Colden Common
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| Colden Common | |
  Colden Common shown within Hampshire |
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| Population | 3,681 (2001 census) |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | City of Winchester |
| Shire county | Hampshire |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | SO21 |
| Dialling code | 01962 |
| Police | Hampshire |
| Fire | Hampshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Winchester |
| Website: Colden Common Parish Council | |
| List of places: UK • England • Hampshire | |
Colden Common is a village and civil parish lying just east of the M3 motorway between Winchester and Southampton in the United Kingdom county of Hampshire. To the east are the South Downs and to the west is the River Itchen. The village lies to the north of the parish of Fair Oak.
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[edit] History
Colden Common became an independent civil parish (the lowest tier of local government) as recently as 1932 having initially been part of the parishes of Twyford and Owslebury. The Ecclesiastical Parish of Colden Common was formed in 1843 with Holy Trinity Church built the following year and situated on the southern boundary of the parish.
In the sixteenth century the hamlet of Brambridge, then in Owslebury Parish, was granted by Bishop Fox to the newly-founded Corpus Christi College, Oxford. In 1609-10 Brambridge was granted to John Pierson, together with lands belonging to three recusants, Ursula Uvedale, Richard Bruning and Thomas Welles. Gilbert Welles was granted Brambridge by Charles I in 1636 and the property remained in the Welles family until the late eighteenth century, when it passed to a cousin, Walter Smythe. Walter Smythe's eldest daughter Maria became Mrs. Fitzherbert, and spent her childhood at Brambridge House. Maria is said to have lived for a while in a cottage at Colden Common when her first husband, Edward Weld, died. One of the rooms in the old Brambridge House was consecrated as a Roman Catholic chapel, but after the Catholic Relief Act a small chapel was built in the village and endowed by Mrs. Fitzherbert in about 1782.
Colden Common has grown significantly during the past 15 years with the addition of new housing stock.
[edit] Amenities
Colden common has both Anglican and Methodist churches. There is a community center located at the center of the village. Colden Common primary school is also at the heart of the village. This school is in the catchment area for King's School Winchester.
There are several pubs within the boundaries of the village.
[edit] Transport and Road network
- There are two major roads in Colden Common—the B3354 and the A335. The B3354 is known as the Main Road whilst it passes through the village, and the A335 is called Highbridge Road. These two roads meet at a fork, just north of the village, outside of the parish boundary.
- Southampton Airport is 5 miles south of the village
- The M3 Motorway is 3 miles west of the village.
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