Ravenswood, Berkshire
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Ravenswood is a care village run by Norwood, a Jewish charity supporting children and families with educational needs, in the
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county of
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, 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
Wokingham Without Wokingham Without is a civil parish in the Wokingham district of the English county of Berkshire. It was formed in 1894 when the parish of Wokingham was split into two parts — one rural and one urban. The population of the civil parish as of the ...
, adjoining
Crowthorne Crowthorne is a large village and civil parish in the Bracknell Forest district of south-eastern Berkshire, England. It had a population of 6,711 at the 2001 census, which rose to 6,902 at the 2011 census. A 2020 estimate put it at 7,808. Cr ...
. The settlement was established in 1953 as a self-contained environment for
disabled children Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society. Disabilities may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physical, ...
. The complex is managed by Norwood and funded by the
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, and is about north-west Crowthorne. It stands on the site of Bigshotte Lodge, the home of the Keeper of Bigshotte Rayles, an ancient division of
Windsor Forest Windsor may refer to: Places Australia *Windsor, New South Wales ** Municipality of Windsor, a former local government area *Windsor, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland **Shire of Windsor, a former local government authority around Wind ...
. It used to be called Hannican's Lodge, after a man called Hankin or Hanykin who was under-keeper in 1607.


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Norwood Ravenswood website
Hamlets in Berkshire Wokingham Borough of Wokingham {{Berkshire-geo-stub