Woolstone, Berkshire

Description
Woolstone, a village and a parish, pleasantly situated at the foot of the White Horse Hill, in Berks, 1 1/2 mile S of Uffington Junction on the G.W.R., and 6 miles S from Faringdon. Post town, Faringdon; money order office, Uffington; telegraph office, Uffington railway station. Acreage, 1942; population of the civil parish, 174; of the ecclesiastical, with Balking, 335. The manor belongs to the Earl of Craven. Woolstone Lodge is a chief residence. Many Roman antiquities have been found, and the Roman road known as Icknield Street passes through this parish. The living is annexed to Baulking. The church, which was thoroughly restored in 1867, is an ancient building in the Norman style, consisting of chancel, nave, S transept, S porch, and western bell-gable.