civil parish Compton lieutenancy england Berkshire unitary england West Berkshire region South East ... successful The Downs School Berkshire The Downs School local authority secondary school is in Compton. The Institute for Animal Health is at Compton. Substantial portions of the BBC Television series Trainer TV series Trainer were filmed in and around Compton and the neighbouring village of East Ilsley ... http www.westberks.gov.uk media pdf 9 e Compton Parish Plan.pdf West Berkshire Council Parish Plan ... The Compton Swan , a gastropub in Compton West Berkshire Category Villages in Berkshire Category West Berkshire Category Civil parishes in Berkshire nl ComptonBerkshire pl ComptonBerkshire pt ComptonBerkshire ...infobox UK place official name Compton static image File St Mary s and St Nicholas, Compton geograph.org.uk ... town Newbury, Berkshire Newbury postcode district RG20 postcode area RG dial code 01635 website http www.comptonparishcouncil.org DNN Default.aspx Compton Parish Council Compton is a village and Civil parishes in England civil parish in the River Pang valley in the Berkshire Downs about convert 6.5 ... 3070&startColumn 1&numberOfColumns 4&containerAreaId 790310 title Area selected West Berkshire ... railway In 1881 the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway was completed through the parish and Compton ... Compton station in 1962. BR had closed Compton goods yard by 1966. Through freight traffic ... of Berkshire, Volume 4 year 1924 publisher location pages 15 21 Cite book last Pevsner first ... of England Berkshire year 1966 publisher Penguin Books location Harmondsworth isbn pages 120 121 External links Commons category Compton, Berkshire http www.berkshirehistory.com villages compton.html Berkshire History Compton http www.iah.ac.uk about lab c.shtml The Institute for Animal Health http www.westberks.org GroupHomepage.asp?GroupID 2505 Compton CoE Primary School http www.thedownsschool.org ... more details
Compton may refer to TOCright Places Canada Compton, Quebec Compton County, Quebec Compton provincial electoral district , a former Quebec provincial electoral district now part of M gantic ComptonCompton electoral district , a former Quebec federal electoral district England Cassey Compton , Gloucestershire Compton, Yorkshire Compton, Derbyshire Compton, South Staffordshire Compton, Wolverhampton , West Midlands Compton, Test Valley , Hampshire Compton End , Hampshire Compton, Isle of Wight Compton, BerkshireCompton, West Sussex Compton, Guildford , Surrey Compton, Waverley , Surrey Compton, Plymouth , Devon Compton, South Hams , Devon United States Compton, Arkansas Compton, California , a city south southeast of downtown Los Angeles Compton, Illinois Compton, Maryland Compton Trappe, Maryland , a home on the National Register of Historic Places Other uses Compton surname Compton crater , a lunar crater Compton Petroleum , a petroleum exploration company based in Calgary, Alberta Compton s Encyclopedia See also Compton and Shawford , Hampshire Compton Abbas , Dorset Compton Abdale , Gloucestershire Compton Bassett , Wiltshire Compton Beauchamp , Berkshire now Oxfordshire Compton Bishop , Somerset Compton Chamberlain , Wiltshire Compton Common , Somerset Compton Dando , Somerset Compton Dundon , Somerset Compton Durville , Somerset Compton Green , Gloucestershire Compton Greenfield , Gloucestershire Compton Martin , Somerset Compton Pauncefoot , Somerset Compton Valence , Dorset Nether Compton , Dorset Over Compton , Dorset West Compton, Dorset West Compton, California Little Compton, Rhode Island Compton Bassett Upper Marlboro, Maryland , a home on the National Register of Historic Places Compton scattering or the Compton effect, an effect observed when photons interact with electrons disambig geo bg de Compton fa fr Compton it Compton nl Compton ja pl Compton pt Compton sl Compton fi Compton t smennyssivu sv Compton vo Compton ... more details
