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Aldbourne is a village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
 and civil parish
Civil parish

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a civil parish is usually the lowest unit of local government, below district and county councils....
 in the English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 county of Wiltshire
Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a Ceremonial counties of England in the South West England of England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire....
 in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
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People from Aldbourne are nicknamed "Dabchicks" after the Little Grebe
Little Grebe

The Little Grebe is 23 to 29 centimeter in length. It is the smallest European member of the grebe family of water birds and is commonly found in open bodies of water across most of its range....
. Initially it is believed this was intended as an insult begun by the residents of nearby Witchwood but has been adapted to a badge of pride. Aldbourne is also rightly famous as the home of the Aldbourne Band

ourne is a civil parish
Civil parish

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a civil parish is usually the lowest unit of local government, below district and county councils....
 with an elected parish council
Parish council

A Parish council is a unit of local government in Great Britain....
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Aldbourne is a village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
 and civil parish
Civil parish

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a civil parish is usually the lowest unit of local government, below district and county councils....
 in the English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 county of Wiltshire
Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a Ceremonial counties of England in the South West England of England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire....
 in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
.

People from Aldbourne are nicknamed "Dabchicks" after the Little Grebe
Little Grebe

The Little Grebe is 23 to 29 centimeter in length. It is the smallest European member of the grebe family of water birds and is commonly found in open bodies of water across most of its range....
. Initially it is believed this was intended as an insult begun by the residents of nearby Witchwood but has been adapted to a badge of pride. Aldbourne is also rightly famous as the home of the Aldbourne Band

Local government

Aldbourne is a civil parish
Civil parish

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a civil parish is usually the lowest unit of local government, below district and county councils....
 with an elected parish council
Parish council

A Parish council is a unit of local government in Great Britain....
. It falls within the areas of Kennet District Council and Wiltshire County Council
Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a Ceremonial counties of England in the South West England of England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire....
. All three councils are responsible for different aspects of local government
Local government

Local governments are administrative offices that are smaller than a state. The term is used to contrast with offices at nation-state level, which are referred to as the central government, national government, or federal government....
.

Location

Aldbourne is located in a valley
Valley

In geology, a valley is a Depression with predominant extent in one direction. A very deep river valley may be called a canyon or gorge....
 in the south slope of the Lambourn Downs, a part of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
North Wessex Downs AONB

The North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is located in the England counties of Berkshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire....
. From here an unnamed winterbourne
Winterbourne (stream)

A winterbourne is a stream or river that is dry through the summer months. A winterbourne is sometimes simply called a bourne, from the Old English language for a stream flowing from a spring, although this term can also be used for all-year water courses....
 flows to join the River Kennet
River Kennet

The Kennet is a river in the south of England, and a tributary of the River Thames. The lower reaches of the river are navigable to river craft and are known as the Kennet Navigation, which, together with the Avon Navigation, the Kennet and Avon Canal and the Thames, links the cities of Bristol and London....
 4 miles south near the village of Ramsbury
Ramsbury

Ramsbury is a village and civil parish in the England county of Wiltshire. In the United Kingdom Census 2001, the parish had a population of 3,257....
.

Nearby towns and cities: Hungerford
Hungerford

Hungerford is a market town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, 10 miles west of Newbury, Berkshire. It covers an area of and, according to the United Kingdom Census 2001, has a population of 5,700 ....
, Marlborough, Newbury
Newbury, Berkshire

Newbury is a civil parish and the principal town in the west of the county of Berkshire in England. It is situated on the River Kennet and the Kennet and Avon Canal, and has a town centre containing many 17th century buildings....
, Swindon
Swindon

Swindon is a City sized town and unitary borough authority in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire in South West England England. It is midway between Bristol, west and Reading, Berkshire, east....


