Shefford Woodlands
| Shefford Woodlands | |
| Berkshire | |
|---|---|
 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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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Shefford Woodlands) |
References
- ↑ The Pheasant Inn
- ↑ Springburn childcare
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 National Heritage List 1321842: Woodlands House, Shefford Woodlands
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 National Heritage List 1136032: Barn adjoining the White House
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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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