Coleshill (other)

	Coleshill (other) Coleshill may refer to: England * Coleshill, Warwickshire, a town * Coleshill, Buckinghamshire, a village and civil parish * Coleshill, Oxfordshire, a village and civil parish (formerly Berkshire) *nearby Coleshill House, destroyed "best Jonesian mid C17 house in England". Wales Coleshill, Flintshire, a historic administrative subdivision of Flintshire See also * Cole's Hill, an historical landmark in Plymouth, Massachusetts, US * Coal Hill (other) Coal Hill may refer to: * Coal Hill, Arkansas * Coal Hill, Ohio * A hill located in Jingshan Park to the north of the Forbidden City in Beijing * Coal Hill in McCone County, Montana * Coal Hill Coal Railroad, a railroad in Mt Washington, Pittsb ... {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Coleshill, Warwickshire Coleshill ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England, taking its name from the River Cole, on which it stands. It had a population of 6,900 in the 2021 Census, and is situated east of Birmingham, southeast of Sutton Coldfield, south of Tamworth, northwest of Coventry by road and 12.5 miles (20 km) west of Nuneaton. It borders the suburban parish village of Kingshurst in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull to the west. It is also home to the 502 year The Coleshill School seated next to the dual carriageway. Geography Coleshill is located on a ridge between the rivers Cole and Blythe which converge to the north with the River Tame. It is adjacent to the border with West Midlands county, and is just outside Birmingham. Climate History Coleshill began life in the Iron Age, before the Roman conquest of 43AD at the Grimstock Hill Romano-British settlement, north of the River Cole. Evidence of hut circles were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Coleshill, Buckinghamshire Coleshill (formerly Stoke) is a village and civil parish within Chiltern district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is south of Amersham and north of Beaconsfield. History The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'Coll's hill', though it has only been known by this name since the early 16th century. It appears as 'Colshull' on John Speed's maps in the early 17th century. Previously it was known as 'Stoke'. In 1844 the village was transferred from Hertfordshire to Buckinghamshire by the Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844. From 1919 to 1939, the village was home to the Coleshill Convalescent Home, officially opened on 27 June 1919 by Lady Portman. It had 12 beds for soldiers wounded in World War I. Facilities The village has a primary school (Coleshill Church of England Infant School), community hall, two pubs (''The Red Lion'' http://www.theredlioncoleshill.pub and ''The Harte & Magpies''), a tennis club with two courts, and a cricket club. A small play park ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Coleshill, Oxfordshire Coleshill is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire, England. Coleshill was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The village is beside the River Cole, which forms both the western boundary of the parish and also the county boundary with Wiltshire. Coleshill is about west of the market town of Faringdon, and about east of the Wiltshire town of Highworth. The village is on the B4019 road that links the two towns. The 2011 Census recorded the population of the parish as 156. Toponym The toponym "Coleshill" is derived from the Old English ''kollr'', meaning "head", "top" or "hill". It may be that the river was named after the hill, and then "hill" was added as a suffix to "Cole". The earliest known record of it is ''Colleshyll'' in a Saxon will dated 950. The Domesday Book of 1086 records it as ''Coleselle'' and ''Coleshalle''. A document dated 1220 and included in the ''Book of Fees'' records ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Coleshill House Coleshill House was a country house in England, near the village of Coleshill, Oxfordshire, Coleshill, in the Vale of White Horse. Historically, the house was in Berkshire but since boundary changes in 1974 its site is in Oxfordshire. The building may have been designed by Inigo Jones, and built by Sir Roger Pratt (architect), Roger Pratt around 1660. Nikolaus Pevsner described it as "the best Inigo Jones, Jonesian mid C17 house in England". It was gutted by fire in 1952 and demolished in 1958. The Coleshill Estate is now owned by the National Trust. Background Historically, the manor was owned by the Edingdon family. William Edington, Bishop of Winchester, gave the land to the Edington Priory, priory of Bonnes-Hommes of the Augustinians, Augustinian Brothers of Penitence, that he founded at Edington, Wiltshire in 1351. The priory was closed in the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and acquired by Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley , Thomas Seymour, fourth husband ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Coleshill, Flintshire Coleshill was a historic administrative division of Flintshire, Wales. It was recorded in the Domesday Book as the vill of "Coleselt" and as "Coleshull" by Gerald of Wales.Edwards, G. J. "Henry II and the Fight at Coleshill" in '' Welsh History Review'', v3, 3 (1967), 257 Davies, E. (1959) ''Flintshire Place-names'', UWP, p.39 The name is of Old English origin, with the first element probably being the personal name ''Col''.Davies (1959), p.40 The vill boundaries were perpetuated as those of Coleshill Fawr and Coleshill Fechan townships, which lay in Holywell parish north-west of the borough of Flint; Coleshill also subsequently gave its name to a commote, and later a hundred, of Flintshire.Edwards (1967), 260 A Welsh form of the name, ''Cwnsyllt'', was sometimes used. Davies (1959) p.44 The townships of Coleshill Fawr and Coleshill Fechan were eventually merged into the Borough of Flint in 1934. Coleshill is well known as the site of the 1157 Battle of Coleshill, otherwise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Cole's Hill Cole's Hill is a National Historic Landmark containing the first cemetery used by the ''Mayflower'' Pilgrims in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. The hill is located on Carver Street near the foot of Leyden Street and across the street from Plymouth Rock. Owned since 1820 by the preservationist Pilgrim Society, it is now a public park. Description Cole's Hill rises steeply from the shore of Plymouth Bay, near Plymouth Rock, the traditional landing site of the Pilgrims in 1620. It is now bounded by Water, North, Carver, and Leyden Streets. The hill is landscaped with grassy areas, low shrubs, and some trees, and trails wind their way around the hill. A granite staircase rises from Water Street to the summit of the hill. A number of monuments and memorials are on the hill, most of which date to the tercentenary (300-year anniversary) celebration of the Pilgrim landing in 1920. These include a Cyrus Dallin statue of the Wampanoag sachem Massasoit (''c.'' 1581–1661), whose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]