all in glorious natural local limestone.

Picture is

of the stone mason's yard at the side of the bridge in Burford