Mortimer West End Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:The Red Lion, Mortimer West End - geograph.org.uk - 56037.jpg
Static Image Caption:The Red Lion, Mortimer West End
Coordinates:51.3693°N -1.0914°W
Official Name:Mortimer West End
Population:417
Population Ref:(2011 Census)[1]
Shire County:Hampshire
Region:South East England
Constituency Westminster:North East Hampshire
Post Town:Reading
Postcode District:RG7
Postcode Area:RG
Os Grid Reference:SU634637

Mortimer West End is a village and civil parish in north Hampshire in England. It lies in the northernmost point of the county.

History

At one time it was the Hampshire part of the cross-county parish of Stratfield Mortimer (mostly in Berkshire). It became an independent ecclesiastical parish in 1870 - the church of St Saviour having been built in 1854 - and a civil parish in 1894.[2] The parish was transferred from the county of Berkshire to the county of Hampshire in 1879, producing the slight bulge in Hampshire's northern boundary.[3]

Amenities

The village is served by a public house, the Red Lion, which is now an Italian Gastropub.

Transport

There is a village link minibus service which serves Pamber Heath, Silchester and Mortimer West End. It is necessary to pre-book this service by contacting Hampshire County Council.[4] Reading Buses Lime 2/2a route also serves the village.

Calleva Atrebatum

The village is very close to the site of Calleva Atrebatum which mostly lies in the parish of Silchester. The remains of the town's amphitheatre, however, lie within Mortimer West End, and the Roman road running from Silchester northwards through the village can still be made out in parts. A short stretch of Roman road is still in use in the hamlet of Aldermaston Soke.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 29 December 2016. Office for National Statistics . Neighbourhood Statistics.
  2. 'Parishes: Stratfield Mortimer', A History of the County of Hampshire Volume 4 (1911), pp. 56-57. Available at British History Online. Date accessed: 11 February 2008.
  3. M.J. Crawley, "The Botanist in Berkshire", p. 44. Accessed 10 February 2008.
  4. Web site: Hampshire County Council.