Shalbourneis a village andcivil parishin theEnglishcounty ofWiltshire,about 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest ofHungerford,Berkshire.The parish has a number of widely spaced small settlements includingBagshotandStype,to the north, andRivarandOxenwoodto the south. Before 1895, about half of the parish of Shalbourne (including its church)lay in Berkshire.
| Shalbourne | |
|---|---|
 St. Michael and All Angels | |
  Shalbourne Location withinWiltshire | |
| Population | 558 (in 2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SU3163 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Marlborough |
| Postcode district | SN8 |
| Post town | Hungerford |
| Postcode district | RG17 |
| Dialling code | 01672 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | www |
History
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Domesday Bookof 1086 recorded a settlement of 48 households atSaldeborneorScaldeburne.[3]
Under theCounties (Detached Parts) Act 1844,Oxenwood tithing was transferred from Berkshire to Wiltshire. Bagshot tithing was transferred in 1895, to complete the consolidation of the parish within Wiltshire.[4]
Parish church
editTheAnglicanChurch of St Michael and All Angels isGrade II* listed.Built in flint and stone with tiled roofs, it dates from the 12th or 13th century and was partly rebuilt and extended byG.F. Bodleyin 1873.[5][6]
The nave is either 12th century or a 13th-century rebuilding; reconstruction of the south aisle in the 19th century reused two 12th-century doorways.[7]The chancel was rebuilt around 1300, and the tower added in the 15th century.[4]
Three of the six bells in the tower are from the 17th century.[8]The east chancel window has 1871 stained glass byKempe.[6]A window byHenry Haigwas added in 1995, from designs ofKarl Parsons,who lived at Shalbourne from 1930 until the onset of ill health in 1933.[9][10]
The benefice was united with that ofHam with Buttermerein 1956.[11]Today the parish is part of the Savernake Team, a group of eleven village parishes.[12]
Other buildings
editAlso Grade II* listed are West Court farmhouse (15th and 17th centuries) and Shalbourne Manor farmhouse (16th century).[13][14]
Geography
editThe Shalbourne Stream flows northeast from its spring-fed source near Shalbourne village, to join theRiver DunaboveHungerford.[15][16]
Local government
editThe civil parish elects aparish council.[17]It is in the area ofWiltshire Council,aunitary authority,which is responsible for all significant local government functions.
Amenities
editShalbourne has a primary school,[18]and a village hall which was built in 1843 as a schoolroom.[19][20]It has a cricket pitch and pavilion with a bar. At the centre of the village, near the village green, are the pub (The Plough) and a small post office and shop which sells a variety of products and refreshments. The shop stocks organic vegetables from Shalbourne's community project, a small allotment that sells vegetable boxes to the village and surroundings.
Notable people
edit- Alexander Chocke of Shalbourne(1594–1625) was elected to Parliament forLudgershallin 1621.[21]
- From 1608 until late 1637, tenants of the parish's Westcourt Manor included William Carpenter and his namesake son, both of whom emigrated toWeymouth, Massachusettsin 1638 on theBevisfromSouthampton.The younger William was a founder ofRehoboth, Massachusetts.TheRehoboth Carpenter family's descendants number in the tens of thousands, among whom are two U.S. presidents and aProject Mercuryastronaut. William Carpenter [Jr.] married at Shalbourne in 1625 Abigail Briant, whose family had resided in the parish since at least the late 16th century.[22]
- Jethro Tull(1674–1741), agricultural pioneer, from 1709 owned Prosperous farm, close to the northeast boundary of the present parish.[23]
- Marguerite de Beaumont(1899–1989), founding member of Girl Guides, biographer of Lord Baden-Powell, and recipient of theSilver Fish Award,Girl Guiding's highest adult honour.
See also
edit- Botley Down,a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Oxenwood
References
edit- ^"Parish population 2011".Office for National Statistics.Retrieved19 April2015.
- ^Byard, A."Finds record for: BERK-DD8B11".The Portable Antiquities Scheme.Retrieved28 August2022.
- ^Shalbournein theDomesday Book
- ^abPage, William; Ditchfield, P.H., eds. (1924)."Victoria County History - Berkshire: Vol - pp228-234 - Parishes: Shalbourne".British History Online.University of London.Retrieved19 January2020.
- ^"Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Shalbourne".Wiltshire Community History.Wiltshire Council.Retrieved19 April2015.
- ^abHistoric England."Church of St Michael and All Angels, Shalbourned (1184401)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved19 April2015.
- ^"St Michael, Shalbourne, Wiltshire".Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture.King's College London.Retrieved21 January2020.
- ^"Shalbourne".Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers.Retrieved20 January2020.
- ^"Stained Glass Windows at St. Michael, Shalbourne".stainedglassrecords.org.Archived fromthe originalon 26 January 2021.Retrieved20 January2020.
- ^Loutit, Andrew (16 September 2010),Shalbourne, St Michael. des. Karl Parsons,Flickr,retrieved20 January2020
- ^"No. 40876".The London Gazette.11 September 1956. pp. 5168–5169.
- ^"St. Michael & All Angels Church, Shalbourne".Savernake Team.Retrieved19 January2020.
- ^Historic England."West Court farmhouse, Shalbourne (1033981)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved19 April2015.
- ^Historic England."Shalbourne Manor farmhouse (1184699)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved19 April2015.
- ^"Southern Streams".The Kennet Catchment.Retrieved21 January2020.
- ^"Shalbourne".Catchment Data Explorer.Environment Agency.Retrieved21 January2020.
- ^"Shalbourne Parish Council".shalbourne.org.Retrieved8 September2024.
- ^"Shalbourne C of E Primary School".Retrieved19 April2015.
- ^"The Shalbourne Village Hall".The Charity Commission.Retrieved19 April2015.
- ^Historic England."Kingston Hall, Shalbourne (1365543)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved19 April2015.
- ^"CHOCKE, Alexander II (1593/4-1625), of Shalbourne, Wilts.; later of Hungerford Park, Berks".History of Parliament Online.Retrieved20 January2020.
- ^"Carpenter Sketches",Eugene Cole Zubrinsky,FASG,(2009; see William1 and William2, Rehoboth section).
- ^Historic England."Prosperous (1034015)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved20 January2020.
External links
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Media related toShalbourneat Wikimedia Commons
- "Shalbourne".Wiltshire Community History.Wiltshire Council.Retrieved19 April2015.
- Shalbourne village website