East Woodhay
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| East Woodhay shown within Hampshire | |
| Population | 2,914 (2011 Census including Gore End) |
| OS grid reference | SU4060661499 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWBURY |
| Postcode district | RG20 |
| Dialling code | 01635 |
| Police | Hampshire |
| Fire | Hampshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
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East Woodhay is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, situated approximately 6 miles (10 km) south-west of Newbury in Berkshire. As of the 2001 census, it had a population of 2,794, increasing to 2,914 at the 2011 Census.
The parish of East Woodhay contains a number of villages and hamlets, including Ball Hill, Heath End, Hatt Common, Woolton Hill and East End. The last two contain schools: Woolton Hill Junior School, St Thomas's Church of England Infant School, and St. Martin's Church of England Primary School. The parish also has a small, triangular village green containing a war memorial and was once the site of the village .
Woolton Hill also has a local village shop and post office and has "The Chase" which is administered by The National Trust.
The dialling code is 01635, the postcode is RG20, part of the postal district of Reading, also in Berkshire. The district council, Basingstoke and Deane, is in Hampshire.
The name East Woodhay has changed over the years.
The name may possibly be from the Old English "Wudeuhege" or "Wudeugehaeg" meaning "Wood enclosure" (using artificial fences), or more likely from the earlier "widu" meaning "broad enclosure."
Thomas Ken (1637–1711) was briefly chaplain to Princess Mary, and later to the British Fleet. In 1685, he became Bishop of Bath and Wells.
He was one of several bishops imprisoned in the Tower of London for refusing to sign King James II’s "Declaration of Indulgence."
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