Wanborough

Wanborough is a village to the south-east of Swindon, Wiltshire, UK. The name is thought to derive from "Wain", i.e. cart. Being the last village on Ermin Street before the scarp slope of the Marlborough Downs, horses were watered here before the steep climb off the Oxfordshire plain.

Related Topics:
Swindon - Wiltshire - UK - Ermin Street - Scarp - Marlborough Downs

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Wanborough has a highly unusual church, St Andrew's, with a spire at one end and a tower at the other. There are only three churches with this feature in the UK (the others are at Purton and Ormskirk).

Related Topics:
St Andrew - Purton - Ormskirk

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The village has a small post office/shop and is well served with six public houses.

Related Topics:
Post office - Public houses

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