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COLN ST. ALDWIN, Gloucestershire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"COLN ST. ALDWIN, a parish in the hundred of Brightwells Barrow, in the county of Gloucester, 3 miles N.W. of Fairford, its post town, and 6 S.E. of Northleach. It is situated on the river Coln and the ancient Icknield Street. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £103, in the patronage of the dean and chapter. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is an old edifice in the early English, Norman, and perpendicular styles of architecture, and was repaired in 1853. It possesses some fine stained-glass windows. A National school has recently been erected. The charities produce £12 per annum."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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