"(when some prisoners would move to HMP Polmont) but that full closure would not happen until 2020. HM Prison Cornton Vale Cornton Vale is a women's prison in Stirling, operated by the Scottish Prison Service. Built in 1975, Cornton Vale comprises a total of 217 cells in its 5 houses. It took only convicted women and girls from 1975 until 1978. In 1978 Parliament passed the necessary legislation to allow females to be held there on remand. Lady Martha Bruce was the first governor. Cornton Vale now houses almost all female adults and young offenders in Scotland. In April 1999,"
"valley', plus ""abbas"" which refers to Shaftesbury Abbey (the land was owned by the abbess). The church, St. Mary's, was built in 1866 to replace the older structure which was more remote from the village. The tower of the Church of St Mary in East Compton is a Grade I listed building. Compton Abbas Compton Abbas is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies within the North Dorset administrative district, south of the town of Shaftesbury. It is sited on greensand strata on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, below the chalk"
"""COMPTON-VALLENCE, or East Compton, a parish in Dorchester district, Dorset; 2½ miles SW of Grimstone and Frampton r. station, and 6½ WNW of Dorchester. It has a post office, of the name of Compton-Vallence, under Dorchester. Acres, 1, 296. Real property, £1, 498. Pop., 136. Houses, 26. The property is all in one estate. diocese of Salisbury. Value, £300.* Patron, R. Williams, Esq. The church is an edifice of 1840, in the later English style, after designs by Ferrey."" Compton Valence Compton Valence is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies"
"Compton Valence Compton Valence is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies within the West Dorset administrative district, approximately west of the county town Dorchester. It is sited at the head of a narrow valley, formed by a small tributary of the River Frome, and is surrounded by the hills of the Dorset Downs, which has led to it having been described as ""a pocket of habitation in the downs."" Dorset County Council estimate that in 2013 the population of the parish was 50. The parish church has a 15th-century tower,"
"Compton Chamberlayne Compton Chamberlayne is a small village and civil parish in south Wiltshire, England, situated in the Nadder Valley approximately west of Salisbury. The River Nadder forms the northern border of the parish, and to the south are chalk hills. The parish is bisected by the A30 road. The village contains approximately 25 privately owned houses, a village hall, and a cricket pitch used by the Compton Chamberlayne Cricket Club. Most of the inhabited part of the village lies within a small wooded valley which lends credence to the origin of the name ""Compton"" – coombe tun, or 'settlement"
"Compton, Berkshire Compton is a village and civil parish in the River Pang valley in the Berkshire Downs about south of Didcot which is buffered from neighbouring settlements by cultivated fields to all sides. The village is in a gently-sloped dry valley and the fledgling Pang seasonally enters from the north west and discharges in the south east and may be joined at the centre of the village by the Roden from the North, when winter bournes rise to fill their channels. Elevations vary from 95 to 155m AOD. The bell tower of the Church of England parish church of"
"parish contains Weston Park, within which was the depopulated settlement of Weston-by-Cherington. About one mile south of Long Compton are the Rollright Stones, a neolithic monument. Long Compton Long Compton is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England near the extreme southern tip of Warwickshire, and close to the border with Oxfordshire. It is part of the district of Stratford-on-Avon and in the 2001 census had a population of 705, increasing to 764 at the 2011 Census. The village is in the Cotswolds and is located on the A3400 (formerly the A34) from Oxford to Stratford-upon-Avon. As the name"
"probably for additional altar (cp. Cudworth); (4) Norm. font on a fluted pedestal, (5) Perp. screen, said to have been an importation. There is a Perp. W. tower of weak design and poor workmanship, opening into the nave by a panelled arch."""" Compton Martin Compton Martin is a small village and civil parish within the Chew Valley in Somerset and in the Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority in England. The parish has a population of 508. It lies between Chew Valley Lake and Blagdon Lake, north of the Mendip Hills, approximately south of Bristol on the A368 road"
