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Population
  
558 (in 2011)

Region
  
South West

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Local time
  
Friday 11:24 AM

Ceremonial county
  
Wiltshire

Unitary authority
  
Wiltshire Council

OS grid reference
  
SU3163

Country
  
England

Post town
  
Marlborough

Dialling code
  
01672

UK parliament constituency
  
Devizes

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Weather
  
13°C, Wind S at 24 km/h, 77% Humidity

Shalbourne is a civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire, about 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Hungerford, Berkshire. Besides a village of the same name, the parish has a number of widely spaced small settlements including Bagshot and Stype, to the north, and Rivar and Oxenwood to the south. Before 1895, about half of the parish of Shalbourne (including its church) lay in Berkshire.

Contents

Map of Shalbourne, Marlborough, UK

Local government

The civil parish elects a parish council. It is in the area of Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for all significant local government functions.

Amenities

Shalbourne has a primary school and a village hall which was built in 1843 as a schoolroom.

Notable people

  • From 1608 until late 1637, tenants of the parish's Westcourt Manor included William Carpenter and his namesake son, both of whom emigrated to Weymouth, Massachusetts in 1638 on the Bevis from Southampton. The younger William Carpenter was a founder of Rehoboth, Massachusetts. The Rehoboth Carpenter family's descendants number in the tens of thousands, among whom are two U.S. presidents and a Project Mercury astronaut. William Carpenter [Jr.] married at Shalbourne in 1625 Abigail Briant, whose family had resided in the parish since at least the late 16th century.
  • Jethro Tull, agricultural pioneer, owned a farm in the parish.

    • Notable buildings

    The Anglican Church of St Michael and All Angels is Grade II* listed. It dates from the 13th century and was partly rebuilt and extended by G.F. Bodley in 1873. Stained glass by Henry Haig was added in 1995.

    Also Grade II* listed are West Court farmhouse and Shalbourne Manor farmhouse.

    References

    Shalbourne Wikipedia
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