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East Hagbourne

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East Hagbourne
Houses at Upper Cross
East Hagbourne is located in Oxfordshire
East Hagbourne
East Hagbourne
Location withinOxfordshire
Area3.90 km2(1.51 sq mi)
Population1,882 (2011 Census)
•Density483/km2(1,250/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSU527883
Civil parish
  • East Hagbourne
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDidcot
Postcode districtOX11
Dialling code01235
PoliceThames Valley
FireOxfordshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
WebsiteEast Hagbourne Village and Community
List of places
UK
England
Oxfordshire
51°35′28″N1°14′20″W/ 51.591°N 1.239°W/51.591; -1.239

East Hagbourneis a village andcivil parishabout 1 mile (1.6 km) south ofDidcotand 11 miles (18 km) south ofOxford.It was part ofBerkshireuntil the1974 boundary changestransferred it toOxfordshire.The2011 Censusrecorded the parish's population as 1,882.[1]

Manor

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East Hagbourne'stoponymis derived from Hacca's Brook, a stream that flows through the village. East Hagbourne was sometimes called Church Hagbourne.[2]East andWest Hagbournehave been separate villages since the time ofEdward the Confessor,when Regenbald, a priest ofCirencester,held themanorof East Hagbourne. Regenbald continued to hold the manor after theNorman conquest of Englandin 1066 and compilation of theDomesday Bookin 1086. Regenbald died in the reign ofHenry I,who then granted East Hagbourne manor to theAugustiniansofCirencester Abbey(founded 1117). The abbey continued to hold the manor until 1539, when it surrendered its lands tothe Crownin theDissolution of the Monasteries.[2]

Churches

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Church of England

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East end of St Andrew's parish church, with thePerpendicular Gothicfive-light east window of thechancel

Thenaveof theChurch of England parish churchofSt Andrewmay have been built in the 12th century. The southaislewas added early in the 13th century. It is linked with the nave by a three-baysarcade.It was followed a few years later by the south chapel, which is alongside thechanceland 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 theDecorated Gothicnorth chapel, which is alongside the chancel and linked with it by a two-bay arcade.[2]On the floor of the north chapel aremonumental brassescommemoratingClaricia Wyndesor – quare fieri fecit istam capellam(why did he make this chapel) (died 1403) and her husband John Yorkfundator istius Ile(founder of Ile) (died 1404).[3]

Nikolaus Pevsnertakes 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 byPerpendicular Gothicaround 1350.[3]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.[3]The south chapel has asquintinto the chancel.[2]The chapel was re-roofed in the 17th century.[3]The arch supporting the westbell toweris 14th-century Decorated Gothic but the style of the rest of the tower is Perpendicular Gothic.[2][3]A Perpendicular Gothicclerestorywas added to the nave in the 15th century. The east window of the chancel is also Perpendicular, from late in the 15th century.[2]St Andrew's is aGrade I listed building.

The tower has aringof eight bells.[2]Joseph Carter ofReadingcast 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 theWhitechapel Bell Foundrycast the seventh bell in 1751. Robert I Wells ofAldbourne,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 aSanctus bell,cast by an unknown founder in about 1699.[4]St Andrew's parish is part of theBeneficeof the Churn.[5]

Primitive Methodist

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APrimitive Methodistchapel was built in East Hagbourne in the 19th century.[2]It is a red brick building withGothic Revivalashlarstone details. It has ceased to be used for worship and is now a private house.[6]

The Northbourne Centre in Didcot, which used to be St Peter's church, founded by the parish of St Andrew, East Hagbourne

Churches in Northbourne

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Churches were built for Northbourne when it was still part of Hagbourne parish: St Peter'sChurch of Englandchurch in 1890, aWesleyanchapel in 1901 and aPrimitive Methodistchapel in 1903.[2]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

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Upper Cross

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.[7]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 isGrade II* listed.[8]

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.[9]The Phillips family tomb is a chest tomb in white and grey marble in St Andrew's parish churchyard. It is Grade II* listed.[10]Matthew Phillips, carpenter to the King, is mentioned below. The original part of Kings Holme, 5 Main Road, was built in 1591.[11]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.[12]

