MINCHINHAMPTON  , a

town in the Stroud parliamentary division of Gloucestershire, England, 4 M . S.E. of Stroud . Pop . (1901), 3737 . It lies high on a slope of the Cotswold Hills; Minchinhampton Common being a fine open upland . The church of Holy Trinity, largely reconstructed, contains many brassesand memorials . The manufacture of woollen cloth is the long-established staple of Minchinhampton . Prehistoric remains have been discovered on the common, and earthworks are also seen; while the name of Woeful Dane Bottom, a neighbouring valley, perhaps indicates the scene of ,a defeat of the Danes (c . 918) .