Nearby villages: Lambourn
Lambourn

Lambourn is a large village and civil parish in the northwestern corner of the ceremonial counties of England of Berkshire in England. It is best known for its associations with British National Hunt racing horse racing....
, Ogbourne St. George
Ogbourne St. George

Ogbourne Saint George is a village in the Kennet district of Wiltshire, on the River Og. About five hundred people live in the village.There is a local school which teaches children from the villages of Ogbourne St George, Ogbourne St Andrew, Ogbourne Maizey, Rockley and smaller numbers from the town of Marlborough....
, Ogbourne St. Andrew
Ogbourne St. Andrew

Ogbourne St Andrew is a tiny village in the Kennet district of Wiltshire. It is near the village of Ogbourne St George and the hamlets of Ogbourne Maizey and Rockley....
, Mildenhall
Mildenhall

Mildenhall could be*Mildenhall, Suffolk, a town in England.*Mildenhall, Wiltshire, a village in England.*RAF Mildenhall, an air force base near Mildenhall, Suffolk....


Church of St Michael


The Church of St Michael is a medieval Anglican parish church and a Grade I listed building , overlooking the village green. The nave
Nave

In Romanesque architecture and Gothic architecture Christian abbey, cathedral basilica and Church architecture, the nave is the central approach to the high altar....
 and aisles were built around 1200, although some earlier Norman arches and other traces remain. Oddly, there are four arches on the north arcade
Arcade (architecture)

An arcade is a passage or walkway covered over by a succession of arches or Vault supported by columns. In a Gothic architecture cathedral the arcade is the lowest part of the wall of the nave, supporting the triforium and the clerestory....
 and three on the south. There is an Early English
Early English

The term Early English may refer to several different things:*For the style of architecture, see Early English Period*For the medieval period of history, see Middle Ages...
 chancel
Chancel

"Chancel" is an architectural term for the space around the altar at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may terminate in an apse....
, with north and south chapels, and a sanctuary with lancet windows.

The church was extended in the 15th century in the Perpendicular
Perpendicular

In geometry, two line or plane , are considered perpendicular to each other if they form congruence adjacent angles angles . The term may be used as a noun or adjective....
 style. In 1460, the 3-stage ashlar
Ashlar

Ashlar is dressed stone work of any type of stone. Ashlar blocks are large rectangular blocks of masonry sculpted to have square edges and even faces....
 tower was added; it has angle buttresses and transomed
Transom (architectural)

In architecture, a transom is the term given to a transverse beam or bar in a frame, or to the crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it....
 3-light bell openings, with gargoyles above. There are also transepts with 3-light windows, a tall south porch
Porch

A porch is a structure attached to a building, forming a covered entrance to a vestibule or doorway. It is external to the walls of the main building proper, but may be enclosed by screen, latticework, broad windows, or other light frame walls extending from the main structure....
 - originally 2-storey - and a bay between the porch and south transept. There was also formerly a north porch. The external walls are of flint
Flint

Flint is a hard, sedimentary rock cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as a variety of chert. It occurs chiefly as Nodule s and masses in sedimentary rocks, such as chalks and limestones....
 and limestone
Limestone

File:Limestone Formation In Waitomo.jpgLimestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the mineral calcite . The deposition of limestone strata is often a by-product and indicator of biological activity in the geology record....
 with some chequer work and sarsen
Sarsen

Sarsen stones are stone blocks found in quantity on Salisbury Plain, the Marlborough Downs, in Kent, and in smaller quantities in Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Dorset and Hampshire....
, and are crenellated. The roofs are lead and slate
Slate

Slate is a fine-grained, foliation , homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcano ash through low grade regional metamorphism....
. The interior contains a range of monuments and brasses.

Band of Brothers

Aldbourne was also where Easy Company of the US 101st Airborne Division
101st Airborne Division

The 101st Airborne Division ? the "Screaming Eagles"? is a U.S. Army modular infantry division trained for air assault military operation....
 was based pre-D-Day
D-Day

D-Day is a term often used in military parlance to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. "D-Day" often represents a variable , designating the day upon which some significant event will occur or has occurred; see Military designation of days and hours for similar terms....
. Easy Company was much famed in the HBO series Band of Brothers
Band of Brothers

Band of Brothers is a ten-part television World War II miniseries based on the book of the same title written by historian and biographer Stephen Ambrose....
.

See also

  • List of places in Wiltshire
    List of places in Wiltshire

    This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the ceremonial counties of England of Wiltshire, England....
  • List of civil parishes in England
    List of civil parishes in England

    This is a list of civil parishes in England split by ceremonial counties of England. The civil parish is the smallest level of local government in England....