Wash Water
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 The Woodpecker public house near Wash Water |
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  Wash Water |
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| OS grid reference | SU451635 |
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| Metropolitan borough | West Berkshire |
| Metropolitan county | Berkshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWBURY |
| Postcode district | RG10 |
| Dialling code | 01635 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Royal Berkshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Berkshire |
Coordinates: 51°22′09″N 1°21′28″W / 51.369152°N 1.357884°W
Wash Water is an hamlet on the border of Berkshire, and Hampshire.[1] It is divided between the civil parishs of Enborne (where according to Grid Refs the majority of the population at the 2011 Census was included), Newbury, Highclere and East Woodhay. The settlement lies adjacent to the A343 and A34 highways (Newbury Bypass), approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south-south-west of Newbury.
Some locals claim it is named after the spot on the River Enborne where women washed the troops' clothes during or after the First Battle of Newbury of the English Civil War, others say it is because wool was washed in the local rivers before fulling in the two nearby mills.
Village facilities include a public house called the Woodpecker Inn,[2] formerly the Derby Arms.
References
- ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 174 Newbury & Wantage (Hungerford & Didcot) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319228739.
- ↑ "Woodpecker Arms". www.arkells.com. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
External links
Media related to Wash Water at Wikimedia Commons
