Eddington, Berkshire

Eddington
Eddington
Village
	Eddington Location within Berkshire
OS grid reference	SU3436569125
Civil parish	Hungerford;
Unitary authority	West Berkshire;
Ceremonial county	Berkshire;
Region	South East;
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	Newbury;
	List of places UK England Berkshire 51°25′12″N 1°30′26″W / 51.420099°N 1.507178°W

Eddington is a village in the civil parish of Hungerford in the West Berkshire district of Berkshire, England. It lies approximately 0.7 miles (1.1 km) north-east from Hungerford, its nearest town and is divided from it by the River Kennet. The Eddington estate is owned by businessman Peter Michael and is located north of Eddington village.^[1]

History

Eddington Mill is a late 18th century watermill on the Kennet which still has the machinery largely intact. It is a Grade II listed building.^[2]

St Saviour's church was built in 1868 and designed by Arthur Blomfield in the Gothic Revival style. The church closed in the mid 1950s. In 1977 it was sold and converted into a private house.^[3]

In 1876, two policemen were shot by poachers in Eddington. Their memorial crosses still stand where they fell.^[4]

The village wheelwright's shop, Messrs R. Middleton & Sons, closed in 1951. Some of the woodworking tools from the shop including axes, chisels, planes, lathe tools and gouges, were purchased at an auction on 6 April 1951, and are now in the Museum of English Rural Life.^[5]

References

^ "The thirty landowners who own half a county". Who owns England?.
^ Historic England (11 September 1987). "Eddington Mill (mill house and mill) (Grade II) (1289506)". National Heritage List for England.
^ "St Saviour's Church, Eddington". Hungerford Virtual Museum. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^ "1876 Police Murders". Hungerford Virtual Museum. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
^ "R. Middleton and Sons (wheelwright)". R. Middleton and Sons (wheelwright). The Museum of English Rural Life. Retrieved 27 February 2020.

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[1] "The thirty landowners who own half a county". Who owns England?.

[2] Historic England (11 September 1987). "Eddington Mill (mill house and mill) (Grade II) (1289506)". National Heritage List for England.

[3] "St Saviour's Church, Eddington". Hungerford Virtual Museum. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

[4] "1876 Police Murders". Hungerford Virtual Museum. Retrieved 26 December 2020.

[5] "R. Middleton and Sons (wheelwright)". R. Middleton and Sons (wheelwright). The Museum of English Rural Life. Retrieved 27 February 2020.

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v t e Settlements in West Berkshire
Towns	Hungerford Newbury Thatcham (All are civil parishes and have town councils)
Civil parishes	Aldermaston Aldworth Ashampstead Basildon Beech Hill Beedon Beenham Boxford Bradfield Brightwalton Brimpton Bucklebury Burghfield Catmore Chaddleworth Chieveley Cold Ash Combe Compton East Garston East Ilsley Enborne Englefield Farnborough Fawley Frilsham Great Shefford Greenham Hampstead Marshall Hampstead Norreys Hermitage Holybrook Inkpen Kintbury Lambourn Leckhampstead Midgham Padworth Pangbourne Peasemore Purley on Thames Shaw-cum-Donnington Speen Stanford Dingley Stratfield Mortimer Streatley Sulham Sulhamstead Theale Tidmarsh Tilehurst Ufton Nervet Wasing Welford West Woodhay West Ilsley Winterbourne Wokefield Woolhampton Yattendon
Other villages and hamlets	Aldermaston Wharf Ashmore Green Avington Bagnor Beansheaf Farm Beedon Common Benham Hill Bloomfield Hatch Brightwalton Green Brimpton Common Burghfield Bridge Burnt Hill Calcot Chapel Row Colthrop Crockham Heath Crookham Donnington Eastbury Eddington Elcot Eling Enborne Row Fords Farm Goddard's Green Halfway Heads Hill Hell Corner Hoe Benham Honey Bottom Hungerford Newtown Hunts Green Hyde End Inkpen Common Lambourn Woodlands Little Heath Lower Basildon Lower Denford Lower Padworth Marlston Marsh Benham Midgham Green Mortimer/Mortimer Common Ownham Padworth Common Shaw Shefford Woodlands Snelsmore South Fawley Stockcross Tilehurst Upper Basildon Upper Denford Upper Eddington Upper Lambourn Upper Woolhampton Wash Common Wash Water Weston Wickham Wickham Heath Woodlands St Mary Woodspeen World's End