"Compton, Wolverhampton Compton is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It is located to the west of Wolverhampton city centre on the A454, within the Tettenhall Wightwick ward. Compton sits nestled below the ridge that stretches south west from Aldersley, with some of its housing climbing the steep hill near 'The Holloway' on the climb towards Tettenhall Wood. Across the Smestow valley the terrain rises again in the direction of Finchfield. The valley here through which the Smestow Brook flows was formed as a glacial meltwater channel. The area was quarried for its sandstone. Its place name reflects its"
"Compton, Guildford Compton is a village and civil parish in the Guildford district of Surrey, England. It is between Godalming and Guildford. It has a medieval church and a close connection to fine art and pottery, being the later life home of artist George Frederic Watts. The village has considerable woodland and agriculture, and the undeveloped portions are in the Metropolitan Green Belt. The village is traversed by the North Downs Way and has a large western conservation area. Central to the village are the Watts Gallery, the cemetery chapel commissioned by his wife for him, two inns and the"
"Long Compton Long Compton is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England near the extreme southern tip of Warwickshire, and close to the border with Oxfordshire. It is part of the district of Stratford-on-Avon and in the 2001 census had a population of 705, increasing to 764 at the 2011 Census. The village is in the Cotswolds and is located on the A3400 (formerly the A34) from Oxford to Stratford-upon-Avon. As the name implies it is a long village. In the centre is the large church of St Peter and St Paul, which dates from the 13th century. The"
"Compton Martin Compton Martin is a small village and civil parish within the Chew Valley in Somerset and in the Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority in England. The parish has a population of 508. It lies between Chew Valley Lake and Blagdon Lake, north of the Mendip Hills, approximately south of Bristol on the A368 road Weston-super-Mare to Bath. A spring rises near the church and feeds the village duck pond, which used to power a paper mill, and ultimately becomes the River Yeo. The Big Green Gathering takes place at Fernhill Farm above the village. There is"
"Compton Castle Compton Castle in the parish of Marldon in Devon, is a fortified manor house in the village of Compton (formerly ""Compton Pole""), about west of Torquay on the southern coast of Devon, England (). The estate was home to the families of Compton, de la Pole, Doddiscombe, Gilbert and Templer. The castle has been home to the Gilbert family for most of the time since it was built. Listed as a Grade 1 set of buildings, it has been a National Trust property since 1951. The castellated house was the seat of Sir Maurice de la Pole in"
"medieval domestic life, and its small formal gardens are enclosed by a stone curtain wall. There is another Compton Castle at Compton Pauncefoot, Somerset. Compton Castle Compton Castle in the parish of Marldon in Devon, is a fortified manor house in the village of Compton (formerly ""Compton Pole""), about west of Torquay on the southern coast of Devon, England (). The estate was home to the families of Compton, de la Pole, Doddiscombe, Gilbert and Templer. The castle has been home to the Gilbert family for most of the time since it was built. Listed as a Grade 1 set"
"Easter Compton Easter Compton is a village in the civil parish of Almondsbury, South Gloucestershire, England. It is situated at the bottom of a hill (known as ""Blackhorse Hill"") near Junction 17 of the M5 Motorway on the B4055. The village is only 1.5 miles away from the busy Mall shopping and leisure complex at Cribbs Causeway. There is a pub (The Fox), a post office (open Monday/Wednesday/Friday in the mornings and based in the village hall), Methodist chapel, bowling alley, and a playing field (including skate park). It is served by the church of Compton Greenfield, as well as"
"Compton Abbas Compton Abbas is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies within the North Dorset administrative district, south of the town of Shaftesbury. It is sited on greensand strata on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, below the chalk downs of Cranborne Chase. On top of these hills is Compton Abbas Airfield. The A350 road between Wiltshire and the south coast passes through the village. In the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 216. The name ""Compton Abbas"" derives from the Saxon ""cumb-ton"", meaning 'village in a narrow"
"north into the Nadder. Landscaping in the 18th century was by Capability Brown. Compton Chamberlayne Compton Chamberlayne is a small village and civil parish in south Wiltshire, England, situated in the Nadder Valley approximately west of Salisbury. The River Nadder forms the northern border of the parish, and to the south are chalk hills. The parish is bisected by the A30 road. The village contains approximately 25 privately owned houses, a village hall, and a cricket pitch used by the Compton Chamberlayne Cricket Club. Most of the inhabited part of the village lies within a small wooded valley which lends"
