- Cold Ashton
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Not to be confused with Cold Aston .
Coordinates: 51°27′07″N 2°21′43″W / 51.452°N 2.362°W
Cold Ashton 
Holy Trinity church
Cold Ashton
Cold Ashton shown within GloucestershirePopulation 248 (as of 2001) OS grid reference ST747725 Unitary authority South Gloucestershire Ceremonial county Gloucestershire Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town CHIPPENHAM Postcode district SN14 Dialling code 01225 Police Avon and Somerset Fire Avon Ambulance Great Western EU Parliament South West England List of places: UK • England • Gloucestershire Cold Ashton is a village in South Gloucestershire, England. The village church has a 14th century tower and the rest of the church was rebuilt in the 16th century by Thomas Key, its rector.[1]
In 1643 during the English Civil War Sir Bevil Grenville was injured at the Battle of Lansdowne and carried to the rectory at Cold Ashton, where he died.[2]
Coordinates: 51°27′N 2°22′W / 51.45°N 2.367°W
References
- ^ Hall, Michael (1993). Stratford-Upon-Avon and the Cotswolds. The Pevensey Press. p. 73. ISBN 0907115683. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GopyAAAACAAJ.
- ^ Barratt, John (2005). The civil war in the south west. Bernsley: Pen & Sword Military. pp. 53–56. ISBN 1844151468.
External links
Media related to Cold Ashton at Wikimedia CommonsCategories:- Villages in South Gloucestershire
- South Gloucestershire geography stubs
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