Ablington, Gloucestershire

{{Short description|Village in Gloucestershire, England}}

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{{Use British English|date=February 2015}}

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|static_image_caption= The River Coln in Ablington

|country= England

|official_name= Ablington

|civil_parish= Bibury

|shire_district= Cotswold

|shire_county= Gloucestershire

|region= South West England

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|post_town= Cirencester

|postcode_district= GL7

|postcode_area= GL

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Ablington is a village in the county of Gloucestershire, England.{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 163 Cheltenham & Cirencester (Stow-on-the-Wold)|ISBN= 9780319229125 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2012}} It is located in the Coln Valley and is part of the Bibury civil parish, {{convert|6|mi|km}} north-east of Cirencester. Ablington is in the Cotswolds which has been designated by Natural England as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).{{cite web|url=http://www.landscapesforlife.org.uk/cotswolds-aonb.html|title=The Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty|website=www.landscapesforlife.org.uk|accessdate=27 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122104754/http://www.landscapesforlife.org.uk/cotswolds-aonb.html|archive-date=22 January 2016|url-status = dead|df=dmy-all}}

Ablington Manor, a late 16th century country house with later additions, is a Grade I listed building.{{National Heritage List for England| num=1341833 |desc=Ablington Manor |grade=I |accessdate=28 October 2015}}

The name 'Ablington' is derived from the 'estate called after Eadbald' (personal name Ēadbald + ing + tūn) and is recorded as Eadbaldingtun in 855, as Ablinton between 1209-1509 and Ablyngton between 1286 and 1601.{{cite book |last1=Watts |first1=Victor |title=The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names |date=2007 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0521168557 |page=2}}