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East Hagbourne is a village and
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about south of
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and south of
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. It was part of
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until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to
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. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 1,882.


Manor

East Hagbourne's
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is derived from Hacca's Brook, a stream that flows through the village. East Hagbourne was sometimes called Church Hagbourne. East and West Hagbourne have been separate villages since the time of
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, when Regenbald, a priest of
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, held the manor of East Hagbourne. Regenbald continued to hold the manor after the
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in 1066 and compilation of the
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in 1086. Regenbald died in the reign of
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, who then granted East Hagbourne manor to the
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s of
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(founded 1117). The abbey continued to hold the manor until 1539, when it surrendered its lands to
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in the Dissolution of the Monasteries.


Churches


Church of England

The
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of the
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of
St Andrew Andrew the Apostle ( grc-koi, Ἀνδρέᾱς, Andréās ; la, Andrēās ; , syc, ܐܰܢܕ݁ܪܶܐܘܳܣ, ʾAnd’reʾwās), also called Saint Andrew, was an apostle of Jesus according to the New Testament. He is the brother of Simon Peter ...
may have been built in the 12th century. The south
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was added early in the 13th century. It is linked with the nave by a three- bays
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. It was followed a few years later by the south chapel, which is alongside the
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and linked to it by a two-bay arcade. The chancel arch was built in the middle of the 13th century. The north aisle, also of three bays, was added about 1340, followed by the
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north chapel, which is alongside the chancel and linked with it by a two-bay arcade. On the floor of the north chapel are
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es commemorating ''Claricia Wyndesor – quare fieri fecit istam capellam'' (why did he make this chapel) (died 1403) and her husband John York ''fundator istius Ile'' (founder of Ile) (died 1404).
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takes this to mean that the north chapel was built early in the 15th century, which surprised him as its Decorated Gothic style had been succeeded by
Perpendicular Gothic Perpendicular Gothic (also Perpendicular, Rectilinear, or Third Pointed) architecture was the third and final style of English Gothic architecture developed in the Kingdom of England during the Late Middle Ages, typified by large windows, four-c ...
around 1350. However, the south aisle and south chapel were rebuilt in the Perpendicular Gothic style early in the 15th century so Page and Ditchfield conclude that the brasses of Clarice Windsor and John York were formerly in the south chapel and moved at a later date. The south chapel has a
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into the chancel. The chapel was re-roofed in the 17th century. The arch supporting the west
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is 14th-century Decorated Gothic but the style of the rest of the tower is Perpendicular Gothic. A Perpendicular Gothic
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was added to the nave in the 15th century. The east window of the chancel is also Perpendicular, from late in the 15th century. St Andrew's is a
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. The tower has a
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of eight bells. Joseph Carter of
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cast the third bell in 1602. Ellis I Knight of Reading cast the fifth and sixth bells in 1641, and Henry II Knight cast the fourth in 1670. Thomas Lester of the
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cast the seventh bell in 1751. Robert I Wells of
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, Wiltshire cast the treble bell in 1770, and his son Robert II Wells of Aldbourne cast the tenor in 1781. Mears and Stainbank at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast the second bell in 1910. St Andrew's also has a Sanctus bell, cast by an unknown founder in about 1699. St Andrew's parish is part of the
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of the Churn.


Primitive Methodist

A
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chapel was built in East Hagbourne in the 19th century. It is a red brick building with
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stone details. It has ceased to be used for worship and is now a private house.


Churches in Northbourne

Churches were built for Northbourne when it was still part of Hagbourne parish: St Peter's
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church in 1890, a
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chapel in 1901 and a
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chapel in 1903. St Peter's now has a new building that was completed in 1977, and its old building is the Northbourne Centre. Northbourne is now part of Didcot: see below.


Secular buildings and structures

As well as the parish church, East Hagbourne has at least 45 listed buildings. The majority of East Hagbourne's listed buildings are individual houses and cottages, particularly on Main Road and Church Close, which are mid-17th century and are all Grade II listed. The Village Cross or Upper Cross, at the junction of Main Road and Church Close, is a 15th-century stone cross with an 18th-century sundiam, on a base of 5 deep stone steps. It is
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. Hagbourne Mill Farm Mill is early 18th century with alterations from about 1828 and is Grade II* listed. It is some way south of the village and not generally open to the public. The Phillips family tomb is a chest tomb in white and grey marble in St Andrew's parish churchyard. It is Grade II* listed. Matthew Phillips, carpenter to the King, is mentioned below. The original part of Kings Holme, 5 Main Road, was built in 1591. Tudor House, 46 Main Road, is a three-storey farmhouse with a thatched barn opposite the Village Cross. It has wooden panelling in the front room and an original corkscrew staircase to the rear.


