Shefford Woodlands

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Shefford Woodlands
Berkshire
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St Stephen's church
Location
Grid reference: SU3673
Location: 51°27’23"N, 1°28’29"W
Data
Post town: Newbury
Postcode: RG17
Dialling code: 01488
Local Government
Council: West Berkshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
Newbury
Website: Great Shefford and Shefford Woodlands

Shefford Woodlands is a village in the very west of Berkshire, about 3 miles northeast of Hungerford. It sits on its own amongst the farmland, though just north of Junction 14 on the M4 motorway. Great Shefford stands about a mile to the northwest, and Shefford Woodlands form a part of the civil parish of Great Shefford

The village is in the Berkshire Downs.

The Pheasant Inn[1] and a childcare centre[2] are just outside the village.

History

Shefford Woodlands developed where the road linking Hungerford and Wantage (later a turnpike, now the A338) crossed the Roman road of Ermin Street linking Silchester and Gloucester.

Woodlands House and the barn next to White House were built in the 18th century.[3][4] Both are now Grade II listed buildings.[3][4] The barn is a timber-framed building, originally of six bays, and enlarged in the 19th century.[4]

In the 19th and 20th centuries there were significant Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist congregations in Great Shefford parish, and Shefford Woodlands had a Methodist chapel.[5] It fell into disuse, but then in 1911 was consecrated as the Church of England church of St Stephen,[5] making it a dependent chapelry of the parish of St Mary, Great Shefford. Sunday services and St Stephen's are held once a month.[6]

Outside links

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References

  1. The Pheasant Inn
  2. Springburn childcare
  3. 3.0 3.1 National Heritage List 1321842: Woodlands House, Shefford Woodlands
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 National Heritage List 1136032: Barn adjoining the White House
  5. 5.0 5.1 "History of Great Shefford". Great Shefford and Shefford Woodlands. The Parish of Great Shefford. http://www.greatshefford.org.uk/main.asp?pid=62&child=92,47,90,91,93,121,&pagetitle=History_of_Great_Shefford. Retrieved 23 July 2013. 
  6. "Churches". Great Shefford and Shefford Woodlands. The Parish of Great Shefford. http://www.greatshefford.org.uk/main.asp?pid=66&pagetitle=Churches. Retrieved 23 July 2013. 
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