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East Garston

Field	Value
type	Village
official_name	East Garston
static_image_name	EastGarston(AndrewSmith)Aug2006.jpg
static_image_caption	Junction of Front Street, Back Street and Roger's Lane
coordinates
os_grid_reference	SU3676
population	459
population_ref	(2011 census)
area_total_km2	8.05
civil_parish	East Garston
lieutenancy_england	Berkshire
unitary_england	West Berkshire
region	South East England
country	England
post_town	Hungerford
postcode_district	RG17
postcode_area	RG
dial_code	01488
constituency_westminster	Newbury
website	The Berkshire Village of East Garston

East Garston is a village and civil parish on the River Lambourn, about 5.5 mi north of Hungerford in West Berkshire. The river flows through the village, dividing many houses from the main road, so that each has a bridge over the river to the front door.

Toponymy

East Garston was known by its earlier Saxon name Argeston until the end of the 19th century, and locals called the village Argeston into the early 20th century. The origin of the name is uncertain. It may have meant the "ton" of Esgar: a ton being a principal house for a lord, with surrounding dwellings for tenants.

Government

The civil parish of East Garston comprises the village of East Garston, together with a considerable area of rural downland to the north and south. The parish has approximately 226 dwellings. In 2011 the population was 449, in an area of 4500 acre. The parish has boundaries with the Berkshire parishes of Fawley, Great Shefford, Hungerford and Lambourn, and with the Oxfordshire parish of Letcombe Bassett.

Notable people

Charles Thomas Wooldridge, murderer and dedicatee of The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde, was born in the village.

Amenities

The Church of England parish church of All Saints is a flint built church dating back to the 12th century. Situated on the northwestern edge of the village, it is Grade II* listed. The East Garston Bellringers was re-formed in 1998.

The village has a village hall, social club and cricket club, and is the home of the Garston Gallopers, a mixed Morris dancing side. The Gallopers' colours are purple and green, the "village" colours from the school uniform and the racing colours of a prominent racehorse trainer from the village..

Demography

Output area		Homes owned outright		Owned with a loan		Socially rented		Privately rented		Other		km2 roads		km2 water		km2 domestic gardens		Usual residents		km2
Civil parish

Gallery of images

File:Bridges over the River Lambourn, East Garston, Berkshire.jpg|Bridges over the River Lambourn File:River Lambourn, East Garston, Berkshire.jpg|River Lambourn File:East Garston Down, East Garston, Berkshire.jpg|East Garston Down

References

"Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005".
S, L. "Untravelled Berkshire". Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd..
"Election Maps". Ordnance Survey.
'A Key to "In Memoriam by Oscar Wilde" – notes made by Mary Grave bound into her sister Eleanor Grave's 1899 copy of ''The Ballad of Reading Gaol'' held at the [[British Library]] – researched by Glenn Christodoulou
{{NHLE. (6 Feb 1982)

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