Winterbrook

Winterbrook

Winterbrook in the civil parish of Cholsey is a small settlement in the English county of Oxfordshire (formerly in Berkshire), which adjoins the south end of Wallingford and sits on the west bank of the Thames.

It appears in records from the time of King Henry III. It is connected to the east bank by Winterbrook Bridge. Its most famous resident was the novelist, Agatha Christie, who lived at Winterbrook House and died there in 1976.


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