Colwinston
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Colwinston is a village
in the Vale of Glamorgan
, Wales
.
Colwinston is known for the medieval parish church
of St. Michael and All Angels, subject of a major restoration project to celebrate the millennium. The church is a Grade 1 listed building. Close by are St David's Church in Wales
Primary School, the village hall
, the village green
and the Sycamore Tree Inn (dating from the 17th century or earlier). Colwinston is one of only three villages in Wales which suffered no fatalities in World War I
and one of only 52 Thankful Villages
in the UK. It also suffered no fatalities in World War II
.
Colwinston has its own community council
with seven elected members. The population
of the village in 2005 was approximately 400.
The major social event of the year is the annual village festival, usually held during the first or second week in July. Other annual events include a pantomime
and the New Year's Day
sport of "collyball".
The novelist Agatha Christie
was a frequent visitor to the village, where her descendants still live, at the former manor house of Pwllywrach.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the Vale of Glamorgan
Vale of Glamorgan
The Vale of Glamorgan is a county borough in Wales; an exceptionally rich agricultural area, it lies in the southern part of Glamorgan, South Wales...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
.
Colwinston is known for the medieval parish church
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
of St. Michael and All Angels, subject of a major restoration project to celebrate the millennium. The church is a Grade 1 listed building. Close by are St David's Church in Wales
Church in Wales
The Church in Wales is the Anglican church in Wales, composed of six dioceses.As with the primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Archbishop of Wales serves concurrently as one of the six diocesan bishops. The current archbishop is Barry Morgan, the Bishop of Llandaff.In contrast to the...
Primary School, the village hall
Village hall
In the United States, a village hall is the seat of government for villages. It functions much as a city hall does within cities.In the United Kingdom, a village hall is usually a building within a village which contains at least one large room, usually owned by and run for the benefit of the local...
, the village green
Village green
A village green is a common open area which is a part of a settlement. Traditionally, such an area was often common grass land at the centre of a small agricultural settlement, used for grazing and sometimes for community events...
and the Sycamore Tree Inn (dating from the 17th century or earlier). Colwinston is one of only three villages in Wales which suffered no fatalities in World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
and one of only 52 Thankful Villages
Thankful Villages
Thankful Villages are settlements in both England and Wales from which all their then members of the armed forces survived World War I. The term Thankful Village was popularised by the writer Arthur Mee in the 1930s...
in the UK. It also suffered no fatalities in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
.
Colwinston has its own community council
Community council
A community council is a public representative body in Great Britain.In England they may be statutory parish councils by another name, under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, or they may be non-statutory bodies...
with seven elected members. The population
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
of the village in 2005 was approximately 400.
The major social event of the year is the annual village festival, usually held during the first or second week in July. Other annual events include a pantomime
Pantomime
Pantomime — not to be confused with a mime artist, a theatrical performer of mime—is a musical-comedy theatrical production traditionally found in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Jamaica, South Africa, India, Ireland, Gibraltar and Malta, and is mostly performed during the...
and the New Year's Day
New Year's Day
New Year's Day is observed on January 1, the first day of the year on the modern Gregorian calendar as well as the Julian calendar used in ancient Rome...
sport of "collyball".
The novelist Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie
Dame Agatha Christie DBE was a British crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best remembered for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections , and her successful West End plays.According to...
was a frequent visitor to the village, where her descendants still live, at the former manor house of Pwllywrach.