Wanborough, Wiltshire
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.
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
parish churches with this feature in the UK (the others are at
Purton and
Ormskirk).
The village has a small
post office/shop and is well served with six
public houses.
