Bishops Green is a
village
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in the
English
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county of
Hampshire
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, on the border with
Berkshire
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.
History
Bishops Green expanded greatly during
World War II
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, when the original few houses and farms were joined by the Eagle Road and Ashlands housing estates, both built for the nearby American air base of
RAF Greenham Common
Royal Air Force Greenham Common or RAF Greenham Common is a former Royal Air Force station in the civil parishes of Greenham and Thatcham in the English county of Berkshire. The airfield was southeast of Newbury, about west of London.
Opened ...
. After the war a number of
Nissen hut
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s were used to re-home local families, these being replaced by 95 new houses by Basingstoke Rural District Council in the early 1950s.
At the same time the
United States Air Force
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(USAF) built new housing alongside this development, doubling the size of the estate. The base closed in 1992 and the USAF housing was transferred to Sovereign Housing Association. The original 95 council houses were, from 1995 onwards, replaced over a period of 7 years by a new £20M development of 148 homes.
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The village has a shop, village hall and a camping site.
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Governance
Bishops Green is part of the civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
of Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishops Green
Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishops Green (occasionally referred to as just ''Ecchinswell and Sydmonton'') is a civil parish within the district of Basingstoke and Deane in Hampshire, United Kingdom.
Sydmonton is the home of Sydmonton Court, esta ...
. This, in turn is part of the East Woodhay, Burghclere, Highclere and St Mary Bourne ward of the district of Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane is a local government district and borough in Hampshire, England. Its primary settlement is Basingstoke. Other settlements include Bramley, Tadley, Kingsclere, Overton, Oakley, Whitchurch and the village of Deane, some ...
. The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district
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of Hampshire County Council
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.
References
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External links
Villages in Hampshire
Basingstoke and Deane
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