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THE narrow, winding lanes that lead to the tiny rural village of Coln St Dennis in the picturesque Coln Valley, 3½ miles from Northleach and six miles from Cirencester, tend to deter all but the most adventurous from discovering this unspoilt Cotswold gem. The view across water meadows and the dreamy River Coln to the village church of St James is described by a local historian as ‘one of the most perfectly idyllic sights in the Cotswolds’.
The village takes its name from the nearby river, as well as the abbey of St Denis, Paris, which held Coln St Dennis as part of the estates of the Saxon monastery of Deerhurst for 350 years after Domesday. These later passed, with the rest of the
