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Highclere
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Highclere (pronounced ) is a village and civil parish in the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Hampshire, England, in the northern part of the county, near the Berkshire border. It is famous as the location of Highclere Castle, a Victorian house of the Earl of Carnarvon, and the setting for films and TV series including Downton Abbey.
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- Locality
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 2,463
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Highclere Church In United Kingdom near Newbury.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Parish church of St Michael and All Angels, Highclere
- UK place.official_name
- Highclere
- UK place.population
- 1,606
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census including Woolton Hill)
- UK place.shire_district
- Basingstoke and Deane
- UK place.shire_county
- Hampshire
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North West Hampshire
- UK place.post_town
- NEWBURY
- UK place.postcode_district
- RG20
- UK place.postcode_area
- RG
- UK place.dial_code
- 01635
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SU4384060837
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 1606
- Image
- Highclere Church In United Kingdom near Newbury.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01635
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- Commons category
- Highclere
- OS grid reference
- SU436607
- P12749
- Gerda Taro
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Highclere (pronounced ) is a village and civil parish in the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Hampshire, England, in the northern part of the county, near the Berkshire border. It is famous as the location of Highclere Castle, a Victorian house of the Earl of Carnarvon, and the setting for films and TV series including Downton Abbey.
==History and buildings== The parish church of St Michael and All Angels sits between Highclere Castle and the main part of the village. This 'new' church (1870s) replaced a much older church sited adjacent to Highclere Castle, and parish records go back to pre-Norman times.
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