Other uses Use British English date November 2011 Infobox England county name The Royal County of Berkshire ... web url http www.civicheraldry.co.uk obs county.html berkshire old cc title BERKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL ... small motto map File Berkshire UK locator map 2010.svg 250px Berkshire within England br small Shown ... West Berkshire Unitary Borough of Reading Reading Unitary Wokingham district Wokingham Unitary Bracknell ... Start of article Berkshire IPAc en icon b r k r or IPAc en b r k r , abbreviated ... to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle ..., and letters patent issued confirming this in 1974. ref cite news title The Royal County of Berkshire ... 2007 title Berkshire, The Royal County author Berkshire Record Office work Golden Jubilee 2002 collection ref Berkshire borders the counties of Oxfordshire , Buckinghamshire , Surrey , Wiltshire and Hampshire . Under List of Berkshire boundary changes boundary changes in 1995, it also acquired a boundary with Greater London . ref cite web title The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey County ... Abingdon , but in 1867 the town of Reading, Berkshire Reading by then much larger superseded ... from the summer of 1869. cite news title Berkshire Quarter Sessions newspaper Jackson s Oxford ... other northwest Berkshire towns including Didcot and Wantage into Oxfordshire. ref name guide cite ... location London isbn 0117508470 Pages 1, 31 ref A later reorganisation, in 1998, abolished Berkshire County Council, although retaining Berkshire as a ceremonial county . ref name 1996order The highest tier of local government in Berkshire are now the unitary authorities of Bracknell Forest , Reading, Berkshire Reading , Slough Borough Council Slough , West Berkshire , Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Windsor and Maidenhead and Wokingham borough Wokingham . History Main History of Berkshire ... of Sunningum East Berkshire and Ashdown the Berkshire Downs, probably including the Kennet ... more details
Bradfield , gbmappingsmall SU596706 Bradfield Southend Nearby towns and cities Reading, Berkshire Reading Nearby villages Theale, Berkshire Theale , Stanford Dingley , Englefield, Berkshire Englefield ... parish council. It falls within the area of the unitary authority of West Berkshire . Both the parish ... also List of places in Berkshire List of civil parishes in England External links commonscat Bradfield, Berkshire http www.bluepool.gwr.bz The Blue Pool West Berkshire Category Villages in Berkshire Category West Berkshire Category Civil parishes in BerkshireBerkshire geo stub nl Bradfield Berkshire pl Bradfield Berkshire ... more details
The Downs School in Compton, BerkshireCompton John O Gaunt Community Technology College in Hungerford ... f99 West Berkshire District colspan 2 style text align center Image West Berkshire UK locator map.svg 150px br Location of West Berkshire in Berkshire colspan 2 style background f99 Geography style width 45 Status Unitary authority Regions of England Region South East England Ceremonial County Berkshire ... ONS 00MB br 1 E8 m 704.17 km Admin. HQ Newbury, Berkshire Newbury ONS coding system ONS code 00MB ... colspan 2 style text align center Image West Berkshire coat of arms.jpg 200px Arms of West Berkshire colspan 2 style text align center West Berkshire Council br http www.westberks.gov.uk Local government ... West Berkshire is a Districts of England local government district in the ceremonial county of Berkshire , England , governed by a unitary authority West Berkshire Council . Its administrative capital is Newbury, Berkshire Newbury , located almost equidistantly between Bristol and London . Geography ... and Lambourn . Larger villages include Theale, Berkshire Theale , Purley on Thames , Burghfield , Mortimer Common Mortimer and Hermitage, Berkshire Hermitage . The West Berkshire district borders ... south central England is located in West Berkshire at Walbury Hill with a summit height of 297 m 974 ft 2 km to the south of the village of Inkpen . West Berkshire is also home to the UK ... of the district is noted for its numerous horse racing stables and training grounds. West Berkshire ... River Lambourn Lambourn , River Kennet Kennet , River Pang Pang , River Bourne, Berkshire ... index.aspx?articleid 3009 West Berkshire Council Flooding ref Purley and Pangbourne are particularly ..., Newbury District Council and Berkshire County council were responsible for the region at local government level. On 1 April 1998, Berkshire County Council was abolished and Newbury District Council changed its name to West Berkshire Council and took on the former County Council s responsibilities ... more details
