Arlington, Gloucestershire

Arlington
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Arlington is located in Gloucestershire
Arlington
Arlington
Location within Gloucestershire
OS grid referenceSP1006
Civil parish
  • Bibury
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCirencester
Postcode districtGL7
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
EU ParliamentSouth West England
UK Parliament
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UK
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51°45′32″N 1°50′29″W / 51.7589°N 1.8415°W / 51.7589; -1.8415Coordinates: 51°45′32″N 1°50′29″W / 51.7589°N 1.8415°W / 51.7589; -1.8415

Arlington is a Cotswold village in the parish of Bibury, Gloucestershire, England.

History

In 1066 Arlington had two mills and continued to flourish based on the wool trade until the 18th century.[1]

Arlington was the ancestral home of John Custis II, who emigrated to the Colony of Virginia and named his palatial four-story brick mansion (built in 1675) in Northumberland County, Virginia "Arlington" after the town.[2][3] Arlington was abandoned after just 50 years, but the name was used again by his great-great-grandson, George Washington Parke Custis, as the name for his large Arlington Estate on the south shore of the Potomac River near what is now Washington, D.C.[4] Upon Custis's death in 1857, the estate passed to his only child, Mary Anna Custis Lee, wife of American Civil War General Robert E. Lee,[5] and today is known as Arlington National Cemetery.

Landmarks

Arlington Row is a nationally notable architectural conservation area depicted on the inside cover of all United Kingdom passports.[6] The cottages were built in 1380 as a monastic wool store.[7] This was converted into a row of cottages for weavers in the seventeenth century.[8] It has been used as a film and television location, most notably for the films Stardust and Bridget Jones's Diary.[9][10][11][12][13]

Arlington Manor was built in the 17th century.[14] It has an adjoining 18th century barn.[15]

Religious sites

On the green is a Baptist church built in 1833.[16]

References

  1. ^ Herbert, N.M. "Bibury In: A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7". British History Online. Victoria County History. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Pagan, John Ruston. "John Custis (ca. 1629–1696)". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  4. ^ Cultural Landscape Program. Arlington House: The Robert E. Lee Memorial Cultural Landscape Report. National Capital Region. National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Washington, D.C.: 2001, p. 25. Archived 24 December 2012 at WebCite Accessed 2011-09-24
  5. ^ http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore-the-Cemetery/History/Arlington-House
  6. ^ 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. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  7. ^ Historic England. "Arlington Row (1155677)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Bibury". National Trust. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  9. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ http://biburyshop.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/japanese-and-english.html
  11. ^ IMDB Website
  12. ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2697445/Quiet-Gloucestershire-village-unlikely-tourist-attraction-14th-century-weavers-cottages-featured-millions-passports.html
  13. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ^ Historic England. "Arlington Manor with forecourt wall (1155018)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  15. ^ Historic England. "Barn adjoining to north-east of Arlington Manor (1088426)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  16. ^ Historic England. "Baptist Church (1341823)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

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