2012

SU5581 : Berks - Oxon Border

taken 12 years ago, near to Aldworth, West Berkshire, England

Berks - Oxon Border
Berks - Oxon Border
Through the wood here you've got Oxfordshire on the left of the path and Berkshire on the right. The bank and ditch of an old boundary are still plain to see and it would be reasonable to assume that this is an ancient county line, but along here that status only dates from the 1970s following a reorganization. For centuries before, this was all Berkshire.
But I'm guessing the county follows parish boundaries so that may well be what this earthwork is. Moulsford (Oxon) and Aldworth (Berks)

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SU5581, 67 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Des Blenkinsopp   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 5 March, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 11 March, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 5519 8164 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:31.8588N 1:12.3463W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 5517 8169
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South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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