Letcombe Regis

Letcombe Regis
Letcombe Regis  Letcombe Regis shown within Oxfordshire
Population	548 (2001 census)
OS grid reference	SU3886
Civil parish	Letcombe Regis
District	Vale of White Horse
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Wantage
Postcode district	OX12
Dialling code	01235
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Wantage
Website	Letcombe Regis Parish Council
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Letcombe Regis is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred the Vale of White Horse to Oxfordshire. The village is on Letcombe Brook at the foot of the Berkshire Downs escarpment about 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of the market town of Wantage.

History

The parish includes Segsbury Camp an Iron Age hill fort on the crest of the Downs just over 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the village.

The Domesday Book of 1086 records Letcombe Regis. The name may come from the Old English Ledecumbe meaning the "lede in the combe" – i.e. "the brook in the valley." "Regis" may derive from the Latin 'rex' meaning 'Royal' with 'Regis' meaning The King's, giving, perhaps, "The Kings brook in the valley."

Parish church

The Church of England parish church of Saint Andrew is part of the Benefice of Ridgeway, along with the parishes of Childrey, Kingston Lisle, Letcombe Bassett, Sparsholt and West Challow.

Amenities

Letcombe Regis has a public house, the Greyhound Inn.

Sport and leisure

Letcombe has a Non-League football club Letcombe F.C. who play at Bassett Road.

See also

• Regis (Place)
• List of place names with royal patronage in the United Kingdom