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| HER Number | MWB3796 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | WEST WOODHAY VILLAGE |
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Summary
Not recorded in Domesday, but documented in 1221 and the original church dated back to at least 1332
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 01892.00.000
Monument Type(s):
- VILLAGE (13th century to 16th century - 1221 AD to 1539 AD)
Full Description
THE VILLAGE OF WEST WOODHAY. RECORDED IN 1221. ORIGINAL CHURCH (NOW DESTROYED) DATES BACK TO AT LEAST 1332; PRESENT CHURCH IS TO THE EAST OF THE VILLAGE. WEST WOODHAY HOUSE BUILT 1635, POSSIBLY BY INIGO JONES. THE MOTTE TO THE SE OF THE VILLAGE (SMR 1891) WAS EXCAVATED IN 1935.
West Woodhay was granted a charter in 1317 for a market and fair to be held at the manor <5><6> .
Sources and further reading
| <01> | unknown. 1760. Part of West Woodhay. [Map / SWB13397]
http://ww2.berkshirenclosure.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DEX62%2f1&pos=1 (Accessed on 03/02/2022) |
| <02> | Berkshire Records Office. 1928-35. Scrapbook of West Woodhay Parish 1928-1935. [Unpublished document / SWB13396]
http://ww2.berkshirenclosure.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DEX557%2f13&pos=1 (Accessed on 03/02/2022) |
| <03> | Gray, E W (ed)?. pre 1839. The History and Antiquities of Newbury and its Environs. p288-96. [Monograph / SWB11182]
https://archive.org/details/historyandantiq00unkngoog (Accessed 16/07/2019) |
| <04> | Betjeman, J and Piper, J (eds). 1949. Murray's Berkshire Architectural Guide. p155. [Monograph / SWB10404] |
| <05> | Letters, S. 2003-2009. Online Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516. [Website / SWB147588]
http://www.history.ac.uk/cmh/gaz/gazweb2.html (Accessed 25/09/2015) |
| <06> | Dils, J and Yates, M (ed). 2012. An Historical Atlas of Berkshire (2nd Edition). p36-37 Markets of medieval Berkshire by Jeremy Sims. [Monograph / SWB148708] |
| <07> | 2000?. Ancient and modern : a celebration of the Second Millennium, in the form of a short history of The United Benefice of West Woodhay with Enborne, Hamstead Marshall, Inkpen and Combe. [Unpublished document / SWB148366] |
| <08> | Timmins, G. 2011. West Woodhay - A Village History. [Unpublished document / SWB148386] |
| <08> | McClintock, M H. 1948. Portrait of a House. [Monograph / SWB150367] |
| <09> | Page and Ditchfield (eds). 1924. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks IV 1924. Vol 4. p242-5. [Monograph / SWB10281]
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol4 (Accessed 24/09/2015) |
Related Monuments
| MWB3798 | Site of first two churches of St Laurence, within grounds of West Woodhay House (Monument) |
| MWB3799 | St Laurence's Church, West Woodhay (Building) |
| MWB3797 | WEST WOODHAY (Place) |
| MWB3801 | WEST WOODHAY FISHPOND (Monument) |
| MWB3800 | West Woodhay House (Building) |
| MWB3795 | West Woodhay Motte (Monument) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
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