Historic houses · South West England
Marlborough White Horse
Marlborough White Horse, also called the Preshute White Horse, is a hill figure on Granham Hill, a fairly shallow slope of the downland above the hamlet of Preshute, southwest of Marlborough in the co
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Marlborough White Horse, also called the Preshute White Horse, is a hill figure on Granham Hill, a fairly shallow slope of the downland above the hamlet of Preshute, southwest of Marlborough in the county of Wiltshire, England. Dating from 1804, it is one of several such white horses in Great Britain, and one of eight in Wiltshire. Many distant views of the horse are obstructed by trees, but it can be seen from parts of the town of Marlborough. One good view is from a footpath running from Preshute House to the A345 road. The figure lies some 500 metres south of Marlborough College, within 100 metres of the southeast corner of the college sports ground.
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Marlborough White Horse, also called the Preshute White Horse, is a hill figure on Granham Hill, a fairly shallow slope of the downland above the hamlet of Preshute, southwest of Marlborough in the county of Wiltshire, England. Dating from 1804, it is one of several such white horses in Great Britain, and one of eight in Wiltshire. Many distant views of the horse are obstructed by trees, but it can be seen from parts of the town of Marlborough. One good view is from a footpath running from Preshute House to the A345 road. The figure lies some 500 metres south of Marlborough College, within 100 metres of the southeast corner of the college sports ground.
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History
The smallest (in terms of width) such horse in Wiltshire, the Marlborough horse was cut in 1804 by boys at Mr Greasley's Academy, also called the High Street Academy, a school in Marlborough High Street which occupied the building now known as The Ivy House Hotel. This was not the present-day Marlborough College, which is only a short distance away. The horse was designed and marked out on the hill by a boy called William Canning, whose family owned the Manor House at Ogbourne St George. From then onwards, it was "scoured", or cleaned, every year, this becoming a tradition at the school marked by revelry. Greasley died about 1830, and the school was closed, leading to the horse being…
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- Coordinates
- 51.4127, -1.7375
- Address
- Marlborough, Wiltshire, England
- Established
- 1804
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- wikipedia: Marlborough White Horse (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Marlborough White Horse?
- Marlborough White Horse is in South West England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.4127°, -1.7375°.
- When was Marlborough White Horse built?
- Marlborough White Horse dates to 1804.