Compton Abdale
Village in Gloucestershire, England
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::summary Village in Gloucestershire, England ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| country | England |
| coordinates | |
| official_name | Compton Abdale |
| population | 125 |
| population_ref | (2011) |
| shire_county | Gloucestershire |
| region | South West England |
| constituency_westminster | North Cotswolds |
| post_town | Cheltenham |
| postcode_district | GL54 |
| postcode_area | GL |
| os_grid_reference | SP0616 |
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Compton Abdale is a small village in Gloucestershire, England, on the Roman "White Way", which ran North from Cirencester ("Corinium"). The village lies about 9 miles North of Cirencester, 1 mile South of the A40 London road.
In 1870–1872, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Compton Abdale like this:COMPTON-ABDALE, a parish in Northleach district, Gloucester; on the river Colne, 3 miles WNW of Northleach, and 9 SE by E of Cheltenham r. station. Post town, Northleach, under Cheltenham. Acres, 2, 215. Real property, £2, 047. Pop., 258. Houses, 49. The property is divided among a few. Part of the surface is heath. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £81. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Bristol. The church was repaired in 1859.The Anglican church building, St Oswald's, situated at the top of a steep hill, dates back to the 13th century and features unusual gargoyles. At the foot of the church path in the centre of the village a spring-fed brook emerges from a "crocodile" head constructed from stone by a local mason in the mid-19th century. This brook flows through the village before eventually joining the River Coln at Cassey Compton, which in turn joins the Thames near Lechlade.
The remains of a Roman villa to the South of the village, in a wood now called Compton Grove, were known to local people in the 19th century, when some surviving materials were removed. The villa site was excavated in 1931 by a schoolmaster and pupils from Cheltenham Grammar School, but the principal trench left by their excavations was later filled from the brook by the landowner to form a swimming pool.
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