Wasing is an agricultural and woodland village,

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and

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, England owned almost wholly by the descendants of the Mount family, currently Joshua Dugdale. In local administration, its few inhabitants convene their own

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, but share many facilities with Brimpton which was in its civil parish at the time of the 2011 Census.

Geography

Wasing has fields on the Berkshire-

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border and is approximately south-east of Newbury. Its nearest village with general amenities is

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and its nearest town is

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. Its western boundary is the

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, which flows through the range of downs starting at the south of the parish which rises to the highest point in the south-east,

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west. Wasing Wood Ponds is a site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).

Wasing Place

Wasing Place, Wasing Park, and the Wasing Estate, including woodland, are largely owned and managed by Joshua Dugdale, who inherited them from his mother, Lady Cecilia Dugdale. Its estate is centred on a

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which was purchased in 1759 by the London nautical publisher, John Mount. He built Wasing Place, completed in 1770, which became the home of his descendants the MPs, William Mount, William George Mount and Sir William Mount. The house was partially rebuilt in 1954 after a fire in 1945. The

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house has a 180° panorama. Wasing Park, to the north of the house, is Grade II listed. The adjacent church of St Nicholas, remaining almost a private chapel due to its isolation, is Grade I listed, with parts of the building dating to the 13th century.

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Wasing Estate
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