Shalbourne

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Shalbourne is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire. Besides Shalbourne itself, the parish includes the widely spaced settlements of Bagshot to the north, and Rivar and Oxenwood to the south. Before 1895, Shalbourne was in Berkshire.From 1608 until 1638 the village's Westcourt Manor was the residence of a William Carpenter senior and junior who emigrated to Weymouth, Massachusetts, in 1638 on the ship Bevis from Southampton. William Carpenter junior was a founder of Rehoboth, Massachusetts. The Rehoboth Carpenter Family descendants numberin the tens of thousands, among them two US presidents and a Project Mercury astronaut. William Carpenter junior married in 1625 an Abigail Bryant whose family were residents of the village from the 1500s.

Contents 1 Location 2 Local government 3 See also 4 Sources

[edit] Location

Position: grid reference SU315630

Nearby towns and cities: Hungerford, Marlborough, Newbury, Swindon, Devizes

Nearby villages: Ham, Great Bedwyn, Little Bedwyn, Froxfield, East Grafton, Tidcombe, Fosbury

[edit] Local government

Shalbourne is a civil parish with an elected parish council. It falls within the areas of Kennet District Council and Wiltshire County Council. All three councils are responsible for different aspects of local government.

In the 2002 census, the parish had a population of 600

[edit] See also

• List of places in Wiltshire
• List of civil parishes in England

[edit] Sources

• Wiltshire County Council Website page on Shalbourne, retrieved 20:15 Oct 29, 2004 (UTC)
• Kennet District Council Website page on Shalbourne Parish, retrieved 20:15 Oct 29, 2004 (UTC)

Coordinates: 51.36520° N 1.54893° W