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Berkshire is a county in England. It may also refer to Berkshire UK Parliament constituency 1265 1885 Earl of Berkshire , an Earldom based on the county Places in the United States The Berkshires , or Berkshire Mountains, a mountain range and high tourism area in Massachusetts Berkshire, Connecticut , an unincorporated community in Fairfield County located in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains Berkshire, New York Berkshire, Vermont Berkshire County, Massachusetts Other meanings Berkshire pig , a breed of domestic pig from the English county Berkshire soil , soil type Berkshire Hathaway , an American investment and holding company Berkshire locomotive , a railroad steam locomotive type in the Whyte notation, it is a 2 8 4 type Berkshire Publishing Group , a publisher of academic and educational books See also BerkShares , local currency in Massachusetts disambig da Berkshire de Berkshire Begriffskl rung ko it Berkshire disambigua nl Berkshire doorverwijspagina ja no Berkshire andre betydninger pl Berkshire ujednoznacznienie sk Berkshire sv Berkshire olika betydelser zh ... more details
infobox UK place country England official name Stanmore latitude 51.508 longitude 1.317 unitary england West Berkshire lieutenancy england Berkshire region South East England post town NEWBURY postcode district RG20 postcode area RG civil parish Beedon population dial code 01635 os grid reference constituency westminster Newbury UK Parliament constituency Newbury Stanmore is a village in Berkshire , England . It is situated west of the A34 road England A34 road , 7 miles north of Newbury, Berkshire . Nearby towns Newbury, Berkshire Newbury , Abingdon, England Abingdon Nearby villages Beedon , East Ilsley , Peasemore See also List of civil parishes in Berkshire Berkshire geo stub West Berkshire Category Villages in Berkshire Category West Berkshire pl Stanmore Berkshire ... more details
Infobox UK place country England official name Elcot static image name Halfway Inn geograph.org.uk 32972.jpg static image caption small Halfway Inn small latitude 51.420675 longitude 1.430104 map type Berkshire population population density metropolitan borough West Berkshire metropolitan county Berkshire region South East England constituency westminster Berkshire UK Parliament constituency Berkshire post town HUNGERFORD postcode district RG17 postcode area RG dial code 01488 os grid reference SU397696 Elcot is a hamlet in Berkshire, England , and part of the civil parish of Kintbury . It is the location of the Star classification Hotel ratings four star Elcot Park Hotel . The settlement lies near to the A4 road Great Britain A4 road , and is located equidistant from both Hungerford and Newbury, Berkshire Newbury . Berkshire geo stub West Berkshire Category Villages in Berkshire Category West Berkshire ... more details
Clapton is a hamlet in the West Berkshire District, in the English county of Berkshire . It is to the south of the M4 motorway . It is also to the south of the smaller hamlet of Winding Wood, Berkshire Winding Wood . References AA Street by Street Berkshire page 130 coord 51.43060 N 1.45028 W type city 50 region GB display title Category West BerkshireBerkshire geo stub ... more details
File County Flag of Berkshire commercial version .png thumb A representation of the two lions Attitude heraldry Passant passant design used unofficially by Berkshire County Council The Flag of Berkshire is the flag of the Counties of England English county of Berkshire . The county has never adopted an official design, ref name Midgley harvtxt Midgley 2008 ref though Berkshire County Council abolished .... ref name Ford harvtxt Ford 2006 ref Proposal Infobox flag Name Berkshire proposal Article Type Image Berkshire flag.svg Nickname Morenicks Use Symbol Proportion Adoption Flag has not been adopted Design Designer David Nash Ford In 2006, Berkshire historian David Nash Ford proposed a flag design, which ... from the Berkshire coat of arms , in a circular form similar to that used by the Royal Berkshire Regiment . ref name Ford This feature is also part of the crests of a number of Berkshire organisations, such as Reading R.F.C. , ref harvtxt Reading Rugby Club 2010 ref the Berkshire and Buckinghamshire Football Association , ref harvtxt Berks and Bucks FA 2010 ref the Berkshire Cricket Board, ref harvtxt Berkshire Cricket Board 2010 ref the Berkshire Federation of Women s Institute s, ref harvtxt Berkshire Federation of Women s Institutes 2010 ref and the Royal County of Berkshire Bowling Association. ref name Ford ref harvtxt Royal County of Berkshire Bowling Association 2010 ref The blue and white ... hills of the Berkshire Downs , ref name Ford or the colours used by Berkshire archers