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HER Number MWB17484
Record Type Monument
Name Wheatlands Farm, Enborne

Grid Reference SU 448 646
Map Sheet SU46SW
Parish Enborne, West Berkshire
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Summary

Historic farmstead likely to be of at least 17th century date and still partly present in 21st century

Associated Legal Designations or Protected Status

  • Listed Building (II) 1291091: WHEATLANDS FARMHOUSE

Monument Type(s):

  • FARMSTEAD (17th century to Late 19th century - 1601 AD to 1880 AD)

Full Description

This farm is recorded on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map <1> as noted during a 2005 survey of West Berkshire's historic farmsteads <2>. Its listed farmhouse is described as 17th century in date, and was reputedly used as a hospital during the First Battle of Newbury in 1643. A farmstead is shown schematically here on Rocque's 1761 map <3>, with another yard also depicted on the opposite side of the road. The map of the Enbourne (sic) estate of 1775 also shows a small cluster of buildings at Wheatlands Farm <4>.

Sources and further reading

---Baillie, W. 1840. Enborne Tithe Map. 1 inch to 3 chains. Numbered '404'. [Map / SWB147235]
http://ww2.berkshirenclosure.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DD1%2f51%2f1 (Accessed 10/02/2022)
<01>Landmark. 1872-85. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 1, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 1:2500. [Map / SWB14341]
<02>Orr, S. 2005. West Berkshire Historic Farm Buildings - An Assessment of the Resource and Guidelines for Management. [Unpublished document / SWB14474]
<03>Rocque, J. 1761. Rocque's Map of Berkshire. 1:35,000 (approx). Marked but not named. [Map / SWB7242]
https://www.rct.uk/collection/700042/rocques-map-of-berkshire (Accessed 09/02/2021)
<04>Baker, M. 1775. Map of the Manor of Enborne. 5 inches to 1 mile. Marked as plot no 251. [Map / SWB147229]
<05>Stokes, P. 2011. Enborne & Wash Common, an illustrated history. p42. [Monograph / SWB148364]
<06>Ordnance Survey. 1817. Ordnance Survey Drawing of Hungerford; BL OSD 78,7. Two inch to the mile. Marked but not named. [Map / SWB147234]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ordnance_Survey_Drawings_-_Hampshire_(OSD_78).jpg (Accessed on 20/06/2022)

Related Monuments

MWB15924Wheatlands Farmhouse, Enborne (Building)

Associated Excavations and Fieldwork

  • None recorded

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