Colden Common
| Colden Common | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
 The Triangle in Colden Common | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU475225 |
| Location: | 50°59’52"N, 1°18’51"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 3,857 (2011) |
| Post town: | Eastleigh |
| Postcode: | SO21 |
| Dialling code: | 01962 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Winchester |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Winchester |
| Website: | Colden Common Parish Council |
Colden Common is a village in Hampshire, in the middle of the county, some five miles south of Winchester. It has a parish population of about 4,000 people, and this wider parish includes the hamlets of Hensting, Fisher's Pond, Nob's Crook, Highbridge and Brambridge. Part of the parish lies within the South Downs National Park.
History
Known in the 13th Century as Colvedene, the origin of the name is uncertain but may come from Old English clofa (cleft) and denu (valley).[1]
The area that is now known as Colden Common is referred to as 'Golding Common' in the First Edition Ordnance Survey Map of Winchester and Solent.[2]
The area was a major centre of palaeolithic flint tool manufacture, with evidence of a "factory" covering 500 square yards discovered during a 1915 excavation in Highbridge.[3][4]
The parish was originally part of the manors of Twyford and Owslebury. The ecclesiastical parish of Colden Common was formed in 1843. Holy Trinity Church, designed by George Guillaume, completed the following year on the southern boundary of the parish.[5]
A number of brickworks were formerly located in Colden Common, including Charles Mitchell's Works which until its closure in 1957 was the last brickworks in Hampshire to make hand-made bricks by the clamp method.[6]
Colden Common grew significantly over the 20th Century, from a population of 748 in 1901 to 3,681 in 2001.[7]
Brambridge House
Brambridge House is a Grade II* listed building – a three-storey former country house on the bank of the River Itchen. It was originally built in 1762, remodelled after an 1872 fire, and was converted to residential flats in the 1950s.[8]
Churches
Colden Common has both Church of England and Methodist churches.
Sport and community
- Football: Colden Common F.C., who play at Oakwood Park, in nearby Otterbourne.
There is a community centre located at the centre of the village, and a school, Colden Common Primary School.
The pubs within the boundaries of the Parish are The Rising Sun and The Fishers Pond. Former pubs, now closed, include The Queens Head, The Dog and Crook and The Black Horse. The Dog and Crook has since reopened and been renamed The Brambridge Arms.[9]
The main entrance of Marwell Zoo is situated on the boundary with Colden Common and Owslebury.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Colden Common) |
References
- ↑
- 'Place-Names of Hampshire
- ↑ Reprint of the first edition of the one-inch Ordnance Survey of England and Wales: Winchester & The Solent, Published by David & Charles, Brunel House, Newton Abbot, Devon
- ↑ Simpson, Sue (2018). Colden Common: A Village History. Colden Common Community Association. pp. 10.
- ↑ Godden, Alex (November 2017). "Eastleigh Strategic Archaeology and Heritage Report". https://www.eastleigh.gov.uk/media/2248/eastleigh-strategic-archaeology-and-heritage-report.pdf.
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Hampshire & The Isle of Wight, 1967 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09606-4
- ↑ White, WCF. "A Gazetteer Of Brick And Tile Works In Hampshire". http://www.hantsfieldclub.org.uk/publications/hampshirestudies/digital/1970s/vol28/White.pdf.
- ↑ Simpson, Sue (2018). Colden Common: A Village History. Colden Common Community Association. pp. 135.
- ↑ England, Historic. "Brambridge House, Kiln Lane, Colden Common, Winchester - South Downs (NP) | Historic England". https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/heritage-at-risk/search-register/list-entry/48617.
- ↑ The Brambridge Arms