world.wikisort.org - United_KingdomWhitchurch-on-Thames is a village and civil parish on the Oxfordshire bank of the River Thames, about 5.5 miles (9 km) northwest of Reading, Berkshire, in close proximity to Whitchurch Hill. Opposite Whitchurch on the Berkshire bank is the village of Pangbourne.
Oxfordshire village on The Thames
For other places with the same name, see Whitchurch.
Human settlement in England
Whitchurch-on-Thames |
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Parish Church of St. Mary |
Location within Oxfordshire |
Area | 5.36 km2 (2.07 sq mi) |
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Population | 758 (2001 census)[1] |
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• Density | 141/km2 (370/sq mi) |
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OS grid reference | SU6377 |
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Country | England |
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Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
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Post town | Reading |
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Postcode district | RG8 |
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Dialling code | 0118 |
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Police | Thames Valley |
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Fire | Oxfordshire |
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Ambulance | South Central |
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UK Parliament | |
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Website | Whitchurch-on-Thames village |
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51.490°N 1.087°W / 51.490; -1.087 |
History
The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary was originally Norman, and was altered in the 15th century. In 1858 the Gothic Revival architect Henry Woodyer completely rebuilt the church, retaining only the Norman south door, Perpendicular Gothic south porch and a few other items. The parish is now a member of the Langtree Team Ministry: a Church of England benefice that also includes the parishes of Checkendon, Ipsden, North Stoke, Stoke Row and Woodcote.[3]
Since the 16th century Whitchurch has had a weir and flash lock on the Thames to manage water levels for navigation. In 1787 the flash lock was replaced with a pound lock, Whitchurch Lock. The original Whitchurch Toll Bridge between Whitchurch and Pangbourne was built in 1792. The current structure, still privately owned, is the fourth on the site, the bridge having been reconstructed in 1853, 1902 and 2014. The current toll for a car to cross is 60 pence.[4]
Amenities
Whitchurch has a primary school.[5] Whitchurch has two public houses, the Ferryboat[6] and the Greyhound Inn.[7]
References
Sources
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 838–840. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
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Large villages | |
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Other civil parishes (component villages and hamlets) |
- Adwell
- Aston Rowant
- Aston Tirrold
- Aston Upthorpe
- Beckley and Stowood (Beckley, Stowood)
- Berrick Salome (Berrick Prior, Roke, Rokemarsh)
- Binfield Heath
- Bix and Assendon (Bix, Bix Bottom, Lower Assendon, Middle Assendon)
- Brightwell Baldwin
- Britwell Salome
- Checkendon
- Clifton Hampden (Burcot)
- Crowell
- Cuddesdon and Denton (Cuddesdon, Denton)
- Culham
- Cuxham with Easington (Cuxham, Easington)
- Dorchester
- Drayton St. Leonard
- East Hagbourne (Coscote)
- Elsfield
- Eye and Dunsden (Sonning Eye, Dunsden Green, Playhatch)
- Forest Hill with Shotover (Forest Hill, Shotover)
- Goring Heath (Whitchurch Hill, Cray's Pond)
- Great Haseley (Latchford, Little Haseley, North Weston, Rycote)
- Harpsden
- Highmoor (Satwell)
- Holton
- Ipsden
- Kidmore End (Gallowstree Common)
- Lewknor (Postcombe, South Weston)
- Little Milton
- Little Wittenham
- Long Wittenham
- Mapledurham (Trench Green, Chazey Heath)
- Marsh Baldon (Little Baldon)
- Moulsford
- Nettlebed
- Newington (Great Holcombe)
- North Moreton
- Nuffield
- Nuneham Courtenay
- Pishill with Stonor (Pishill, Stonor, Maidensgrove, Russell's Water)
- Pyrton (Clare, Standhill)
- Rotherfield Greys
- Rotherfield Peppard
- Shirburn
- South Moreton (Fulscot)
- South Stoke (Littlestoke)
- Stadhampton (Chiselhampton, Ascott, Brookhampton)
- Stanton St. John (Woodperry)
- Stoke Row
- Stoke Talmage
- Swyncombe
- Sydenham (Kingston Stert)
- Tetsworth
- Tiddington-with-Albury (Tiddington, Albury)
- Toot Baldon (Baldon Row)
- Towersey
- Warborough (Shillingford)
- Waterperry with Thomley (Waterperry, Thomley)
- Waterstock
- West Hagbourne
- Wheatfield
- Whitchurch-on-Thames
- Wilcote
- Woodeaton
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Former districts and boroughs |
- Bullingdon Rural District
- Municipal Borough of Henley-on-Thames
- Henley Rural District
- Thame Urban District
- Municipal Borough of Wallingford
- Wallingford Rural District
- Crowmarsh Rural District
- Culham Rural District
- Goring Rural District
- Headington Rural District
- Thame Rural District
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Former constituencies | |
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- List of parliamentary constituencies in Oxfordshire
- List of places in Oxfordshire
- List of civil parishes in Oxfordshire
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