Coordinates: 51°23′N 1°33′W / 51.38°N 1.55°W
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.png)  Shalbourne shown within Wiltshire |
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| Shire county | Wiltshire |
| Region | South West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | Great Western |
| European Parliament | South West England |
| List of places: UK • England • Wiltshire | |
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
Shalbourne is located at grid reference SU315630.
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 2001 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 number in 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)
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