West Hagbourne

Human settlement in England

West Hagbourne

District

South Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire

Region

South East

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WebsiteWest Hagbourne Oxfordshire

List of places: UK; England; Oxfordshire

51°35′02″N 1°15′29″W / 51.584°N 1.258°W / 51.584; -1.258

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.^{[citation needed]}

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

^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – West Hagbourne Parish (1170217843)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
^ The Horse & Harrow
^ Hagbourne CE Primary School
^ "route 94/94S/94C" (PDF). Thames Travel. Retrieved 19 July 2018.

Sources

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