"is where the B757 meets the A891 Milton of Campsie Milton of Campsie is a large village situated in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland roughly 10 miles north of Glasgow. Nestling at the foot of the Campsie Fells, it is neighboured by Kirkintilloch and Lennoxtown. The village expanded greatly in the 1970s with the addition of modern housing estates by Barratt and Bellway, the latter being more extensive. It has one full sized grass football park in what is known locally as ""The Battlefield"", as well as another smaller football field at Beechtree Park. Amenities include a newsagent, a Co-op Store (the"
"bought from collector Andras Kalman. Following this Compton Verney continued to engage with people in the local area via a series of outreach projects and art installations within the grounds. Compton Verney fully opened to the public as a major, nationally accredited art gallery in March 2004. The special exhibitions programme offers both historic and contemporary shows and is designed to appeal to a wide audience. The following art exhibitions have been held: Compton Verrney Art Gallery is situated on the B4086 between the villages of Kineton and Wellesbourne. Stratford-upon-Avon lies 14.4 kilometers (9 mi) northwest of Compton Verney, with"
"Compton, Waverley Compton is a former village and today a semi-rural suburb centred ESE of Farnham in the Waverley district of Surrey, England and connected to Farnham by two direct urban single carriageways and green space footpaths along the Wey (North Branch) which in part marks the northern boundary of the area together with the A31. The area relies on Farnham for most of its modern amenities and its eastern part is rural whereas its western part is urban, with a divide where the Wey flows between the two south-eastwards. Compton has given its name to the local roads Compton"
"Cliffe Vale, Staffordshire Cliffe Vale is a district of the city of Stoke-on-Trent, and lies to the immediate south of Etruria and just west of Basford and Hartshill. Cliffe Vale is in the valley of the Fowlea Brook, now better known as Etruria Valley. There are industrial and employment uses along the A500, and new residential developments along the Trent and Mersey Canal. The Shelton New Road (A53) passes through from east to west. The area is sometimes called Cliff Vale (with no 'e') by the city council, and is part of the Hartshill electoral ward. The Roman road called"
"in England. The western edge of the Vale is the edge of the Cotswolds, running from Malmesbury to Chippenham in the south. This edge is less pronounced than the classic escarpment which forms the western edge of the Cotswolds. It is characterised by a gradual drop in level, but more in the different building materials of the villages. For instance, Stanton St Quintin above the Vale has a distinct Cotswolds feel with the typical honey-coloured building stone and roof slates, while villages just a few miles away to the east like Christian Malford and Sutton Benger have typically thatched homes."
"Compton Abdale Compton Abdale is a small settlement in Gloucestershire, England. It is near the A40 road, located on the old 'salt way' which ran across the Cotswolds. The salt was used for curing meat to store for the winter. In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's ""Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales"" described Compton Abdale like this: """"COMPTON-ABDALE, a parish in Northleach district, Gloucester; on the river Colne, 3 miles WNW of Northleach, and 9 SE by E of Cheltenham r. station. Post town, Northleach, under Cheltenham. Acres, 2, 215. Real property, £2, 047. Pop., 258. Houses, 49. The property is"
"Compton Chine Compton Chine is a geological feature on the south west coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It lies between the village of Brook to the east and Freshwater Bay to the west. It is a small sandy coastal gully, one of a number of such chines on the island created by stream erosion of soft Cretaceous rocks. It leads from the 50 foot high clifftop to the beach of Compton Bay. The Chine drains water off the slopes of Compton Down, to the north, into the sea. The Isle of Wight Coastal Path crosses the top of"
"Little Compton, Warwickshire Little Compton is a village in South Warwickshire, England. It comes under Little Compton civil parish and Stratford-on-Avon District Council., and is located about three miles SSE of Moreton-in-Marsh. The centre of the village is home to the Reed Business School, under the company of the same name (Reed), and is owned by Sir Alec Reed. Brewery Row and the Reed Business School, within Little Compton, are primary filming locations for Doctor Who's 100th story arc, The Stones of Blood Little Compton's nearest train station is Moreton-in-Marsh (~3 miles away), in the town of the same name."
