Inglesham
| Inglesham | |
| Wiltshire, Berkshire | |
|---|---|
 St Johns Church, Inglesham | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU2098 |
| Location: | 51°39’47"N, 1°42’22"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 108 (2011) |
| Post town: | Swindon |
| Postcode: | SN6 |
| Dialling code: | 01367 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Swindon |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Swindon |
Inglesham is a village and parish in Wiltshire and Berkshire. The village is just off the A361 road about a mile south-west of Lechlade in Gloucestershire. Most of the population lives in the hamlet of Upper Inglesham, which is in the Wiltshire part of the parish on the main road about a mile south of the village itself. In the Berkshire part of the parish is the westernmost point of that county.
The parish is bounded to the west and north by the River Thames (which also forms the county border with Gloucestershire), and to the east by the River Cole. There is a detached part of Wiltshire adjacent to, but not including the parish church.
Parish church
The 13th century Church of England parish church of St John the Baptist was restored in 1888–89[1] and is llisted Grade I.[2] It is now redundant and is cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust.
In the churchyard is a Grade II* listed 15th-century stone cross.[2] The base and column survive but the cross itself has been lost.
Before the Dissolution of the Monasteries the Cistercian Beaulieu Abbey held the manor and benefice.[3]
History
Church Farmhouse is a former watermill that was rebuilt in the 17th century.[2] It is listed Grade II*.[2] Several other houses in the parish are listed Grade II, as are the late 18th century Halfpenny Bridge[4] that carries the A361 across the Thames and a Cotswold stone rubble barn at College Farm built in about 1800.[5]
Inglesham lock is at the eastern end of the Thames and Severn Canal and the Cotswold Canals Trust is currently raising funds to restore its structure and part of the canal.
References
Sources
- Garside, Helen (2005). Inglesham Parish. Swindon: Swindon Borough Council. http://www.swindon.gov.uk/de/inglesham.pdf. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
- Hockey, S.F., ed (1974). The Beaulieu Cartulary. Southampton Records Series. XVII. Southampton: Southampton University Press. p. 259.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (1975) [1963]. The Buildings of England: Wiltshire (revised ed.). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 276–277. ISBN 0140710264.