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Colwinston ((ウェールズ語:Tregolwyn)) is a village in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. By road the village is located 3.9 miles southeast of the centre of Bridgend and 20.5 miles west of the centre of Cardiff. The population of the village in 2005 was approximately 400. The community covers an area of . The novelist Agatha Christie was a frequent visitor to the village, where her descendants still live, at the former manor house of Pwllywrach. ==History== The historical strength of the village relates to its location within half a mile of the A48 which was the Roman Via Julia Strata Maritima. Earlier and later tribal settlement established the importance of a 66-acre area of common land known as the "Golden Mile Common". This land alongside the ancient Roman road provided rest for travelers (today's motorway rest area!). No one knows where the name originated although it is widely believed that this was where the armies gathered to march to war and on their return men would line up to receive their gold sovereign before disbanding to return home. The Glamorgan Yeomanry and the Welsh archers/bowmen are well documented in the battles of Agincourt and Crecy and this is also believed to have been the gathering point of the South Wales contingent. The Norman St Michael's Church in Colwinston is reputed to have originally been built in 1111.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=County Treasures )〕 The church was restored in 1879 and suffered a fire in 1971.〔 The 1811 ''A Topographical Dictionary of The Dominion of Wales'' by Nicholas Carlisle said of the village: In 1835, the Seion Presbyterian Chapel was built but it closed in 1996; it later became a residential building.〔 In 1843, the Ebenezer Baptist Chapel was established and the building was completed in 1852.〔 The last minister was the Rev A.E. Powell of Balarat, who served at the church between 1905 and 1944 before the church became part of a house.〔 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. However, the village lost four men in World War II, one of whom was Agatha Christie's son-in-law.〔(BBC: The Thankful Villages of Wales ). Accessed 4 August 2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Colwinston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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