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| HER Number | MWB3746 |
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| Record Type | Place |
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| Name | ENBORNE VILLAGE |
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| Parish | Enborne, West Berkshire |
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Summary
Enborne village. Recorded in Domesday. East and West Enborne were separate manors in the 14th century. St Michael's church dates back to the 12th century.
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 01857.00.000
Monument Type(s):
- VILLAGE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Full Description
There were four manors in Enborne at the time of the Domesday survey <1><5>, although later references are just to two, East and West Enborne. West Enborne appears to have been more important as it included the parish church, part of Hamstead Park, a mill and a fishery <4><5><10>.
Murray's guide <6> notes Enborne as a scattered place with narrow lanes.. 'on an old sheep drove..from Woodhay Down through North End..and over Wash Common'. Some of the houses on this route were inns.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Morgan, P (ed). 1979. Domesday Book - Berkshire. DB5. 61b, 61d, 62a, 62c. [Monograph / SWB14587]
https://opendomesday.org/ (Accessed 11/01/2023) |
| <02> | Baker, M. 1775. Map of the Manor of Enborne. 5 inches to 1 mile. [Map / SWB147229] |
| <03> | Gray, E W (ed)?. pre 1839. The History and Antiquities of Newbury and its Environs. p298-300. [Monograph / SWB11182]
https://archive.org/details/historyandantiq00unkngoog (Accessed 16/07/2019) |
| <04> | Money, W. 1893. Early History of Enborne. [Monograph / SWB147448] |
| <05> | Page and Ditchfield (eds). 1924. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks IV 1924. Vol 4. p168-174. [Monograph / SWB10281]
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol4 (Accessed 24/09/2015) |
| <06> | Betjeman, J and Piper, J (eds). 1949. Murray's Berkshire Architectural Guide. p124. [Monograph / SWB10404] |
| <07> | Newbury District Field Club. 1886-95. TRANS NEWBURY DISTRICT FIELD CLUB 1886-95 VOL 4. p165-182 Notes on Enborne by Walter Money. [Article in serial / SWB10455] |
| <08> | 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 [Unpublished document / SWB148366] |
| <09> | Timmins, G. 2010. Enborne - A Village History. [Unpublished document / SWB148365] |
| <10> | Stokes, P. 2011. Enborne & Wash Common, an illustrated history. [Monograph / SWB148364] |
Related Monuments
| MWB3747 | ENBORNE (Monument) |
| MWB17955 | Enborne Chase (Building) |
| MWB18094 | Enborne Church of England Primary School (Building) |
| MWB18095 | Enborne Lodge, Enborne (Building) |
| MWB3748 | St Michael's Church, Enborne (Building) |
| MWB19896 | Kintbury Hundred (Place) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
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