EAST WOODHAY
"EAST WOODHAY, a parish in the hundred of Evingar, county Hants, 6 miles
S.W. of Newbury, and 8 N.W. of Kingsclere. The parish is situated at the
north-western extremity of the county, immediately beneath the Hampshire
hills, and is bounded by the river Enn. The parish, which includes the
ecclesiastical district of Wootton Hill, with the villages of East-End and
North-End, is traversed by the road from Newbury to Andover. At East End
was formerly a palace of the Bishops of Winchester. Bishops Hooper, Ken,
and Lowth were once rectors. The living is a rectory in the diocese of
Winchester, value with the chapelry of Ashmansworth annexed, £1,400, in the
patronage of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Martin, or St.
Margaret, has a chancel, rebuilt in 1850 by the rector. In the interior are
mural tablets and a marble monument with effigies erect of Edward and
Elizabeth Goddard, once of Stargroves House. The district church of Wootton
Hill was erected in 1849. The Wesleyans and Baptists have chapels. There
are National schools at Woodhay and Wootton Hill. The charities produce
about £16 per annum. The Earl of Carnarvon is lord of the manor.
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
[Last updated: 4th August 2003 - Brian Pears]
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