Arlington, Gloucestershire
| Arlington | |
| Gloucestershire | |
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP110067 |
| Location: | 51°45’32"N, 1°50’29"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Cirencester |
| Postcode: | GL7 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cotswold |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
The Cotswolds |
Arlington is a Cotswold village in the parish of Bibury, in Gloucestershire. Bibury itself stands on the east side of the River Coln and Arlington on the west. It may be considered a part of Bibury.
History
In 1066 Arlington had two mills and continued to flourish based on the wool trade until the 18th century.[1]
In the Seventeenth Century, John Custis II of Arlington emigrated to the Colony of Virginia, where in 1675 he built a palatial four-story brick mansion and named it "Arlington":[2][3] This holding became Arlington Estate on the south shore of the Potomac River, opposite the future site of the city of Washington.
Sights of the village
Arlington Row is a nationally notable architectural conservation area depicted on the inside cover of all United Kingdom passports.[4] The cottages were built in 1380 as a monastic wool store.[5] This was converted into a row of cottages for weavers in the seventeenth century.[6] It has been used as a film and television location, most notably for the films Stardust (2007) and Bridget Jones's Diary.
Arlington Manor was built in the 17th century.[7] It has an adjoining 18th century barn.[8]
Church
On the green is a Baptist church built in 1833.[9]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Arlington, Gloucestershire) |
- Arlington in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ A History of the County of Gloucester - Volume 7 : Bibury (Victoria County History): (on British History Online|
- ↑ Custis, John. The Letterbook of John Custis IV of Williamsburg, 1717-1742. Josephine Little Zuppan, ed. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005, p. 18; Guy, Chris. "Project Casts Light on House Lost to Past." Baltimore Sun. 8 September 2001
- ↑ Pagan, John Ruston: John Custis (ca. 1629–1696) in ‘Encyclopedia Virginia’
- ↑ Mullin, Gemma (18 July 2014). "Quiet Gloucestershire village becomes an unlikely tourist attraction after its 14th-century weavers' cottages are featured on millions of passports". Mail Online. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2697445/Quiet-Gloucestershire-village-unlikely-tourist-attraction-14th-century-weavers-cottages-featured-millions-passports.html. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1155677: Arlington Row
- ↑ Bibury
- ↑ National Heritage List 1155018: Arlington Manor with forecourt wall
- ↑ National Heritage List 1088426: Barn adjoining to north-east of Arlington Manor
- ↑ National Heritage List 1341823: Baptist Church