Economic and social history

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A thatched cottage in East Hagbourne
Coscote Manoras pictured in Allan Fae's 1913travel journalQuiet roads and sleepy villages[13]

In theEnglish Civil Warin 1644, theParliamentarianarmy billetted 6,000 horsemen in East Hagbourne. During this time it is believed[by whom?]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.[14] On 10 March 1659 fire spread through the village, burning down a considerable number of thatched houses.[2]In 1661Charles IIissued a proclamation requesting aid for the village. A sum was received from Londoners and, in return, East Hagbourne sent money to London after theGreat Fire of Londonin 1666.[15]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.[16]Coscote Manor,about1⁄2mile (800 m) west of the village, is a timber-framed 17th-century house withfretworkbargeboardsand anIpswich window.[17]HagbourneChurch of EnglandPrimary School[18]is in East Hagbourne and was built in 1874.[2]For centuries Hagbourne parish extended north as far as the main road linking Wallingford and Wantage. After theGreat Western Main LinereachedDidcot Junctionin 1844, a new settlement was built in Hagbourne parish next to the boundary with Didcot. This was initially called Newtown or North Hagbourne,[2]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.

TheDidcot, Newbury and Southampton Railwaywas built through the parish, passing west of the village & east ofCoscoteon 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 theBerkshire Downs.The line opened in 1881. There was no station in the parish; the nearest were atUptonandDidcot.In 1911 theGreat Western Railwayrenamed Upton stationUpton and Blewbury.In 1942–43 the track was doubled to carry increased war traffic, and the bridges over the West Hagbourne Road & Lake Road were rebuilt.British Railwaysclosed 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.[19]The proposal is inabeyance.In 2014 the parish boundary with Didcot was moved and the land locally called Fleet Meadow was made part of the Millbrook ward ofDidcot.[20]In 2015Grainger plcproposed 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,[21]as does local MPEd Vaizey.[22]The Mind the Green Gap Campaign formed in July 2015 to campaign against this and other proposals that are contrary toSouth OxfordshireDistrict Council's Core Strategy.[23]

Amenities

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East Hagbourne has a 17th-century[24]public house,The Fleur de Lys.[25]East Hagbourne has a Church of England Primary School on Main Road. Opposite the school is Hagbournevillage hall,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.[26]There is a smallPost Officeand a village shop in New Road, opened in 2001 and run by local volunteers.[27]

Transport

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Thames Travelroute 94 serves East Hagbourne from Mondays to Fridays, linking the village with Didcot town and withDidcot Parkway railway station.Buses run mostly once an hour, with a half-hourly service in the evening peak. There is no Saturday or Sunday service.[28]

Events

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In 1996, 1999, 2003 and 2004 East Hagbourne was awarded the title ofBest Kept Villagein Oxfordshire. In 2009 the village was one of nine UK finalists in theRoyal Horticultural Society'sBritain in Bloomcompetition. The village holds several events each year. These include an annualfun runon theMay Daybank holiday,typically of4+1⁄2miles (7 km) to5+1⁄2miles (9 km), which involves a run around the surrounding area, including the villages ofBlewburyandUpton.There is an annual "scarecrow trail", a villagefêteand, in August, a duck race on Hacca's Brook. In recent years aMummers Playhas toured the village in December.

Film and television

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In July 1975, the location scenes for theDoctor WhoserialThe Android Invasionwere filmed in the village.[29]In 1989,Tom Baker,who starred as the Doctor, returned to the village to be interviewed byNicholas Briggsabout his time onDoctor Whofor theReeltime PicturesMyth Makersseries. In 2012, Briggs returned to the village to interview residents forThe Village That Came to Life,a making-of documentary featured on the DVD release ofThe Android Invasion.In 2015, two television channels featured East Hagbourne in reports about the Mind the Green Gap Campaign.[30][31]

