{{Short description|Village in Gloucestershire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}} {{Use British English|date=March 2015}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name= Coln St Aldwyns | country= England | region= South West England | static_image= Malt House, Coln St Aldwyns, Gloucestershire (geograph 4630422).jpg | static_image_caption= The Malt House | area_footnotes= <!--to cite the values used in the area fields. Use the <ref> </ref> tags --> | area_total_sq_mi= <!-- Enter square mile data in RAW format (no commas or spaces) will automatically convert km² (if blank)--> | area_total_km2 = <!-- Enter square kilometre data in RAW format (no commas or spaces) will automatically convert sq mi (if blank)--> | population = 271 | population_ref = (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122208&c=GL7+5AR&d=16&e=62&g=6427094&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1427282814554&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|accessdate= 25 March 2015}}</ref> | os_grid_reference= SP145053 | coordinates = {{coord|51.74621|-1.79138|display=inline,title}} | post_town= CIRENCESTER | postcode_area= GL | postcode_district= GL7 | dial_code= 01285 | constituency_westminster = North Cotswolds<ref>{{cite web|title=Location of North Cotswolds |url=https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/4201/location |website=parliament.uk|access-date=11 January 2025}}</ref> | civil_parish= Coln St Aldwyns<ref>{{Cite web|title = Coln St Aldwyns Parish Council|url = http://colnstaldwyns.com/council.html|accessdate = 2015-09-30}}</ref> <!-- you can use the template {{mi to km|(enter data)|precision=0}} to help convert miles to km automatically; both are displayed --> | london_distance= <!-- for all UK articles, distance to London --> | shire_district=Cotswold | shire_county=Gloucestershire | unitary_england= | website= <!-- Council website for place (specifically) --> | hide_services= }}
'''Coln St Aldwyns''' (sometimes '''Coln St Aldwyn''') is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district of the English county of Gloucestershire.
== History ==
=== Name === The designation "St Aldwyns" ({{lang|la|Culna Sancti Aylwini}}) is attested from the 12th century, and differentiates the village from Coln Rogers and Coln St. Dennis, situated further along the River Coln.<ref>A. D. Mills (2011), ''A Dictionary of British Place Names'', Oxford University Press</ref><ref>[http://placenames.org.uk/browse/mads/epns-deep-38-b-subparish-000004 Coln St Aldwyn] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203072245/http://placenames.org.uk/browse/mads/epns-deep-38-b-subparish-000004|date=3 February 2016}} ''Historical Gazetteer of England's Place-Names''. Data from A. H. Smith (1964), ''The Place-Names of Gloucestershire, Part 1'' (EPNS 38), Cambridge. Accessed 2016-02-02</ref> In 1086 in the Domesday Book only a single undifferentiated "Culne" is recorded.<ref>[http://opendomesday.org/place/SP1405/coln-st-aldwyns/ Coln (St Aldwyns)], Open Domesday</ref>
=== Church === At some point between 1535 and 1700 the dedication of the church was changed to St John the Baptist (specifically, to his beheading).<ref>[http://www.achurchnearyou.com/coln-st-aldwyn-st-john-the-baptist/ St John the Baptist, Coln St Aldwyn], Church of England website</ref> The church, in the very south of the parish, was mostly built in the late 12th and early 13th centuries with extensive 19th-century renovations, and is protected as a Grade II* listed building.<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-127387-church-of-st-john-the-baptist-coln-st-al#.VrEf1fmLTIU Listing text] for the Church of St John the Baptist, Church Road, Coln St Aldwyns, English Heritage; via British Listed Buildings website</ref>
=== Williamstrip Park === Originally owned by the Powle family, the Williamstrip estate consists of an extensive manor and park, the latter dating back to the early 1600s and the parkland being commissioned in 1754.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gardens (en) |first=Parks and |date=1865-01-01 |title=Williamstrip Park - Cirencester |url=https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/williamstrip-park |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=Parks & Gardens |language=en}}</ref> The estate stretches to neighbouring Hatherop and during Enclosure, the boundaries were altered slightly and land was exchanged.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hatherop {{!}} British History Online |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol7/pp86-96 |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=www.british-history.ac.uk}}</ref> The politician Michael Hicks Beach, the first Earl St Aldwyn took up residence here.<ref name="MH">{{cite book |last=Hall |first=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GopyAAAACAAJ |title=Stratford-Upon-Avon and the Cotswolds |publisher=The Pevensey Press |year=1993 |isbn=0-907115-68-3 |location= |page=83 |authorlink=}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Bentley |first=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=obVZ7Ko2iE8C |title=Politics Without Democracy, 1815-1914 |publisher=Blackwell |year=1999 |isbn=0-631-21813-0 |page=268 |authorlink=}}</ref>
==Governance== {{unsourced section|date=April 2025}} Coln St Aldwyns is part of the Coln Valley ward of the district of Cotswold. It is part of the parliamentary constituency of North Cotswold, represented in the House of Commons by Conservative MP Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown.<ref>{{cite web|title=MP representing North Cotswolds |url=https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/4201/overview |website=parliament.uk|access-date=11 January 2025}}</ref> Prior to Brexit in 2020, it was part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Coln St. Aldwyns}} *[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/ColnStAldwyn/index.html GENUKI(tm) page] *[http://colnstaldwyns.com Village website] *[https://www.coln-st-aldwyns-parish-council.com/ Parish Council website]
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Category:Villages in Gloucestershire Category:Cotswold District