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Cholsey
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Also known as Cholsey, Oxfordshire, Cholsey, Oxon

Cholsey is a village and civil parish immediately south of Wallingford in South Oxfordshire. Its population in 2011 was 3,457. 2011 Census. Its parish boundary, some long, reaches from the edge of Wallingford into the Berkshire Downs. The village green called "The Forty" has a substantial and ancient walnut tree.

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Place details

Locality
South Oxfordshire
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
3,081
Timezone
Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.country
England
UK place.static_image_name
CHOLSEY1.JPG
UK place.static_image_caption
St Mary's parish church
UK place.official_name
Cholsey
UK place.area_total_km2
16.52
UK place.population
3457
UK place.population_ref
(2011 Census)
UK place.civil_parish
Cholsey
UK place.shire_district
South Oxfordshire
UK place.shire_county
Oxfordshire
UK place.region
South East England
UK place.constituency_westminster
Didcot and Wantage
UK place.post_town
Wallingford
UK place.postcode_district
OX10
UK place.postcode_area
OX
UK place.dial_code
01491
UK place.os_grid_reference
SU5886
UK place.website
Cholsey Parish Council

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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Transport
  • Architecture and buildings
  • St Mary's churchyard
  • References
  • Sources
  • External links

Cholsey is a village and civil parish immediately south of Wallingford in South Oxfordshire. Its population in 2011 was 3,457. 2011 Census. Its parish boundary, some long, reaches from the edge of Wallingford into the Berkshire Downs. The village green called "The Forty" has a substantial and ancient walnut tree.

Winterbrook, historically the northern part of Cholsey, was absorbed into Wallingford in 2015. Winterbrook Bridge in the parish carries the Wallingford by-pass across the River Thames. The author Dame Agatha Christie, Lady Mallowan, lived at Winterbrook House until her death. John Masefield, poet laureate, lived at Lollingdon Farm in Cholsey from 1915 to 1917. Cholsey was transferred from Wallingford Rural District in Berkshire to the district of South Oxfordshire in 1974.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cholsey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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