Notable residents

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  • Thomas Phillips (about 1689–1736), carpenter to kingsGeorge IandGeorge II,lived in East Hagbourne and is buried in St Andrew's parish churchyard.[10]
  • Television chefKeith Floydmarried in East Hagbourne and lived in a cottage in the village for a short time.[32][33]
  • Tracy Philipps(1888–1959), Intelligence Officer, Colonial Administrator and Conservationist amid numerous other activities, lived in the village during his retirement.[34]

References

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  1. ^"Area: East Hagbourne (Parish): Parish Headcounts".Neighbourhood Statistics.Office for National Statistics.Retrieved24 November2015.
  2. ^abcdefghijklPage & Ditchfield 1923,pp. 475–484
  3. ^abcdePevsner 1966,p. 132.
  4. ^Smith, Martin; Davies, Peter (14 July 2014)."East Hagbourne S Andrew".Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers.Central Council for Church Bell Ringers.Retrieved24 November2006.
  5. ^Archbishops' Council."Benefice of The Churn".A Church Near You.Church of England.Archived fromthe originalon 30 May 2015.Retrieved24 November2015.
  6. ^"East Hagbourne, Methodist Chapel".Oxfordshire Churches & Chapels.Brian Curtis.Retrieved9 July2018.
  7. ^"Listed Buildings in East Hagbourne, Oxfordshire, England".British Listed Buildings.Retrieved17 September2011.
  8. ^Historic England."Village Cross (Grade II*) (1180947)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved24 November2015.
  9. ^Historic England."Hagbourne Mill Farm Mill (Grade II*) (1368811)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved24 November2015.
  10. ^abHistoric England."Chest tomb to Phillips family and railings approximately 10 metres north of Church of St Andrew (Grade II*) (1180853)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved24 November2015.
  11. ^Historic England."Kings Holme (Grade II) (1285251)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved24 November2015.
  12. ^Historic England."Number 46 (Tudor House) and attached wing and barn (Grade II) (1047892)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved24 November2015.
  13. ^Fae 1913,pp. 196–7.
  14. ^Clare, Lawson & Pereira 1995,p. 50
  15. ^Clare, Lawson & Pereira 1995,p. 12.
  16. ^Pevsner 1966,pp. 132–133.
  17. ^Pevsner 1966,p. 133.
  18. ^Hagbourne Primary School
  19. ^Buratta, Chris (20 December 2006)."Homes shock for south and west Didcot".Oxford Mail.Newsquest.Retrieved20 September2011.
  20. ^"CGR 9"(PDF).South OxfordshireDistrict Council.
  21. ^Keown, Callum (12 August 2015)."'Don't let them build on our green gap'".Oxford Mail.Newsquest.Retrieved29 September2015.
  22. ^"Ed Vaizey calls on SODC to reject proposed plans for development in East Hagbourne".Ed Vaizey.
  23. ^"Adopted core strategy".South OxfordshireDistrict Council.
  24. ^Historic England."Fleur de Lys public house (Grade II) (1047890)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved24 November2015.
  25. ^Fleur de Lys
  26. ^"Hagbourne Village Hall Annual General Meeting Minutes"(PDF).30 November 2010.Retrieved20 September2011.
  27. ^"Community shop postmaster calls it a day".Oxford Mail.Newsquest. 10 October 2013.
  28. ^"route 94/94S/94C"(PDF).Thames Travel.Retrieved19 July2018.
  29. ^"Dr. Who".East Hagbourne Community Website.Retrieved17 April2013.
  30. ^"Families fight to save Oxfordshire green gap".ITV News Meridian.25 August 2015.
  31. ^"Mind The Green Gap".That's Oxford TV. 27 August 2015.[dead YouTube link]
  32. ^"Chefs remember Keith Floyd".Oxford Mail.Newsquest. 15 September 2009.Retrieved16 September2011.
  33. ^"Telly Floyd's best booze is pinched; Raiders even grabbed his 100-year-old Glenfiddich".Daily Record.Trinity Mirror.30 August 1996.Retrieved16 September2011– via thefreelibrary.
  34. ^"The London Gazette"(42736). 20 July 1962: 5885.{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal=(help)

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