- Longworth
Longworth is a
village andcivil parish , located nearKingston Bagpuize andSouthmoor , in the English county ofOxfordshire (formerly inBerkshire ). It is in theVale of White Horse district. In the 2001 census, Longworth had a population of 848. [cite web | url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=798750&c=Longworth&d=16&e=15&g=481387&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1212705531427&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 | title=Neighbourhood Statistics: 2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Longworth CP (Parish) | publisher=Office for National Statistics | accessdate=2008-06-05 ]Longworth parish extends north of the village to the
River Thames , and the south of the parish includes part of the neighbouring village of Southmoor. Harrowdown Hill, in the north of the parish near the Thames, is wherebiological warfare expert, David Kelly, died (or committed suicide) during the Second Gulf War WMD scandal. [cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3127605.stm | title=David Kelly laid to rest | date=2003-08-06 | publisher=BBC News | accessdate=2008-06-05 ] Sir Henry Marten, a 17th century Judge of the Admiralty Court, and his son, Henry Marten, the infamousregicide , resided atLongworth House . [cite web | url=http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/hmartensr.html | title=Sir Henry Marten (1562–1641) | publisher=Nash Ford Publishing | author=David Nash Ford | work=Berkshire History | accessdate=2008-06-05 ] [cite web | url=http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/hmarten.html | title=Sir Henry Marten (1602–1680) | publisher=Nash Ford Publishing | author=David Nash Ford | work=Berkshire History | accessdate=2008-06-05 ]References
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