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East Garston has an enviable location in wildest
West Berkshire, it is a long, narrow parish of nearly 4,500 acres in
the far west of the county, between the village of Lambourn and town
of Newbury. The village occupies the centre of the parish, through which
runs the river Lambourn. The parish has approximately 226 dwellings
and a population of 532 (2001 census). The village sits just off the
unclassified road that runs from Great Shefford, along the valley to
Lambourn.
Memories in East Garston go back a long way.The village predates its
busier neighbour, Newbury, by several centuries, and in case you're
wondering ~ No, there is no West Garston. East Garston is a corruption
of Asgar. ~ Asgar being the name of the Saxon lord of the manor, but
settlement here goes back well before this.
Asgar was procurer of horses for the King, and owned land in several
counties. He witnessed many of Edward the Confessor's charters, and
also the queen mother's will. He appears to have held all the cultivated
land of the Lambourn Hundred, which emcompassed East Garston.
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