{{Short description|Village in Warwickshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=February 2025}} {{distinguish|Woolston (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | official_name = Wolston | coordinates = {{coord|52.376272|-1.395133|display=inline,title}} | population = 2,692 | population_ref = (2021) | shire_district = Rugby | shire_county = Warwickshire | website = http://www.wolstonvillage.co.uk | region = West Midlands | constituency_westminster = Rugby | post_town = COVENTRY | postcode_district = CV8 | postcode_area = CV | dial_code = 024 | os_grid_reference = SP422748 | static_image_name = Main Street, Wolston.jpg | static_image_caption = Main Street, Wolston }}
'''Wolston''' is a village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire, England. The village is located approximately midway between Rugby and Coventry, with a population of 2,692 at the 2021 census.<ref name="CPop">{{cite web |title=WOLSTON Parish in West Midlands |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/westmidlands/admin/rugby/E04009698__wolston/ |publisher=City Population |access-date=28 December 2022}}</ref> It is close to the A45 road and the Roman road the Fosse Way.
The River Avon flows through the village. Near the river are the remains of a Norman motte-and-bailey castle, Brandon Castle.<ref name="BCow">{{cite web |title=Brandon Castle |url=https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/catalogue_her/brandon-castle |publisher=Our Warwickshire |access-date=28 December 2022}}</ref> A Benedictine priory, Wolston Priory, was sited to the east of the village and its earthwork remains are now a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The village has two churches: the parish church of St Margaret's<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.wolston.org|title = Welcome - St Margaret's Wolston|website = www.wolston.org|access-date = 2016-04-03}}</ref> and Wolston Baptist Church.
Wolston was mentioned in the Domesday Book as "Vivricetone" and "Vivestone".<ref name="about">{{cite web |title=About Wolston |url=https://www.wolstonvillage.co.uk/About_Wolston_3349.aspx |publisher=Wolston Village Community Website |access-date=12 August 2025}}</ref> The ancient parish of Wolston was large, and included Wolston itself, plus the nearby villages of Brandon and Bretford to the north, and Stretton-on-Dunsmore and Princethorpe to the south. The latter two became a separate parish in 1696,<ref name="BHOL">{{cite web |title=Parishes: Wolston |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol6/pp273-280 |publisher=British History Online |access-date=7 January 2023 |date=1951}}</ref> whilst Brandon and Bretford became a separate civil parish in 1866.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brandon and Bretford Hmlt/CP |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10298556 |publisher=Vision of Britain |access-date=7 January 2023}}</ref>
Wolston once had a railway station, Brandon and Wolston railway station on the Rugby-Coventry line, but this was closed in 1960.<ref>{{cite web |title=BRANDON AND WOLSTON STATION |url=https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/article/brandon-wolston-station |publisher=Our Warwickshire |access-date=28 December 2022}}</ref> One of the most notable features in the village is the railway viaduct crossing the Avon, which dates from the 1830s and was part of the original London and Birmingham Railway. The viaduct separates Wolston from the smaller village of Brandon.<ref>{{cite web |title=AVON VIADUCT |url=https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/catalogue_her/avon-viaduct |publisher=Our Warwickshire |access-date=28 December 2022}}</ref> The two shared a football team "Brandon & Wolston Football Club".<ref name="Football">Brandon, Bretford & Wolston History Group: ''A History of Brandon & Wolston Football Club'', page 1, Brandon, Bretford & Wolston History Group</ref> They no longer have a senior men's team but they still run a junior club.
The village contains a primary school (Wolston St Margarets Primary C of E School). St Margaret's Primary was originally in School Street, but that building is now used as offices. Until 1991, there was also a secondary school, known as Wolston High School, its site was sold off for housing and a community centre.<ref name="about"/> Wolston has a small library, two pubs (The Rose & Crown & The Half Moon), a convenience store, a pharmacy and a local doctors surgery.
In geology, the village gives its name to the Wolstonian Stage, a British regional subdivision of the Pleistocene Epoch.
==Notable people== *William Rose (1842–1917), cricketer
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==External links== {{Commons category|Wolston}} *[https://www.wolstonvillage.co.uk/Home_9967.aspx Wolston Village Community Website] *[https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/location/wolston Wolston archives - Our Warwickshire]
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