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Winterbourne, Berkshire
Winterbourne is a village and civil parish in the Berkshire Downs about 3 miles (5 km) north of Newbury in West Berkshire.
Winterbourne takes its name from a stream which flows in winter and sometimes in a wet summer. Bourne means a stream that does not flow all year round.
Borough Hill nearby was settled by Early Saxons in the Iron Age. Romans camped on Bussock Hill, and left a double vallum and ditch around their camp. The Vicinal Way, which was a branch of the old Roman way Ermyn Street, ran through Winterbourne past the camp.
Winterbourne was mentioned in 951 when the bounds of Chieveley were defined at the time when King Edmund's brother Edred gave it to Wulf or Wulfric, his bailiff.
In 1156, Nicholas, son of Turold os Estuna gave land for a churchyard in Winterbourne.
In August 1552 during the plundering of churches under Edward VI, records show that "one cope of satin of Bruge and one frontlet for the hie Altar of braunched damask" were stolen.
In the early 20th century, there remained a historic tradition of a Rogation Day procession for the blessing of the fields.
Winterbourne shares with Chieveley the ghost of the daughter of Philip Weston. She is purported to have run away in dismay on hearing three blasts of a trumpet, which told her that her lover and her father had been killed at the battle of Newbury. She fell down the well and was drowned.
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Winterbourne, Berkshire
Winterbourne is a village and civil parish in the Berkshire Downs about 3 miles (5 km) north of Newbury in West Berkshire.
Winterbourne takes its name from a stream which flows in winter and sometimes in a wet summer. Bourne means a stream that does not flow all year round.
Borough Hill nearby was settled by Early Saxons in the Iron Age. Romans camped on Bussock Hill, and left a double vallum and ditch around their camp. The Vicinal Way, which was a branch of the old Roman way Ermyn Street, ran through Winterbourne past the camp.
Winterbourne was mentioned in 951 when the bounds of Chieveley were defined at the time when King Edmund's brother Edred gave it to Wulf or Wulfric, his bailiff.
In 1156, Nicholas, son of Turold os Estuna gave land for a churchyard in Winterbourne.
In August 1552 during the plundering of churches under Edward VI, records show that "one cope of satin of Bruge and one frontlet for the hie Altar of braunched damask" were stolen.
In the early 20th century, there remained a historic tradition of a Rogation Day procession for the blessing of the fields.
Winterbourne shares with Chieveley the ghost of the daughter of Philip Weston. She is purported to have run away in dismay on hearing three blasts of a trumpet, which told her that her lover and her father had been killed at the battle of Newbury. She fell down the well and was drowned.
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