East Hendred

Coordinates: 51°35′46″N 1°20′17″W / 51.596°N 1.338°W / 51.596; -1.338
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East Hendred
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWantage
Postcode districtOX12
Dialling code01235
PoliceThames Valley
FireOxfordshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
WebsiteEast Hendred
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England
Oxfordshire
51°35′46″N 1°20′17″W / 51.596°N 1.338°W / 51.596; -1.338

East Hendred is a village and

Ridgeway and Icknield Way pass through the parish. It was called "the most well connected village in Britain"[by whom?] because of its connections with the railway station in Didcot and the M4 motorway. Champs Chapel Museum of East Hendred
is a small museum in a former 15th-century wayside chapel.

History

Just over 2 miles (3 km) south of the village is

Ridgeway National Trail
at the southern end of the village.

Manors

The parish had five manors:

Arches Manor

Arms of Eyston of East Hendred, as drawn in 1556 by William Harvey, Clarencieux King of Arms, showing quarterly, 1st: Eyston; 2nd: Stowe; 3rd: Arches; 4th: Turberville

The

Heraldic visitation of Berkshire gives the descent of the Arches family,[2]
originally D'Arches, Latinised to de Arcubus.[3] William Arches married Amyce Turberville, daughter and heiress of Richard Turberville esquire of East Hendred. His son was William Arches, followed by John Arches whose son Rawlin Arches left a daughter and heir Maud Arches. Maud married John Stowe of Burforde, Oxfordshire, and left a daughter and heiress Isabell Stowe, who married John Eyston, thus bringing the manor of Arches into that family.[2]

John Arches (d. circa 1405) of Arches was elected four-times as

Bishopric of Winchester in the counties of Berkshire and Oxfordshire.[5] He left at least two sons, Ralph Arches (born circa 1378) and Richard Arches, who attended New College, Oxford
, Bishop of Winchester Wykeham's new foundation.

Another branch of the Arches family, bearing the same

Little Kimble, and in the parish of Waddesdon the manors of Eythrope[7] and Cranwell.[3] Richard Arches (d.1417) of Eythrope, was MP for Buckinghamshire in 1402. His eventual heir was John Dinham, 1st Baron Dinham (1433–1501), the son of his daughter and heiress Joan Arches.[8]

Little Kimble
, Buckinghamshire: Gules, three arches argent

Hendred House and the Eyston Family

The village is unusual in having a

Saint Amand, a private chapel attached to the manor house, remained in Catholic use during penal times and is still used for occasional services today. The family was also responsible for the building of St Mary's Church and the establishment of St Amand's School during the 19th century. Notable members of the Eyston family include Charles Eyston, a 17th-century antiquarian, and Captain George Eyston, who held the world land speed record
during the 1930s.

Anglican parish church

The

put-log holes of its construction. The church is also home to a medieval lectern depicting a crusaders foot standing on a dragon's head. The Jacobean pulpit features carved heads of Charles I and Oliver Cromwell, and was made in commemoration of the ascension of Charles II.[11] The tower has a ring of six bells, one of which is dedicated to Saint Anne and predates the English Reformation
. There is a sundial on the south face of the tower.

British Prime Minister, 2010–2016), and Samantha Sheffield were married at the church in 1996.[12]

St Mary's Catholic church

Amenities

East Hendred has two

public houses: The Wheatsheaf,[13]
and the Eyston Arms. The Champs Chapel Museum of East Hendred houses artefacts, archives and photographs from the village's history. The museum's collection can be viewed online.[14][15]

The public house named Eyston Arms
The Wheatsheaf public house

Notable residents

Town twinning

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in England

East Hendred is twinned with:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Area: East Hendred CP (Parish): Parish Headcounts". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
  2. ^ a b Heraldic Visitation of Berkshire, vol.56, p.26, within pedigree of Eyston family [1]
  3. ^ a b c Lysons, Magna Britannia, 1806, re Waddesden Hundred
  4. ^ Woodger, L.S., Biography of Arches, John (d.c.1405), of Arches in East Hendred, Berks., published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386–1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993 [2]
  5. ^ a b c Woodger
  6. ^ Arches arms later quartered by Dinham, see e.g. Chope, R.P., The Book of Hartland, Torquay, 1940, p.37; visible in stained glass in Bampton Church, Devon and sculpted on the Tudor gatehouse of Tawstock Court, Devon
  7. ^ Modern spelling, formerly Eythorpe, Ethorp (Lysons, Magna Britannia, 1806) etc.
  8. ^ Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, new edition, Vol IV, p.377
  9. ^ "The thirty landowners who own half a county". Who owns England?. 17 April 2017.
  10. ^ Beeson 1989, p. 20.
  11. ^ "East Hendred: St Augustine of Canterbury, East Hendred - Oxfordshire | Diocese of Oxford". Archived from the original on 6 April 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  12. ^ Funnell, Sarah. "Best celebrity dads No 7 David Cameron". Ask a Mum. Bauer Consumer Media. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  13. ^ "The Wheatsheaf Pub, East Hendred, Oxfordshire". The Wheatsheaf.
  14. ^ "East Hendred Museum on eHive". eHive.
  15. ^ "East Hendred; East Hendred Heritage Trust; Hendred Museum". ehht.
  16. ^ "Lavinia Smith (rural life collector)". Museum of English Rural Life. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  17. ^ "East Hendred ENG - civic centre Council and more information". www.city-town.uk.

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