In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Shalbourne like this:
SHALBOURN, a village in Berks, and a parish partly also in Wilts; but all in Hungerford district. The village stands near Wans dyke, 2¾ miles E of Bedwyn r. station, and 4 S S W of Hungerford; and has a post-office under Hungerford. The parish contains also the hamlets of Bagshot and Oxenwood in Berks, and the hamlet of Newtown in Wilts. ...
Acres of the B. portion, 2, 550; of the W. portion, 2, 805. Real property of the whole, £6, 879. Pop., 506 and 506. Houses, 105 and 113. Much of the property belongs to the Marquis of Ailesbury. Prosperous farm was the scene of the agriculturalexperiments of Jethro Tull. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £428.* Patrons, the Dean and Canons of Windsor. The church is good; and there are a parochial school, and charities £13.
Shalbourne through time
Shalbourne is now part of Kennet district. Click here for graphs and data of how Kennet has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Shalbourne itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Shalbourne, in Kennet and Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12092
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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