The
Medieval Village of Avening,
not more than a couple
of miles from Tetbury,
the (unofficial Royal
Town of the Cotswolds)
grew around the Norman
Church of the Holy Rood
(or Holy Cross).
The Church which was built
on the site of an earlier
Saxon Church, is said to
have been built in 1080 and
the only church ever to be
built by a Queen of England.
The
population of Avening
is 1000, being
the largest village in
the South of the
Cotswolds,
it has a local
village shop/post office,
village
hall, social club,
two public houses
and a local primary school.
It has an active
village
community with
a monthly magazine called
the
Villager.
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