Cold Aston

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title: "Cold Aston" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-gloucestershire", "civil-parishes-in-gloucestershire", "cotswold-district"] description: "Village in Gloucestershire, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-gloucestershire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Aston" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Gloucestershire, England ::

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Field	Value
official_name	Cold Aston
country	England
region	South West England
static_image	Cold Aston - geograph.org.uk - 447450.jpg
static_image_caption	Cottages in Cold Aston
area_footnotes
area_total_sq_mi	3.71
population	255
population_ref
coordinates
label_position	top
post_town	CHELTENHAM
postcode_area	GL
postcode_district	GL54
dial_code	01451
constituency_westminster	North Cotswolds
civil_parish	Cold Aston
london_distance	77 mi
shire_district	Cotswold
shire_county	Gloucestershire
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Cold Aston (also known as Aston Blank) is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district, in Gloucestershire, England, approximately 18 mi to the east of Gloucester. It lies in the Cotswolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The 2011 census gives the population of the civil parish as 255.

History

Toponymy

The village was recorded as Eastunæ between 716–43.{{cite book | last = Mills | first = A. D. | title = Dictionary of English Place-Names | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 1998 | pages = 17 | isbn =0-19-280074-4 }} It was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Estone, the name coming from the Old English ēast + tūn meaning "eastern farmstead or estate".{{cite web | title = Cold Aston | work = Domesday Book | publisher = The National Archives | year = 1086 | url = http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7577225&queryType=1&resultcount=77 | accessdate =10 July 2008 }} By the mid 13th century, the village was known as Cold Aston.{{cite web | title = The History of Cold Aston | publisher = Official Cold Aston site | year = 2007 | url = http://www.coldaston.com/village-history.html | accessdate = 29 October 2019

Governance

Cold Aston is part of the Bourton-on-the-Water ward of the district of Cotswold.{{cite web | title = Cold Aston Parish Council | publisher = Gloucestershire County Council | date = 4 September 2007 | url = http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=612 | accessdate =26 May 2008 }}{{cite web | title = Cotswold - Find your councillor | publisher = Cotswold District Council | url = http://www.cotswold.gov.uk/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=1948&tt=cotswold | accessdate = 26 May 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080615212106/http://www.cotswold.gov.uk/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=1948&tt=cotswold | archive-date = 15 June 2008 | url-status = dead

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 18 mi to the east of Gloucester. It is approximately 11 mi east of its post town Cheltenham and about 2 + 1/2 mi west of Bourton-on-the-Water. Nearby villages include Turkdean, Notgrove, Clapton, Naunton and Lower Slaughter. The ancient parish of Cold Ashton contained 2360 acre and was roughly square in shape, in 1987 the parish was enlarged.

Landmarks

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/ColdAstonChurch.jpg" caption="St Andrew's Church"] ::

The Church of St Andrew is the Church of England parish church. It is a largely Norman building,{{cite web | title = Cold Aston - St. Andrew | publisher = Gloucestershire County Council | date = 16 March 2006 | url = http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1681 | accessdate =26 May 2008 }} though its walls incorporate Saxon stonework and the original church on this site may have been built in around AD 904.{{cite web | title = Cold Aston Village Church | publisher = Official Cold Aston site | year = 2007 | url = http://www.coldaston.com/church.html | accessdate = 29 October 2019

The village pub, The Plough, is a 17th-century Grade II listed building.{{cite web | title = The Plough | publisher = The Plough Official site | url = http://www.coldastonplough.com// | accessdate = 23 May 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130516230144/http://coldastonplough.com/ | archive-date = 16 May 2013 | url-status = dead | title = Cold Aston Village Pub | publisher = Official Cold Aston site | year = 2007 | url = http://coldaston.com/coldaston/pub/index.php | accessdate =23 May 2013 }} It is the only pub between the three villages of Cold Aston, Turkdean and Notgrove. In May 2013 it re-opened after an extensive refurbishment and now offers accommodation. The pub's landlord claims that it has a ghost named Old Harry.

Education

Cold Aston Church of England Primary School is a voluntary controlled school for children from the age of 4–11.{{cite web | title = League tables - Cold Aston Church of England Primary School | publisher = BBC | date = 6 December 2007 | url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/education/07/school_tables/primary_schools/html/916_3017.stm | access-date =26 May 2008 }} In 2019, the school had 87 pupils.{{cite web | title = Cold Aston Church of England Primary School | publisher = Ofsted | year = 2019 | url = https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/115609 | accessdate = 29 October 2019

References

References

1. (15 January 2015). "Local Insight profile for ‘Cold Aston CP’ area". [[Gloucestershire County Council]].
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5. Carol Davidson Cragoe, A R J Jurica and Elizabeth Williamson, 'Parishes: Cold Aston', in A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 9, Bradley Hundred. The Northleach Area of the Cotswolds, ed. N M Herbert (London, 2001), pp. 9-20. [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol9/pp9-20 British History Online].
6. Verey, David. (1976). "Cotswold Churches". B. T. Batsford Ltd.
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8. "Cold Aston (Aston Blank) Church of England School".

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