Cholsey
Sign in to saveCholsey 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
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- South Oxfordshire
- Population
- +3457
- Area
- +16.52
- Shares border with
- South Moreton
- Official website
- www.cholseypc.org
- Image
- St Mary's at Easter - geograph.org.uk - 3414765.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
7 sectionsContents
- 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.