Place:East Coulston, Wiltshire, England

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Coulston (until 1934 called East Coulston) is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, five miles northeast of the town of Westbury, just north of the B3098 road. The village lies under the north slope of Salisbury Plain and the parish extends south onto the Plain.

The parish was originally called East Coulston, and until 1934 the theoretical hamlet of West Coulston (immediately adjacent to East Coulston and including the village school) formed part of the parish of Edington. In 1934 East and West Coulston were united into a parish called simply Coulston.

The Stert and Westbury Railway was built by the Great Western Railway Company, running to the north of the village and opening in 1900. The nearest station was "Edington and Bratton". The track continues in use as part of the Reading to Taunton Line but the station closed to passengers in 1952 and to goods in 1963.

The parish church has 12th-century Norman origins. In the Middle Ages, its dedication was to Saint Andrew, but since the early 19th century it has been to Saint Thomas of Canterbury. The chancel was built in the 14th century and rebuilt during restoration in 1868; the south side of the nave has a blocked 12th-century doorway, while the windows are from the 17th century.

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