Shefford Woodlands
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Shefford Woodlands is a village in West Berkshire, England, about Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of the market town of Hungerford. The village is in the civil parish of Great Shefford, about Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of Great Shefford village. Shefford Woodlands is about Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level in the Berkshire Downs, and just north of Junction 14 on the M4.
History
Shefford Woodlands developed where the road linking Hungerford and Wantage (later a turnpike, now the A338) crossed the Roman road of Ermin Way linking Silchester and Gloucester. Woodlands House and the barn next to White House were built in the 18th century. The barn is a timber-framed building, originally of six bays, and enlarged in the 19th century. Both are now Grade II listed buildings.[1][2] In the 19th and 20th centuries there were significant Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist congregations in Great Shefford parish, and Shefford Woodlands had a Methodist chapel.[3] It fell into disuse, but then in 1911 was consecrated as the Church of England church of St Stephen,[3] making it a dependent chapelry of the parish of St Mary, Great Shefford. Sunday services at St Stephen's are held once a month.[4] The church is a Grade II listed building.[5]
Amenities
The Pheasant Inn[6] and a childcare centre[7] are just outside the village.
Notable people
- Dora Saint (Miss Read) (1913-2012), author of the Miss Read novels.[8]
References
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