Wasing

Wasing is an agricultural and woodland village, country estate and civil parish in West Berkshire, England owned almost wholly by the descendants of the Mount family.

Wasing has fields on the Berkshire-Hampshire border and is approximately 7.5 miles (12.1 km) south-east of Newbury.

Its western boundary is the River Enborne, which flows through the range of downs which start in the south of the parish, rising to the highest point in the south-east, Walbury Hill 5 miles (8.0 km) west.

[3] Its estate is centred on a manor house which was purchased in 1759 by the London nautical publisher, John Mount.

[5] The adjacent church of St Nicholas, remaining almost a private chapel due to its isolation, is Grade I listed, with parts of the building dating to the 13th century.

Wasing, cattle in the park, summer 2013, looking approximately along the line of the Roman road from Speen to Silchester .