Mortimer West End

For other uses, see Mortimer (disambiguation).

Mortimer West End
The Red Lion, Mortimer West End
Mortimer West End Location within Hampshire
Population	417 (2011 Census) [1]
OS grid reference	SU634637
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Reading
Postcode district	RG7
Police	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	North East Hampshire
List of places UK England Hampshire 51°22′09″N1°05′29″W / 51.3693°N 1.0914°W / 51.3693; -1.0914

Mortimer West End is a village and civil parish in north Hampshire in England. It lies in the northernmost point of the county.

History

At one time it was the Hampshire part of the cross-county parish of Stratfield Mortimer (mostly in Berkshire). It became an independent ecclesiastical parish in 1870 - the church of St Saviour having been built in 1854 - and a civil parish in 1894. ^[2]

The village was traditionally part of the Holdshott Hundred in Hampshire, but was allocated to the vice-county of Berkshire for biological recording purposes in the mid-19th century, eliminating the slight bulge in its border with the vice-county of North Hampshire. ^[3]

Amenities

The village is served by a public house, the Red Lion, which is now an Italian Gastropub.

Transport

There is a village link minibus service which serves Pamber Heath, Silchester and Mortimer West End. It is necessary to pre-book this service by contacting Hampshire County Council. ^[4] Reading Buses Lime 2/2a route also serves the village.

Calleva Atrebatum

The village is very close to the site of Calleva Atrebatum which mostly lies in the parish of Silchester. The remains of the town's amphitheatre, however, lie within Mortimer West End, and the Roman road running from Silchester northwards through the village can still be made out in parts. A short stretch of Roman road is still in use in the hamlet of Aldermaston Soke.

References

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
2. 'Parishes: Stratfield Mortimer', A History of the County of Hampshire Volume 4 (1911), pp. 56-57. Available at British History Online. Date accessed: 11 February 2008.
3. M.J. Crawley, "The Botanist in Berkshire", p. 44. Accessed 10 February 2008.
4. "Hampshire County Council" (PDF).

External links

• Royal Berkshire History: Stratfield Mortimer
• Mortimer West End Cricket Club
• St. Saviour's C of E Church