Cold Aston

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Cold Aston
Cold Aston (Gloucestershire)
Cold Aston

Cold Aston shown within Gloucestershire
Parish Cold Aston
District Cotswold
Shire county Gloucestershire
Region South West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CHELTENHAM
Postcode district GL54
Dialling code 01451
Police Gloucestershire
Fire Gloucestershire
Ambulance Great Western
European Parliament South West England
UK Parliament Cotswold
List of places: UK • England • Gloucestershire

Coordinates: 51°52′33″N 1°48′50″W / 51.8759, -1.8138

Cold Aston (also known as Aston Blank) is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, approximately 30km (20 miles) to the east of Gloucester. It lies in the Cotswolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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[edit] Governance

Cold Aston is part of the Bourton-on-the-Water ward of the district of Cotswold, represented by Councillors Sheila Jeffery and Len Wilkins, and by Charles Alfred Richard Gillams, all members of the Conservative Party.[1][2] Cold Aston is part of the constituency of Cotswold, represented at parliament by Conservative MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown.[3] It is part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament.

[edit] Geography

Cold Aston is in the county of Gloucestershire and lies within the Cotswolds, a range of hills designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is approximately 30km (20 miles) to the east of Gloucester. It is approximately 21km (13 miles) east of its post town Cheltenham and about 3.5km (2.8 miles) west of Bourton-on-the-Water. Nearby villages include Turkdean, Notgrove, Clapton, Naunton and Lower Slaughter.

[edit] Landmarks

The village church is a Norman church dedicated to St Andrew.[4] It has a 14th century tower and the rest of the church was rebuilt in the 16th century by Thomas Key, its rector.[5]

The village pub, The Plough, is a 17th century Grade II listed building.[6][7] It is the only pub between the three villages of Cold Aston, Turkdean and Notgrove.[6] The pub's landlord claims that it is residence to a ghost named Old Harry.[7]

[edit] Education

The village has one primary school, Cold Aston Church of England Primary School, a voluntary controlled school for children from the age of 4–11.[8] In 2007, the school had 62 pupils.[9]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Cold Aston Parish Council. Gloucestershire County Council (2007-09-04). Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
  2. ^ Cotswold - Find your councillor. Cotswold District Council. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
  3. ^ Cotswold - Constituency - Conservative Party. Conservative Party. Retrieved on 2008-04-28.
  4. ^ Cold Aston - St. Andrew. Gloucestershire County Council (2006-03-16). Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
  5. ^ Hall, Michael (1993). Stratford-Upon-Avon and the Cotswolds. The Pevensey Press, 73. ISBN 0907115683. 
  6. ^ a b The Plough. The Plough Official site. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
  7. ^ a b Cold Aston Village Pub. Official Cold Aston site (2007). Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
  8. ^ League tables - Cold Aston Church of England Primary School. BBC (2007-12-06). Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
  9. ^ Cold Aston Church of England Primary School. Department for Children, Schools and Families (2007). Retrieved on 2008-05-26.

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