during the Battle ... FA title About us location Faringdon, Oxfordshire publisher Berkshire and Buckinghamshire Football Association year 2010 url http www.berks bucksfa.com AboutUs Citation author Berkshire Cricket Board title About us location Caversham, Berkshire publisher Berkshire Cricket Board year 2010 url http www.berkshirecricket.org page1 page1.html Citation author Berkshire Federation of Women s Institutes title Welcome to the Berkshire Federation location London publisher Women s Institute year 2010 url http ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 File Shaw Church geograph.org.uk 345708.jpg thumb right Parish Church Shaw is a village in Berkshire , England . It is located to the north of Newbury, Berkshire Newbury , near the village of Donnington, Berkshire Donnington . It is in the civil parish parish of Shaw cum Donnington . The Elizabethan architecture Elizabethan stately home , called Shaw House, Berkshire Shaw House , is located here. It was one of the Royalist headquarters during the Second Battle of Newbury and, later, the home of the childhood home of the historian, James Pettit Andrews . It is now a conference centre owned by West Berkshire Council. External links Commons category inline Shaw, Berkshire West Berkshire Coord 51.409 1.314 type city region GB display title Category Villages in Berkshire Category West Berkshire Berkshire geo stub ... more details
Infobox UK place country England official name Downend latitude 51.472345 longitude 1.314619 map type Berkshire population population density unitary england West Berkshire lieutenancy england Berkshire region South East England constituency westminster Newbury UK Parliament constituency Newbury civil parish Chieveley post town NEWBURY postcode district RG20 postcode area RG dial code 01635 os grid reference SU476750 Downend is a village in Berkshire, England , and part of the civil parish of Chieveley . The settlement lies near to the A34 road England A34 road , and is located approximately convert 5 mi km north of Newbury, Berkshire Newbury . Berkshire geo stub West Berkshire Category Villages in Berkshire Category West Berkshire pl Downend Berkshire ... more details
Infobox UK place country England official name Eling static image name Eling Farm geograph.org.uk 11388.jpg static image caption small Eling Farm small latitude 51.471136 longitude 1.247745 map type Berkshire population population density metropolitan borough West Berkshire metropolitan county Berkshire region South East England constituency westminster Berkshire UK Parliament constituency Berkshire post town NEWBURY postcode district RG18 postcode area RG dial code 01635 os grid reference SU523750 Eling is a village in the England English county of Berkshire , within the civil parish of Hermitage, Berkshire Hermitage . The settlement lies next to the M4 motorway , and is located approximately convert 5 mi km north east of Newbury, Berkshire Newbury . External links Commons category inline Eling, Berkshire Berkshire geo stub West Berkshire Category Villages in Berkshire Category West Berkshire pl Eling Berkshire ... more details
Halfway is a hamlet place hamlet in the civil parish of Welford, Berkshire Welford in the England English county of Berkshire . It is located in the Districts of England district of West Berkshire and the Newbury UK Parliament constituency Newbury parliamentary constituency . It is called halfway because it is situated half way between Newbury, Berkshire Newbury and Hungerford on the A4 road Great Britain A4 road . It also so called as it is halfway between London & Bristol It used to be the site of a folly type building in the shape of a mock castle which was demolished in the 1960s. It was also the site of The Old Green Man public house, sometimes known as The Halfway . External links Commons category inline Halfway, Berkshire West Berkshire coord 51 24.8 N 1 25 W region GB type city source OSExplorer158 display title Category Hamlets in England Category Villages in Berkshire Category West BerkshireBerkshire geo stub ... more details
