Shottesbrooke

Coordinates: 51°29′10″N 0°47′17″W / 51.486°N 0.788°W / 51.486; -0.788
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Shottesbrooke
Hamlet and civil parish
St John the Baptist Church at Shottesbrooke Park
Shottesbrooke is located in Berkshire
Shottesbrooke
Shottesbrooke
Location within Berkshire
Area5.64 km2 (2.18 sq mi)
Population141 (2011 Civil Parish)[1]
• Density25/km2 (65/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSU8477
• London28.9 miles (46.5 km)
Civil parish
  • Shottesbrooke
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMAIDENHEAD
Postcode districtSL6
Dialling code01628
PoliceThames Valley
FireRoyal Berkshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Berkshire
51°29′10″N 0°47′17″W / 51.486°N 0.788°W / 51.486; -0.788

Shottesbrooke /ʃɒts.brʊk/ is a hamlet and civil parish administered by the unitary authority of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in the English county of Berkshire. The hamlet is mostly rural: 88% covered by agriculture or woodland and had a population of 141 at the 2011 census.

Demography and land use

The parish saw an 8% decrease in population between 2001 and 2011 according to the UK census, from 154 in 2001 to 141 in 2011. This contrasts to an increase in the borough as a whole.[2] The parish had 61 dwellings (i.e. homes) in 2011.[1] The majority (4.972 km2 (1.920 sq mi)) of land is defined as agricultural or other greenspace, in the land use statistics of January 2005 and 0.149 km2 (0.058 sq mi) 14.9 hectares (37 acres) fell within either road or rail use. Gardens accounted for 0.054 square kilometres (0.021 sq mi) and water 0.027 km2 (0.010 sq mi) all of which was in tributaries or ponds rather than lakes or rivers. The remaining three categories were in decreasing overall size: other land use, non-domestic buildings and domestic buildings.[3]

Geography

Shottesbrooke is a parish between

Saxon era. Today, as always, it is mostly farmland with some large areas of woodland in between, particularly the Great Wood. The hamlet of Cold Harbour is in the very north of the parish, with Shottesbrooke itself in the central area, between Shottesbrooke Park and Smewins' Farm, where the B3024 runs through the region. The M4 motorway
crosses the south-east corner of the parish.

History

See also: Shottesbrooke Park

The

Roman 'Camlet Way' between St Albans and Silchester would have crossed the parish at some point and the name 'Cold Harbour' indicates there was an inn or other stopping place nearby. In Saxon times, the manor was owned by the Royal goldsmiths and 'Alward the Goldsmith' was one of the few Saxons allowed to keep his manor here after the Norman Conquest. It is said that charcoal from the Great Wood which occupies most of the southern third of Shottesbrooke was used to melt the gold to make the Saxon Royal regalia
.

Shottesbrooke was created a parish, endowed with its own church and priest mainly because of national wealth and later accomplishments of successive owners of Shottesbrooke Park. It was the home of Sir

monument
.

Towards the end of the reign of

G. E. Street, R. A.[4] Between 1870 and 1872 the village real property of £2,134 (equivalent to £257,911 in 2023) had 148 residents spread over 23 homes, fewer than 50% of the current number.[5] Most adult residents in the 1871 census were employees at the few large houses and their associated farms.[6]

A 17th century

Robert Vansittart also grew up there. Until his death in 2007, the Park was the home of their heir and relation-by-marriage, Sir John Smith, the founder of the Landmark Trust
, which has its headquarters in the adjoining farmhouse.

Nearest places

Legacies

Shottesbrooke has an eponym as name of an Australian vineyard in the McLaren Vale wine region, named after the church where the owner's grandfather was vicar.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density 2011 United Kingdom census Office for National Statistics Retrieved 31 October 2014
  2. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Windsor and Maidenhead" Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 3 November 2010
  3. ^ Land use database 2005 Office for National Statistics Retrieved 2014-11-25.
  4. ^ Ditchfield, P.H.; Page, William (1923). "Parishes: Shottesbrook". A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 3. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  5. ^ Extract from Vision of Britain, University of Portsmouth John Marius Wilson. Imperial Gazetteer, 1870-72.
  6. ^ UK Census online (subscription required) Retrieved 2014-11-25
  7. ^ Lysons, Samuel (1806). Magna Britannia;: being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies. p. 405. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  8. ^ Shottesbrooke Vineyards, Australia
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