Coln St. Aldwyns (sometimes Coln St. Aldwyn) is a village and
civil parish in the
Cotswold district of the
English county of
Gloucestershire.
The designation "St. Aldwyns" (''Culna Sancti Aylwini'') is attested from the 12th century, and differentiates the village from
Coln Rogers and
Coln St. Dennis
Coln St. Dennis is a village and civil parish on the River Coln in Gloucestershire about southwest of Northleach and about northeast of Cirencester. The parish includes the village of Coln Rogers and the hamlets of Calcot, Fossebridge and Wins ...
, situated further along the
River Coln. In 1086 in the
Domesday book only a single undifferentiated "Culne" is recorded. The name presumably indicates that the church in the village was originally dedicated to St Aylwin, taken to be a form of
St Æthelwine, which later became
St Aldwyn. At some point between 1535 and 1700 the dedication of the church was changed to St
John the Baptist (specifically, to his beheading). 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. It is now in the charge of a team ministry alongside neighbouring parishes.
Governance
Coln St. Aldwyns is part of the Coln Valley
ward of the
district of
Cotswold
The Cotswolds (, ) is a region in central-southwest England, along a range of rolling hills that rise from the meadows of the upper Thames to an escarpment above the Severn Valley and Evesham Vale.
The area is defined by the bedrock of Juras ...
and is currently represented by
Councillor Raymond Theodoulou, a member of the
Conservative Party
The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right.
Political parties called The Conservative P ...
. Coln St. Aldwyns is part of the parliamentary
constituency
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger State (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ...
of
Cotswold
The Cotswolds (, ) is a region in central-southwest England, along a range of rolling hills that rise from the meadows of the upper Thames to an escarpment above the Severn Valley and Evesham Vale.
The area is defined by the bedrock of Juras ...
, represented in the
House of Commons by Conservative
MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown.
[
] Prior to
Brexit in 2020, it was part of the
South West England constituency of the
European Parliament.
References
External links
GENUKI(tm) page*
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Villages in Gloucestershire
Cotswold District