Kingston Lisle
| Kingston Lisle | |
| Berkshire | |
|---|---|
 Cottage at Kingston Lisle | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU325876 |
| Location: | 51°35’10"N, 1°31’55"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 249 (2001) |
| Post town: | Wantage |
| Postcode: | OX12 |
| Dialling code: | 01367 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Vale of White Horse |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Oxford West and Abingdon |
Kingston Lisle is a village in north-western Berkshire.
The village stands is at the foot of the Berkshire Downs escarpment, 5 miles west of the local town, Wantage. Swindon is 10 miles to the west. The village is at the foot of Blowing Stone Hill and is one of many spring line settlements at the foot of the scarp of the White Horse Hills. The Uffington White Horse, Uffington Castle and the Ridgeway are nearby.
The village has one public house, which is also a restaurant.
Kinston Lisle is also home to several racehorse trainers, being 5 miles from the horse racing centre of Lambourn.
Parish church
The nave and north door of the Church of England parish church of Saint John the Baptist was built in about 1200.[1] The east window of the chancel is Decorated Gothic.[1] St. John's parish is part of the Benefice of Ridgeway, along with the parishes of Childrey, Letcombe Bassett, Letcombe Regis, Sparsholt and West Challow.
History
The Blowing Stone, King Alfred's supposed means of summoning his troops before the momentous Battle of Ashdown, is at Kingston Lisle.
In literature
Kinston Lisle is featured in Thomas Hughes's novel Tom Brown's Schooldays.
References
Books
- Page, W.H.; Ditchfield, P.H., eds (1924). A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 4. Victoria County History. pp. 531–543.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 161–162.
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