Silchester
Sign in to saveSilchester is a village and civil parish about north of Basingstoke in Hampshire. It is adjacent to the county boundary with Berkshire and about southwest of Reading.
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Place details
- Locality
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Silchester
- UK place.static_image_name
- Silchester - geograph.org.uk - 942386.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The village sign in front of Silchester Village Hall, showing St Mary's Church
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SU6262
- UK place.label_position
- bottom
- UK place.population
- 921
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census including Little London)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Silchester
- UK place.shire_district
- Basingstoke and Deane
- UK place.shire_county
- Hampshire
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.country
- England
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +921
- Official website
- www.silchester-pc.gov.uk
- Image
- Silchester - geograph.org.uk - 942386.jpg
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Archaeology
- Iron Age and Roman town
- Manor
- Church and chapel
- Geography
- Local government
- Transport
- Amenities
- School
- Awards
- Notable persons
- See also
- References
- Sources and further reading
- External links
Silchester is a village and civil parish about north of Basingstoke in Hampshire. It is adjacent to the county boundary with Berkshire and about southwest of Reading.
Silchester is most notable for the archaeological site and Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum, an Iron Age and later Atrebates Celtic settlement first occupied by the Romans in about AD 45. The site includes what is considered the best-preserved Roman town wall in Great Britain and the remains of what may be one of the earliest Christian churches found in the British Isles.