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The Compton part of Compton and Shawford includes all
the area to the west of the motorway and
those properties to the west of a line down
the middle of Otterbourne Road, also known as Main Road.
The remainder of the village, as far as official
postal addresses are concerned, lies in Shawford.
However, the people living in the area at
the top of the down, bounded by Southdown
Road and Grove Road tend to refer to their
district as Southdown and the area is signed Southdown. The Shawford signs direct you to Shawford village, the
small area centred on the Station, the Village
Hall and the Bridge pub.
Several streets in our village have more
than one name. The main road through the
village is variously known as Main Road, Otterbourne Road, Winchester Road; and also sometimes Roman Road and even Bournemouth Road.
The road in Shawford known as The Island does not have a name that features in postal
addresses, but the Electricity Company (and
the police) have been known to call it Pearson Road.
The road in Shawford between the railway
line and the pub is known as Hunts Lane, Bridge Lane, or Station Alley.
last updated 09 September 2000 by Adrian Walmsley