Great Shefford

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Great Shefford
Village
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St Mary's parish church
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Great Shefford
Location within Berkshire
Area13.6 km2 (5.3 sq mi)
Population937 (2011 census) [1]
•  Density 69/km2 (180/sq mi)
OS grid reference SU3875
Civil parish
  • Great Shefford
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Hungerford
Postcode district RG17
Dialling code 01488
Police Thames Valley
Fire Royal Berkshire
Ambulance South Central
UK Parliament
Website Great Shefford and Shefford Woodlands
List of places
UK
England
Berkshire
51°28′30″N1°26′53″W / 51.475°N 1.448°W / 51.475; -1.448 Coordinates: 51°28′30″N1°26′53″W / 51.475°N 1.448°W / 51.475; -1.448

Great Shefford (or West Shefford) is an English village and 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.[ citation needed ] It also covers the village of Shefford Woodlands, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-west of Great Shefford, near Junction 14 on the M4 motorway.

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Toponymy

The 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.[ citation needed ] It also has a pub-restaurant, The Great Shefford, [2] a shop and a petrol station.

Churches

St Mary

The interior of St Mary's church St Mary, Great Shefford. Berks - East end - geograph.org.uk - 331073.jpg
The interior of St Mary's church

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. Unlike the three round-towered churches in Sussex, where the towers are plain flint cylinders with few openings, the Great Shefford one consists of sections with ample fenestration, more like the East Anglian type. The base of the tower, at least, seems to date from the 13th century. It joins the west wall of the nave in a way that suggests it was built at the same time as the nave, which shows early Gothic features. St Mary's belongs to the West Downland benefice group of eight neighbouring churches. Services are held at St Mary's on the first, second and third Sunday of the month. [3] A group service is held at St Stephen's on the fourth Sunday of the month. [3] St Mary's is a Grade II* listed building. [4]

St Stephen

The church of Saint Stephen at Shefford Woodlands is a former Methodist chapel, taken over as part of Saint Mary Church of England parish church in 1911. [5] The church is a Grade II listed building. [6]

St Thomas

St Thomas' Church, East Shefford is a redundant church, but listed as a Grade I historic building. It contains monuments to the widespread Fettiplace family. [7]

Notable people

Transport

Reading Buses route 4 (Newbury–Lambourn) serves Great Shefford. [8] From 1898 until 1960 the parish included Great Shefford railway station on the Lambourn Valley Railway. The nearest station today is Newbury, 10.5 miles/16 km away. The north-south A338 between Wantage and Hungerford runs through the village and connects to Junction 14 on the M4 motorway.

Demography

The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 937, [9] and 880 are listed on the Millennium Stone opposite the petrol station. The population had grown by about 5 per cent since the 2011 census.

2011 Published Statistics: Population, home ownership and extracts from Physical Environment, surveyed in 2005 [1]
Output areaHomes owned outrightOwned with a loanSocially rentedPrivately rentedOtherkm2 roadskm2 waterkm2 domestic gardensUsual residentskm2
Civil parish126146507090.2580.0390.24693713.6

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References

  1. 1 2 "Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005". Archived from the original on 11 February 2003. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  2. ↑ Own site.
  3. 1 2 A Church Near You. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  4. ↑ Historic England (6 February 1962). "Church of St Mary (Grade II*) (1113644)". National Heritage List for England .
  5. ↑ "History of Great Shefford". Great Shefford and Shefford Woodlands. The Parish of Great Shefford. Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  6. ↑ Historic England (19 October 2015). "Church of St Stephen (Grade II) (1430002)". National Heritage List for England .
  7. ↑ Historic England (11 July 1983). "St Thomas' Church (Grade I) (1321841)". National Heritage List for England .
  8. ↑ "Connect Service 4" (pdf). Timetables. Newbury and District Buses. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  9. ↑ Population site Retrieved 11 July 2018.

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