Mortimer West End

Mortimer West End
The Red Lion, Mortimer West End
Mortimer West End
Mortimer West End shown within Hampshire
Population	417 (2011 Census)^[1]
OS grid reference	SU634637
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Reading
Postcode district	RG7 2xx

Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire
Ambulance	South Central

EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Basingstoke

Mortimer West End is a village and civil parish in north Hampshire in England.

History

At one time it was the Hampshire part of the cross-county parish of Stratfield Mortimer (mostly in Berkshire). It became an independent ecclesiastical parish in 1870 - the church of St Saviour having been built in 1854 - and a civil parish in 1894.^[2] 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.^[3]

Amenities

The village is served by a public house, The Red Lion. Now an Italian Gastro Pub.

Transport

There is a village link minibus service which serves Pamber Heath, Silchester and Mortimer West End. It is necessary to pre-book this service by contacting Hampshire County Council.^[4]

Calleva Atrebatum

The village is very close to the site of Calleva Atrebatum which mostly lies in the parish of Silchester. The remains of the town's amphitheatre, however, lie within Mortimer West End, and the Roman road running from Silchester northwards through the village can still be made out in parts. A short stretch of Roman road is still in use in the hamlet of Aldermaston Soke.

References

↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
↑ '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.
↑ http://www3.hants.gov.uk/travel_information_guide_for_mortimer_west_end__pamber_and_silchester.pdf

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Towns, villages and hamlets in the Basingstoke and Deane District of Hampshire, England
	Towns	Basingstoke Tadley Whitchurch
	Civil parishes	Ashford Hill with Headley Ashmansworth Baughurst Bradley Bramley Burghclere Candovers Chineham Cliddesden Deane Dummer East Woodhay Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishops Green Farleigh Wallop Hannington Herriard Highclere Hurstbourne Priors Kingsclere Laverstoke Litchfield and Woodcott Mapledurwell and Up Nately Monk Sherborne Mortimer West End Newtown North Waltham Nutley Oakley Old Basing and Lychpit Overton Pamber Popham Preston Candover Rooksdown Sherborne St John Sherfield on Loddon Sherfield Park Silchester St Mary Bourne Steventon Stratfield Turgis Tunworth Upton Grey Weston Corbett Weston Patrick Winslade Wootton St Lawrence
	Villages and hamlets	Adbury Aldermaston Soke Aldern Bridge Andwell Ashe Ashe Warren Ashford Hill Ashley Warren Axford Axmansford Binley Bishop's Green Bramley Corner Bramley Green Broadmere Brock's Green Brown Candover Charter Alley Chilton Candover Cole Henley Dunley East Oakley Ecchinswell Ellisfield Ewhurst Freefolk Hare Warren Headley Heath End Ibworth Inhurst Litchfield Little London Lower Woodcott Lower Wyke Malshanger Mapledurwell Middle Wyke Nately Scures Newfound Newnham Newtown Common North Oakley North Sydmonton Old Basing Old Burghclere Pamber End Pamber Green Pamber Heath Penwood Plastow Green Quidhampton Ramsdell Southrope Stoke Spanish Green Sydmonton Tufton Warren Up Nately Upper Woodcott Upper Wootton Tufton Turgis Green Wadwick Wells-in-the-Field West Heath Whitnal Whitway Woolton Hill Wolverton Wolverton Common
	Districts of Basingstoke	Brighton Hill Hatch Warren Kempshott Oakridge South Ham Winklebury Worting Viables

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