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Winterbrook residentsappears in records from the time of King [[Henry III of England|Henry III]]. It is connected to the east bank by [[Winterbrook Bridge]]. The [[common lands]] in Winterbrook were [[enclosed]] in 1851. <ref>{{cite web |last1=Ditchfield |first1=P H |title='Parishes: Cholsey', in A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 3 |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol3/pp296-302 |website=British History Online}}</ref> Winterbrook House is a [[Grade II listed]] 17th-century house. Its most famous resident was the novelist, [[Agatha Christie]], who lived at [[Winterbrook House]] and died there in 1976.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nuzzolese |first1=Vincent |title=Move into Agatha Christie’s former home in Oxfordshire |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/uk/property/a36274724/move-into-agatha-christies-former-home-in-oxfordshire/ |website=Town & Country}}</ref> Winterbrook Lodge and Winterbrook Close are currentlyboth Grade II listed early 19th-century houses. Other major buildings include the Waterside Court Care Home <ref>{{cite web |title=Waterside Court Care Home |url=https://www.barchester.com/home/waterside-court-care-home |website=Barchester}}</ref> and the Winterbrook Nursing Home. As of 2009, Winterbrook residents were campaigning against its possible selection as the preferred option for 850 new houses as part of the [[South Oxfordshire]] Core Strategy<ref>[http://www.southoxon.gov.uk/ccm/content/planning/local-plan/the-core-strategy.en] South Oxfordshire District Council Core Strategy</ref> as well as a preemptive planning application by Wates Homes Ltd (part of [[Wates Group]]) for 106 dwellings.<ref>[http://www.southoxon.gov.uk/ccm/planning/ApplicationDetails.jsp?REF=P09/W0489] South Oxfordshire District Council Planning Application Details P09/W0489</ref> Planning permission was refused.