SHALBOURNE

'Shalbourne' is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire. Besides Shalbourne itself, the parish includes the widely spaced settlements of 'Bagshot' to the north, and 'Rivar' and 'Oxenwood' to the south. Before 1895, Shalbourne was in Berkshire.

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Location

Local government

Notable people

Sources

Location

Shalbourne is loacted at .

Local government

Shalbourne is a civil parish with an elected parish council. It falls within the areas of Kennet District Council and Wiltshire County Council. All three councils are responsible for different aspects of local government. In the 2002 census, the parish had a population of 600

Notable people

From 1608 until 1638, the village's Westcourt Manor was the residence of a William Carpenter senior and junior who emigrated to Weymouth, Massachusetts, in 1638 on the ship ''Bevis'' from Southampton. William Carpenter junior was a founder of Rehoboth, Massachusetts. The Rehoboth Carpenter Family descendants numberin the tens of thousands, among them two US presidents and a Project Mercury astronaut. William Carpenter junior married in 1625 an Abigail Bryant whose family were residents of the village from the 1500s.

Sources

★ Wiltshire County Council Website page on Shalbourne, retrieved 20:15 Oct 29, 2004 (UTC)

★ Kennet District Council Website page on Shalbourne Parish, retrieved 20:15 Oct 29, 2004 (UTC)