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Mapledurham is a small village, civil parish and country estate beside the River Thames in southern Oxfordshire. The village also lends its name to the adjoining Mapledurham electoral ward of the Borough of Reading, although this is actually a subdivision of that town's suburb of Caversham and in the county of Berkshire. ==Village== The village is on the north bank of the River Thames about northwest of Reading. The only road access is by a narrow and steep lane from Trench Green on the rural road from Caversham to Goring Heath and Goring-on-Thames. Despite the fact that Mapledurham village is closer, as the crow flies, to central Reading than some of that town's suburbs, it remains a remote and rural location.〔 The access lane becomes the main street of the village and terminates on the bank of the River Thames, where it is surrounded by the a cluster of three significant buildings. The Church of England parish church of St. Margaret was mainly built in the 14th and 15th century, and was restored in 1863 by the Gothic Revival architect William Butterfield.〔Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 693-694〕 Mapledurham Watermill dates from the 16th and 17th century〔Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 697〕 and is the last operational watermill on the Thames. Mapledurham House, the country house that is the headquarters of the Mapledurham estate, is one of the largest Elizabethan houses in Oxfordshire.〔Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 695-697〕 On the village street inland from these three buildings can be found the Mapledurham Almshouses, a group of six almshouses built as a memorial to Sir Charles Lister who died in 1613, and now converted into two cottages. Mapledurham Lock is on the opposite bank of the river, by the Berkshire village of Purley-on-Thames. Although the weir stretches across the river between the two villages, no access is possible across it and, in the absence of a boat, journeys between the two villages require a lengthy detour via Caversham or Whitchurch-on-Thames.〔 Because of its picturesque situation, and lack of through traffic, Mapledurham has been used as a set for several films, including the ''The Eagle Has Landed''. The village, house and mill form something of a local tourist attraction, and on summer weekends the village can be reached by a boat service from Reading. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mapledurham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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