Eddington, Berkshire

Village in England

Hungerford

Unitary authority

West Berkshire

Berkshire

Region

South East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townHUNGERFORDPostcode districtRG17Dialling code01488PoliceThames ValleyFire Royal Berkshire Ambulance South Central UK Parliament

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List of places: UK; England; Berkshire

51°25′12″N 1°30′26″W / 51.420099°N 1.507178°W / 51.420099; -1.507178

Eddington is a village in the civil parish of Hungerford in the West Berkshire district of Berkshire, England. It lies approximately 0.7 miles (1.1 km) north-east from Hungerford, its nearest town and is divided from it by the River Kennet. The Eddington estate is owned by businessman Peter Michael and is located north of Eddington village.^[1]

History

Eddington Mill is a late 18th century watermill on the Kennet which still has the machinery largely intact. It is a Grade II listed building.^[2]

St Saviour's church was built in 1868 and designed by Arthur Blomfield in the Gothic Revival style. The church closed in the mid 1950s. In 1977 it was sold and converted into a private house.^[3]

In 1876, two policemen were shot by poachers in Eddington. Their memorial crosses still stand where they fell.^[4]

The village wheelwright's shop, Messrs R. Middleton & Sons, closed in 1951. Some of the woodworking tools from the shop including axes, chisels, planes, lathe tools and gouges, were purchased at an auction on 6 April 1951, and are now in the Museum of English Rural Life.^[5]

References

^ "The thirty landowners who own half a county". Who owns England?.
^ Historic England (11 September 1987). "Eddington Mill (mill house and mill) (Grade II) (1289506)". National Heritage List for England.
^ "St Saviour's Church, Eddington". Hungerford Virtual Museum. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^ "1876 Police Murders". Hungerford Virtual Museum. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
^ "R. Middleton and Sons (wheelwright)". R. Middleton and Sons (wheelwright). The Museum of English Rural Life. Retrieved 27 February 2020.