Woodlands St Mary

Woodlands St Mary
Village
St Mary's Church
Woodlands St Mary Location within Berkshire
OS grid reference	SU339747
Civil parish	Lambourn
Unitary authority	West Berkshire
Ceremonial county	Berkshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Royal Berkshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Newbury

Woodlands St Mary is a small village in the English county of Berkshire. The village is situated in the civil parish of Lambourn, and is 3 miles (4.8 km) to the south of the village of Lambourn, and 1 mile (1.6 km) from Lambourn Woodlands. The parish is within the unitary authority of West Berkshire, close to the border between the counties of Berkshire and Wiltshire.

Geography

Woodlands St Mary is located on the route of Ermin Way, the Roman road which connected Calleva Atrebatum (today's Silchester) to Glevum (Gloucester). The route of Ermin Way through the village is used by today's B4000 from Newbury to Lambourn.^[1] The modern M4 motorway passes just to the south of the village, with the nearest junction 14, about 2 miles (3.2 km) to the east, between Shefford Woodlands and Hungerford Newtown.

Church

St Mary's church was built in 1851 and designed by the architect, Thomas Talbot Bury. It is a Grade II listed building.^[2]

See also

• List of places in Berkshire
• Berkshire Downs

References

1. "Berkshire History : Lambourn Woodlands". Nash Ford Publishing. 2004. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
2. Historic England (11 July 1983). "Church of St Mary (Grade II) (1136089)". National Heritage List for England.

External links

Media related to Woodlands St Mary at Wikimedia Commons