Eddington, Berkshire
Eddington | |
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Village | |
Location within Berkshire | |
OS grid reference | SU3436569125 |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HUNGERFORD |
Postcode district | RG17 |
Dialling code | 01488 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Royal Berkshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
Eddington is a village in the
History
Eddington Mill is a late 18th century watermill on the Kennet which still has the machinery largely intact. It is a Grade II listed building.[2]
St Saviour's church was built in 1868 and designed by Arthur Blomfield in the Gothic Revival style. The church closed in the mid 1950s. In 1977 it was sold and converted into a private house.[3]
In 1876, two policemen were shot by poachers in Eddington. Their memorial crosses still stand where they fell.[4]
The village wheelwright's shop, Messrs R. Middleton & Sons, closed in 1951. Some of the woodworking tools from the shop including axes, chisels, planes, lathe tools and gouges, were purchased at an auction on 6 April 1951, and are now in the Museum of English Rural Life.[5]
References
- ^ "The thirty landowners who own half a county". Who owns England?.
- ^ Historic England (11 September 1987). "Eddington Mill (mill house and mill) (Grade II) (1289506)". National Heritage List for England.
- ^ "St Saviour's Church, Eddington". Hungerford Virtual Museum. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "1876 Police Murders". Hungerford Virtual Museum. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ "R. Middleton and Sons (wheelwright)". R. Middleton and Sons (wheelwright). The Museum of English Rural Life. Retrieved 27 February 2020.