"Slapton, Buckinghamshire Slapton is a village and also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located between the Grand Union Canal and the border with Bedfordshire, about three miles south of Leighton Buzzard, three miles west of Edlesborough. Towards the edge of the parish near Horton in Ivinghoe is the hamlet of Horton Wharf. The village of Grove is also within the boundary of Slapton parish. The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means ""farm by a slippery place"". It is a common place name. This village was recorded in the Domesday Book"
"Haverton Hill Haverton Hill is an area within the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is situated to the north of the River Tees, near Billingham. The A1046 is the main road linking to Stockton and the A19 in the west and Port Clarence and the A178 in the east. In 1828 Haverton Hill was a small hamlet. The settlement along with adjoining, Port Clarence, grew as a result of the Clarence Railway opening in 1833. The railway, owned by Christopher Tennant, was a rival to the Stockton and Darlington Railway and transported coal from"
"pubs in Wolverhampton, ""The Swan at Compton"" is prominently located on the junction of The Holloway and Bridgnorth Road. Compton, Wolverhampton Compton is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It is located to the west of Wolverhampton city centre on the A454, within the Tettenhall Wightwick ward. Compton sits nestled below the ridge that stretches south west from Aldersley, with some of its housing climbing the steep hill near 'The Holloway' on the climb towards Tettenhall Wood. Across the Smestow valley the terrain rises again in the direction of Finchfield. The valley here through which the Smestow Brook flows"
"Sutton Valence Sutton Valence (in the past also called Sudtone, Town Sutton and Sutton Hastings, see below) is a village about five miles (8 km) SE of Maidstone, Kent, England on the A274 road going south to Headcorn and Tenterden. It is on the Greensand Ridge overlooking the Vale of Kent and Weald. St Mary's Church is on the west side of the village on Chart Road, close to the junction of the High Street with the A274. Another landmark is Sutton Valence Castle on the east side of the village, of which only the ruins of the 12th century"
"The village is served by few and infrequent bus services, as described below: Little Compton, Warwickshire Little Compton is a village in South Warwickshire, England. It comes under Little Compton civil parish and Stratford-on-Avon District Council., and is located about three miles SSE of Moreton-in-Marsh. The centre of the village is home to the Reed Business School, under the company of the same name (Reed), and is owned by Sir Alec Reed. Brewery Row and the Reed Business School, within Little Compton, are primary filming locations for Doctor Who's 100th story arc, The Stones of Blood Little Compton's nearest train"
"Whatton in the Vale Whatton in the Vale is a village in the English county of Nottinghamshire. It lies in the Vale of Belvoir on the south bank of the River Smite, just to the north of the major A52 road, twelve miles (19 km) east of Nottingham. It had a population of 843 at the 2011 census. It is served by Aslockton railway station, across the river to the north of the village. Administratively it is part of the borough of Rushcliffe. Whatton was once the telephone exchange for many villages in the district, but the name has been"
"Compton Bassett Compton Bassett is a village and rural civil parish in Wiltshire, England, with a population of approximately 250. The village lies about north of Cherhill and east of the town of Calne. The Church of England parish church of St Swithin, in the southwest of the village, is from the late 12th century, when it belonged to Bicester priory. Work from the 12th and 13th centuries survives in the nave while the tower and clerestory are from the 15th. The finely-carved stone screen is also 15th-century and is described by Pevsner as ""what remains in one's memory"". In"
"Stoodleigh Stoodleigh is a village and civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon, England, located north of Tiverton and south of Bampton. It is situated above the Exe Valley, close to the Devon / Somerset border. The centre of the village is a conservation area. In the past it formed part of Witheridge Hundred and it is within the Tiverton Deanery of the Church of England. Castle Close is a circular earthwork, close to Stoodleigh, that is most likely to be an Iron Age Hill fort or enclosure. The Church of St Margaret's was constructed in the 15th"