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Coordinates: 51°22′09″N 1°05′29″W / 51.3693°N 1.0914°W
Mortimer West End 
The Red Lion, Mortimer West End
Mortimer West End
Mortimer West End shown within HampshireOS grid reference SU634637 Shire county Hampshire Region South East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Police Hampshire Fire Hampshire Ambulance South Central EU Parliament South East England UK Parliament Basingstoke List of places: UK • England • Hampshire Mortimer West End is a village and civil parish in north Hampshire in England.
At one time it was the Hampshire part of the cross-county parish of Stratfield Mortimer (mostly in Berkshire). It became an independent ecclesiastical parish in 1870 - the church of St Saviour having been built in 1854 - and a civil parish in 1894.[1] The parish was transferred from the county of Berkshire to the county of Hampshire in 1879, producing the slight bulge in Hampshire's northern boundary.[2]
The village is very close to the site of Calleva Atrebatum which mostly lies in the parish of Silchester. The remains of the town's amphitheatre, however, lie within Mortimer West End, and the Roman road running from Silchester northwards through the village can still be made out in parts. A short stretch of Roman road is still in use in the hamlet of Aldermaston Soke. The village is served by a public house, The Red Lion.
References
- ^ 'Parishes: Stratfield Mortimer', A History of the County of Hampshire Volume 4 (1911), pp. 56-57. Available at British History Online. Date accessed: 11 February 2008.
- ^ M.J. Crawley, "The Botanist in Berkshire", p. 44. Accessed 10 February 2008.
External links
- Village website. Accessed 11 February 2008.
- Royal Berkshire History: Stratfield Mortimer
- Mortimer West End Cricket Club
Categories:- Basingstoke and Deane
- Villages in Hampshire
- Hampshire geography stubs
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