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Great Shefford
Great Shefford (or West Shefford) is an English village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish on the River Lambourn in the West Berkshire district of Berkshire. The present civil parish includes the historical parish of Little or East Shefford, a small, reduced community downstream. It also covers the village of Shefford Woodlands, about south-west of Great Shefford, near Junction 14 on the M4 motorway. Toponymy The Toponymy, toponym of the Sheffords derives from the Old English for sheep ford. Amenities Great Shefford village has a primary school that belongs to Chaddleworth St. Andrew's and Shefford Church of England Federated Primary Schools. It also has a pub-restaurant, The Great Shefford, a shop and a petrol station. Churches St Mary The Church of England parish church of St Mary is one of two existing round-tower churches in Berkshire. The other is St Gregory's parish church at nearby Welford, Berkshire, Welford. Unlike the three round-towered churches in Sussex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shefford Woodlands
Shefford Woodlands is a village in West Berkshire, England, about northeast of the market town of Hungerford. The village is in the Civil parishes in England, civil parish of Great Shefford, about southeast of Great Shefford village. Shefford Woodlands is about above sea level in the Berkshire Downs, and just north of Junction 14 on the M4 motorway, M4. History Shefford Woodlands developed where the road linking Hungerford and Wantage (later a Toll road, turnpike, now the A338 road, 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. The barn is a timber-framed building, originally of six Bay (architecture), bays, and enlarged in the 19th century. Both are now Listed building#Categories of listed building, Grade II listed buildings. In the 19th and 20th centuries there were significant Wesleyan Methodist Church (Great Britain), Wesleyan and Primitive Methodism, Primitive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