Image Weston Berkshire.jpg right thumb The river nearby Weston is a village in the civil parish of Welford, Berkshire Welford in the England English county of Berkshire . History The Domesday book recorded that Weston was a manor under the control of the Abingdon Abbey Church of Abingdon in 1086. Quote Of the land in this manor, Reinbold holds Leckhampstead, Berkshire Leckhampstead 10 hides and William 4 hides at Weston and Berner 2 hides at Boxford, Berkshire Boxford .... There is land for 11 ploughs . There are three ploughs and 12 wikt villein villans and 24 wikt bordar bordars with six ploughs and six four slaves and two acres of meadow and a church. It is and was worth 10 pounds. ref name Domesday Domesday Book A Complete Translation . London Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0 14 143994 7 p.142 ref Geography It is situated approximately half way between Great Shefford East Shefford and Welford, Berkshire Welford on the river Lambourn in the district of West Berkshire . The M4 motorway runs close by. The river is close by and there are two bridges to take you north to Elton Farm. The photo is a view of the section on the eastern side of the bridge. References reflist External links Commons category inline Weston, Berkshire Berkshire geo stub West Berkshire coord 51.460 1.426 type city region GB display title Category Villages in Berkshire Category West Berkshire Category Places in Berkshire listed in the Domesday Book ... more details
Southend is a village in the west of the civil parish of Bradfield, Berkshire Bradfield in the England English county of Berkshire . Its postcode is RG7 6xx. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge Catherine and Pippa Middleton lived here with Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge their family throughout the 1980s. ref Party Pieces Princess in News of the World dated 21 November 2010, p. 4 ref Notes reflist Bradfield Southend has a village store. External links Commons category inline Southend, Berkshire Coord 51.4328 1.1421 display title Category Villages in Berkshire Category West BerkshireBerkshire geo stub ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2008 Infobox UK place country England official name Brookside latitude 51.425191 longitude 0.680864 map type Berkshire population population density metropolitan borough Bracknell Forest metropolitan county Berkshire region South East England constituency westminster Berkshire UK Parliament constituency Berkshire post town BRACKNELL postcode district SL5 postcode area SL dial code 01344 os grid reference SU918706 Brookside is a village in Berkshire, England , within the civil parish of Winkfield . The settlement lies east of the A332 road and is approximately convert 0.5 mi km north of Ascot Racecourse . Berkshire geo stub Bracknell Forest Category Villages in Berkshire Category Bracknell Forest pl Brookside Berkshire ... more details
Infobox UK place country England official name Burleigh latitude 51.416318 longitude 0.690696 map type Berkshire population population density metropolitan borough Bracknell Forest metropolitan county Berkshire region South East England constituency westminster Berkshire UK Parliament constituency Berkshire post town BRACKNELL postcode district SL5 postcode area SL dial code 01344 os grid reference SU910699 Burleigh is a village in Berkshire, England , within the civil parish of Warfield . The settlement lies east of the A332 road and is approximately convert 1 mi km west of Ascot Racecourse . Berkshire geo stub Bracknell Forest Category Villages in Berkshire Category Bracknell Forest pl Burleigh Berkshire ... more details
Infobox UK place country England official name Eddington latitude 51.420099 longitude 1.5071775 population population ref civil parish Hungerford unitary england West Berkshire region South East England lieutenancy england Berkshire constituency westminster Newbury UK Parliament constituency Newbury post town HUNGERFORD postcode district RG17 0 postcode area RG dial code 01488 os grid reference SU3436569125 Eddington is a village in the civil parish of Hungerford, Berkshire Hungerford in the West Berkshire district of Berkshire , England . It lies approximately convert 0.7 mi north east from Hungerford, its nearest town. West Berkshire Category West Berkshire berkshire geo stub ... more details
