Coln St. Dennis

Coln St. Dennis
Coln St. Dennis
	Houses in Coln St Dennis
	Coln St. Dennis Location within Gloucestershire
Population	194 (2011)
OS grid reference	SP0810
Civil parish	Coln St. Dennis;
District	Cotswold;
Shire county	Gloucestershire;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Cheltenham
Postcode district	GL54
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	The Cotswolds;
Website	http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol8/pp28-34
	List of places UK England Gloucestershire 51°48′00″N 1°51′22″W / 51.800°N 1.856°W

Coln St. Dennis is a village and civil parish on the River Coln in Gloucestershire about 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Northleach and about 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Cirencester. The parish includes the village of Coln Rogers and the hamlets of Calcot, Fossebridge and Winson. The Fosse Way Roman road, which is now the A429 trunk road, forms the western boundary of the parish.

History

About 1.3 miles (2.1 km) southwest of Coln Rogers are Colnpen Long Barrow and a group of four round tumuli.^[2] All are prehistoric burial mounds.

The Church of St James is the Church of England parish church dedicated to Saint James the Great which is Norman, with the addition of some Decorated Gothic and Perpendicular Gothic windows and other details.^[3] The church was dedicated to Saint Katherine in the 13th century, Saint Dennis in the 18th century, and is believed to have once been dedicated to Saint Kenelm.^[4]

Coln St. Dennis Manor House was built in the 17th century and altered in 1965.^[2] Pindrup is a farmhouse dating from the 17th and 18th centuries.^[2] St. James' Rectory was designed by Richard Pace and built in 1810.^[2]

Sources

Elrington, C.R. (1964). "A History of the County of Gloucester, Volume 8". Victoria County History. pp. 28–34.
Verey, David (1970). The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 199–200. ISBN 0-14-071040-X.

References

^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 21 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Verey, 1970, page 200
^ Verey, 1970, p. 199
^ Elrington, 1968, pages 28-34

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[1] "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 21 March 2015.

[Verey200-2] Verey, 1970, page 200

[3] Verey, 1970, p. 199

[4] Elrington, 1968, pages 28-34

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