Eddington, Berkshire Explained

Country:England
Type:Village
Official Name:Eddington
Coordinates:51.4201°N -1.5072°W
Civil Parish:Hungerford
Unitary England:West Berkshire
Region:South East England
Lieutenancy England:Berkshire
Constituency Westminster:Newbury
Post Town:HUNGERFORD
Postcode District:RG17
Postcode Area:RG
Dial Code:01488
Os Grid Reference:SU3436569125

Eddington is a village in the civil parish of Hungerford in the West Berkshire district of Berkshire, England. It lies approximately north-east from Hungerford, its nearest town and is divided from it by the River Kennet. The Eddington estate is owned by businessman Peter Michael and is located north of Eddington village.[1]

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.

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.[2]

See main article: Hungerford police murders. In 1876, two policemen were shot by poachers in Eddington. Their memorial crosses still stand where they fell.[3]

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.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The thirty landowners who own half a county . Who owns England?.
  2. Web site: St Saviour's Church, Eddington . Hungerford Virtual Museum . 27 January 2022.
  3. Web site: 1876 Police Murders. Hungerford Virtual Museum. 26 December 2020.
  4. Web site: R. Middleton and Sons (wheelwright) . R. Middleton and Sons (wheelwright) . The Museum of English Rural Life . 27 February 2020.