West Hagbourne

West Hagbourne

Part of the village
West Hagbourne
West Hagbourne shown within Oxfordshire
Area 4.12 km2 (1.59 sq mi)
Population 259 (2011 Census)
• Density 63/km2 (160/sq mi)
OS grid reference SU5187
Civil parish
  • West Hagbourne
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Didcot
Postcode district OX11
Dialling code 01235
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament
Website West Hagbourne Oxfordshire

West Hagbourne is a village and civil parish in the Berkshire Downs about 2 miles (3 km) south of Didcot. The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 259.[1]

History

The village was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire and from the former Wallingford Rural District to the district of South Oxfordshire. It was separated from East Hagbourne in the late Middle Ages.

Amenities

West Hagbourne's Church of England parish church is St Andrew's, East Hagbourne.

West Hagbourne has a public house, the Horse and Harrow.[2]

Education

Hagbourne Church of England Primary School[3] in neighbouring East Hagbourne serves West Hagbourne. The County secondary schools that serve West Hagbourne are in Didcot: St. Birinus School (for boys) and Didcot Girls School.

Transport

Thames Travel route 94 serves West Hagbourne from Mondays to Fridays, linking the village with Didcot town and with Didcot Parkway railway station. Buses run mostly once an hour, with a half-hourly service in the evening peak. There is no Saturday or Sunday service.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "West Hagbourne Parish Local Area Report". NOMIS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  2. ↑ The Horse & Harrow
  3. ↑ Hagbourne CE Primary School
  4. ↑ "route 94/94S/94C" (PDF). Thames Travel. Retrieved 19 July 2018.

Further reading

  • Ditchfield, PH; Page, William, eds. (1924). "Hagbourne". A History of the County of Berkshire. Victoria County History. IV. assisted by John Hautenville Cope. London: The St Katherine Press. pp. 475–484.

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