Chilton, Berkshire
| Chilton | |
| Berkshire | |
|---|---|
 The Rose and Crown, Chilton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU4885 |
| Location: | 51°34’5"N, 1°15’54"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 838 (2001) |
| Post town: | Didcot |
| Postcode: | OX11 |
| Dialling code: | 01235 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Vale of White Horse |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Wantage |
Chilton is a village in Berkshire about 3½ miles south-west of Didcot. It lies within the Vale of White Horse, just off the A34 road between Oxford and Newbury. Though close to Didcot, it remains a village of its own, a pretty place of cottages and flower-laden hedges; a reminder of what the town to the north must once have been like before the railways.
The parish church of All Saints dates from the 12th century. Since 1976 the ecclesiatical parish has been united with Harwell.
The southern part of the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, including the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, lies within the parish.
History
A section of the Grim's Ditch forms part of the southern boundary of the parish. The prehistoric Ridgeway National Trail passes to the south of the village.
The Domesday Book of 1086 lists the manor of Chilton as Cilleton.
In 1644 the village was the site of a minor incident following the Second Battle of Newbury in which Parliamentarians narrowly escaped being attacked by Royalists.
References
Further reading
- Page, W.H.; Ditchfield, P.H., eds (1924). A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 4. Victoria County History. pp. 11–15. http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62672.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 115.