Economic and social history

In the
English Civil War The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians (" Roundheads") and Royalists led by Charles I ("Cavaliers"), mainly over the manner of England's governance and issues of re ...
in 1644, the Parliamentarian army billetted 6,000 horsemen in East Hagbourne. During this time it is believed the parish church and Upper Cross were damaged. A tiny window, only three inches square, in a house on Main Road, is said to have been used to spy on the Parliamentarian troops. On 10 March 1659 fire spread through the village, burning down a considerable number of thatched houses. In 1661 Charles II issued a proclamation requesting aid for the village. A sum was received from Londoners and, in return, East Hagbourne sent money to London after the
Great Fire of London The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through central London from Sunday 2 September to Thursday 6 September 1666, gutting the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall, while also extending past the ...
in 1666. The Hagbourne fire could explain the number of well-preserved houses from after this era. The village has numerous old timber-framed houses, both around the village cross and along the main street. Coscote Manor, about west of the village, is a timber-framed 17th-century house with
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s and an
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. Hagbourne
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Primary School is in East Hagbourne and was built in 1874. For centuries Hagbourne parish extended north as far as the main road linking Wallingford and Wantage. After the
Great Western Main Line The Great Western Main Line (GWML) is a main line railway in England that runs westwards from London Paddington to . It connects to other main lines such as those from Reading to Penzance and Swindon to Swansea. Opened in 1841, it was the or ...
reached Didcot Junction in 1844, a new settlement was built in Hagbourne parish next to the boundary with Didcot. This was initially called Newtown or North Hagbourne, but later its name became Northbourne. In the 20th century both Didcot and Northbourne continued to grow. Eventually Northbourne was transferred from Hagbourne to Didcot civil parish, and St Peter's church was given its own ecclesiastical parish. The Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway was built through the parish, passing west of the village & east of Coscote on the still extant Hagbourne Embankment – one of the line's most notable civil engineering features, built upon chalk dug from the route of the line through the
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. The line opened in 1881. There was no station in the parish; the nearest were at Upton and . In 1911 the
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renamed Upton station . In 1942–43 the track was doubled to carry increased war traffic, and the bridges over the West Hagbourne Road & Lake Road were rebuilt.
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ways closed the line to passenger traffic in 1962 & freight in 1967. Since December 2006 a South Didcot bypass road has been proposed. This would have required the demolition of part of East Hagbourne, particularly houses in the New Road area. The proposal is in
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. In 2014 the parish boundary with Didcot was moved and the land locally called Fleet Meadow was made part of the Millbrook ward of
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. In 2015
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proposed a high-density housing estate of 170 homes on land south of this new boundary. East Hagbourne Parish Council and many Didcot and East Hagbourne residents oppose the development, as does local MP
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. The Mind the Green Gap Campaign formed in July 2015 to campaign against this and other proposals that are contrary to
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District Council's Core Strategy.


Amenities

East Hagbourne has a 17th-century
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, The Fleur de Lys. East Hagbourne has a Church of England Primary School on Main Road. Opposite the school is Hagbourne
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, shared by East and West Hagbourne and used regularly for village events. In 2010 the building was extended with an additional meeting room, new toilets and storage. There is a small
Post Office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ...
and a village shop in New Road, opened in 2001 and run by local volunteers.


Transport

Thames Travel Thames Travel is a bus operator serving the southern part of the English county of Oxfordshire. It is based in Didcot and is a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group. In May 2011 the Go-Ahead Group bought Thames Travel. Branded routes River Rapids ...
route 94 serves East Hagbourne from Mondays to Fridays, linking the village with Didcot town and with
Didcot Parkway railway station Didcot Parkway is a railway station serving the town of Didcot in Oxfordshire, England. The station was opened as Didcot on 12 June 1844 and renamed Didcot Parkway on 29 July 1985 by British Rail to reflect its role as a park and ride railhead. ...
. Buses run mostly once an hour, with a half-hourly service in the evening peak. There is no Saturday or Sunday service.


Events

In 1996, 1999, 2003 and 2004 East Hagbourne was awarded the title of
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in Oxfordshire. In 2009 the village was one of nine UK finalists in the
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’s
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competition. The village holds several events each year. These include an annual
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on the
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, typically of to , which involves a run around the surrounding area, including the villages of
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and Upton. There is an annual "scarecrow trail", a village
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and, in August, a duck race on Hacca's Brook. In recent years a
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has toured the village in December.


Film and television

In July 1975, the location scenes for the ''
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'' serial ''
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'' were filmed in the village. In 1989,
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, who starred as the Doctor, returned to the village to be interviewed by
Nicholas Briggs Nicholas Briggs (born 29 September 1961) is an English actor, writer, director, sound designer and composer. He is associated with the BBC science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'' and its spin-offs, particularly as the voice of the Dal ...
about his time on ''Doctor Who'' for the
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''Myth Makers'' series. In 2012, Briggs returned to the village to interview residents for ''The Village That Came to Life'', a making-of documentary featured on the DVD release of ''The Android Invasion''. In 2015, two television channels featured East Hagbourne in reports about the Mind the Green Gap Campaign.


Notable residents

*Thomas Phillips (about 1689–1736), carpenter to kings
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and
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, lived in East Hagbourne and is buried in St Andrew's parish churchyard. *Television chef
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married in East Hagbourne and lived in a cottage in the village for a short time. *
Tracy Philipps James Erasmus Tracy Philipps (20 November 1888 – 21 July 1959) was a British public servant. Philipps was, in various guises, a soldier, colonial administrator, traveller, journalist, propagandist, conservationist, and secret agent. He served ...
(1888–1959), Intelligence Officer, Colonial Administrator and Conservationist amid numerous other activities, lived in the village during his retirement.


References


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