Roger Sweet's Pictures of Goring

The Church of St. Thomas of Canterbury, Goring

The Church of St Thomas of Canterbury is late C11. The church has one of the oldest bells in the country which was cast about 1290 but is no longer rung. At one time there was an Augustinian priory, which was built adjoining the church, sharing the church with the parishioners. Later the nuns built their own church adjoining St Thomas's.

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High Street, Goring

Most people who have heard of Goring associate it with the attractive gap between the Berkshire Downs and the Chilterns known as the Goring Gap. Here the villages of Goring and Streatley stand on opposite sides of the River Thames, Oxfordshire on one side and West Berkshire on the other, linked by a fine bridge which was built in 1923. The beautiful riverside setting and the attractive views of the hills on either side make Goring an extremely attractive village.

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Goring, Village Scenes

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The old mill at Goring

The old mill is no longer in use. It is thought that Goring Lock was build by the local miller in the C16 to provide a head of water to drive the water wheel. In Saxon times Goring had a corn mill. Later the mill was used to generate electricity, but now it is now a residence.

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The John Barleycorn Inn, Goring

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Goring Lock

The present lock was built in 1921 and was then unusual in that it had an extra pair of lock gates, creating two chambers.This enabled boats to travel faster through the lock and use less water each time the lock was used.

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Goring Bridge

The river was first forded by the Romans who built a causeway. The first bridge over the river, a toll bridge, was built upstream of the ferry in 1837. This lasted until the present bridge was built in 1923.

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Former boathouses at Goring, now a private residence

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