Mortimer West End
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| Mortimer West End | |
  Mortimer West End shown within Hampshire |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| Shire county | Hampshire |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Hampshire |
| Fire | Hampshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Basingstoke |
| List of places: UK • England • Hampshire | |
Mortimer West End is a village in north Hampshire, England. At one time part of the parish and the manor of Stratfield Mortimer, Berkshire, it became an ecclesiastical parish in 1870 (the church, St Saviour, having been built in 1854) and a civil parish in 1894.[1] The parish was transferred from the county of Berkshire to the county of Hampshire in 1879, producing the slight bulge in Hampshire's northern boundary.[2]
The village is very close to the site of Roman Silchester. The remains of the town's amphitheatre lie within the parish bounds, and the course of a Roman road running from Silchester northwards through the village can still be made out in parts.
[edit] References
- ^ 'Parishes: Stratfield Mortimer', A History of the County of Hampshire Volume 4 (1911), pp. 56-57. Available at British History Online. Date accessed: 11 February 2008.
- ^ M.J. Crawley, "The Botanist in Berkshire", p. 44. Accessed 10 February 2008.
[edit] External link
- Village website. Accessed 11 February 2008.
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