Farley Hill is a village in the county of

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. For local government purposes, the village is within the

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Swallowfield Swallowfield is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Wokingham, Wokingham district, in Berkshire, England, about south of Reading, Berkshire, Reading, and north of the county boundary with Hampshire. The civil parish of Swallowfield al ...

, which in turn is within the

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Notable buildings

The village has three fine country houses: Farley Court, Farley Hall and Farley Castle. The red brick church of St John the Evangelist, Farley Hill, was designed by George Truefitt and built in 1890-92. It closed at the end of 2012 after draft closure scheme was set in motion by the

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. After a community use for the church could not be found, it was sold and converted to become private housing in 2016.

Amenities

Farley Hill has a King George's Field in memorial to

King George V George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. George was born during the reign of his pa ...

. Farley Hill also has a

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The Victory Hall
donated to the inhabitants in 1919 by William Bishop of Farley Court.

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