Mapledurham

Mapledurham Village

Mapledurham (Old English Mapuldorhām , "Maßholderheim" in relation to mapledur / mapuldor = ' Feldahorn , Maßholder') is a place and a civil parish in Oxfordshire , England . Mapledurham is on the north side of the Thames west of Reading . The Civil parish had 317 inhabitants in 2011.

Notable local buildings include Mapledurham House and Mapledurham Watermill , as well as St Margaret's Church, adjacent to the manor and used as the village church . The Hardwick House is also in Civil parish.

The Thames lock, called Mapledurham Lock, is opposite the town on the south side of the Thames at Purley-on-Thames . A weir connects both sides of the river, but there is no passage for vehicles or pedestrians.

John Sturges shot the 1976 war film The Eagle Has Landed here .

Individual evidence

^ David Mills: A Dictionary of British Place-Names . The University Press, Oxford 2011, ISBN 978-0-19-960908-6 , p. 458.
↑ National Office of Statistics Census 2011

Web links

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51.486566 -1.034984Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ N , 1 ° 2 ′ W

[1] David Mills: A Dictionary of British Place-Names . The University Press, Oxford 2011, ISBN 978-0-19-960908-6 , p. 458.

[2] National Office of Statistics Census 2011