South Oxfordshire District Oxfordshire England United Kingdom
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Cholsey
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 17 miles (27 km) 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 Mallowen, 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.
Distance between:
London to Cholsey45 Miles / 72 Kms Liverpool to Cholsey149 Miles / 239 Kms
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