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Upper Woolhampton is a village in the English county of Berkshire. It is situated on higher ground, 0.5 miles (800 m) to the north of the parent village of Woolhampton. Both the Grade II listed parish church of St Peter[1] and the village school are located in Upper Woolhampton.[2] Also in the village is the Grade II* listed Woolhampton House,[3] now occupied by Elstree School, a preparatory school that relocated to Woolhampton from Elstree during the Second World War.[4] The Benedictine Douai Abbey community, and its now-closed Douai School is located a further 0.5 miles (800 m) to the north.[2][5] Upper Woolhampton is part of the civil parish of Woolhampton, and lies in the West Berkshire unitary authority district and the Newbury parliamentary constituency.[2][6]

Upper Woolhampton

St Peter's Church and C of E School
Upper Woolhampton
Location within Berkshire
OS grid referenceSU576675
Civil parish
  • Woolhampton
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
  • Berkshire
Region
  • South East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceThames Valley
FireRoyal Berkshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
  • Newbury
List of places
UK
England
Berkshire
51.403551°N 1.171123°W / 51.403551; -1.171123

References


  1. Historic England (6 April 1967). "Church of St Peter (Grade II) (1117268)". National Heritage List for England.
  2. Ordnance Survey (2006). OS Explorer Map 158 - Newbury & Hungerford. ISBN 0-319-46352-4.
  3. Historic England (9 September 1969). "Elstree School (Grade II*) (1117267)". National Heritage List for England.
  4. "Our History". Elstree School. Archived from the original on 16 September 2007. Retrieved 13 September 2007.
  5. "Berkshire History : Woolhampton". Nash Ford Publishing. 2004. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 13 September 2007.
  6. "Woolhampton Parish Council's Web Site". Archived from the original on 6 February 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2007.


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