Image EnglandBerkshireTrad.png thumb Ancient extent of Berkshire Historically, Berkshire has been bordered to the north by the ancient boundary of the River Thames . However, much of the border with Oxfordshire for the western part of the county was moved in 1974. Alfred the Great was born in Wantage , previously in Berkshire but now in Oxfordshire. The Great Western Railway reached Didcot in 1839. MG car MG part of Morris Motor Company Morris Motors was founded in Abingdon, Oxfordshire Abingdon in 1929. The Vale of White Horse and parts of Oxfordshire south of the River Thames were previously part of Berkshire , but were lost to the county in 1974. Conversely, the Slough area north of the Thames was historically part of Buckinghamshire , but was transferred to Berkshire in 1974. Important historical abbeys include Abingdon Abbey , Dorchester Abbey and Reading Abbey . Oscar Wilde was imprisoned in Reading Gaol after his court case. The county is known as the Royal County of Berkshire since the Royal residence of Windsor Castle is in the county. Politically, the county is now made up of unitary authories . See also List of places transferred from Berkshire to Oxfordshire in 1974 List of places transferred from Buckinghamshire to Berkshire in 1974 External links http www.berkshirehistory.com Royal Berkshire History by David Nash Ford, including http www.berkshirehistory.com articles berks hist01.html an introduction History of England bar Category History of Berkshire Category History of England by county Berkshire England hist stub ... more details
Infobox UK place country England official name Cranbourne latitude 51.445788 longitude 0.671737 map type Berkshire population population density metropolitan borough Bracknell Forest metropolitan county Berkshire region South East England constituency westminster Berkshire UK Parliament constituency Berkshire post town WINDSOR postcode district SL4 postcode area SL dial code 01344 os grid reference SU926727 Cranbourne is a village in Berkshire, England , within the civil parish of Winkfield in the borough of Bracknell Forest . The settlement lies near to Windsor Great Park and Legoland Windsor , and is approximately convert 3.5 mi km south west of Windsor, Berkshire Windsor . Neither Cranbourne Chase, Berkshire Cranbourne Chase nor Cranbourne Lodge , which it surrounds, are in Winkfield but across the border in Windsor. External links Commons category inline Cranbourne, Berkshire Berkshire geo stub Bracknell Forest Category Villages in Berkshire Category Bracknell Forest pl Cranbourne Berkshire ... more details
Infobox UK place country England official name Fifield latitude 51.484299 longitude 0.694021 map type Berkshire population 1,000 population density metropolitan borough Windsor and Maidenhead metropolitan county Berkshire region South East England constituency westminster Berkshire UK Parliament constituency Berkshire post town MAIDENHEAD postcode district SL4 & SL6 postcode area SL dial code 01628 os grid reference SU908768 dablink This article is about Fifield, near Maidenhead. It is to be distinguished from Fyfield, Oxfordshire Fyfield, formerly Berkshire which is now in Oxfordshire, near Abingdon. Fifield is a village in the civil parish of Bray, Berkshire Bray ref http www.ukvillages.co.uk Place 9832 Fifield Berkshire ref ref http www.francisfrith.com fifield,berkshire ref in the England English county of Berkshire . The settlement lies near to the junction of the M4 motorway M4 and A404 M motorway A404 M motorway s, and is situated approximately convert 3 mi km from Maidenhead to the north and Windsor, Berkshire Windsor to the east . The local pub is the Fifield Inn ref http www.information britain.co.uk showPlace.cfm?Place ID 31689 ref . Etymology The name Fifield is from the Old English f f h d , meaning estate of five Hide unit hides of land ref Mills, A.D A Dictionary of English Place Names , page 131. Oxford University Press, 1991. ref . Notable residents William Norreys usher William Norreys of Fifield House, Berkshire Fifield House 1523 1591 , Usher of the Black Rod ref http www.berkshirehistory.com bios wnorreys fifield.html ref . Sir John Norreys sheriff John Norreys of Fifield House 1547? 1612 , son of the above and High Sheriff of Berkshire ref http www.berkshirehistory.com bios wnorreys fifield.html ref . References references External links Commons category inline Fifield, Berkshire Berkshire geo stub Windsor and Maidenhead Category Villages in Berkshire Category Bray, Berkshire pl Fifield Berkshire ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Speenhamland is a district of Newbury, Berkshire , which gave rise to the Speenhamland system of Poor Law poor relief in the early 19th century. It lies to the north of the River Kennet , between the centre of Newbury and the village of Speen, Berkshire Speen to the north west. Coord 51.407 1.325 type city region GB display title Category Newbury, BerkshireBerkshire geo stub sv Speenhamland ... more details
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