Ravenswood is a care village run by Norwood, a Jewish charity supporting children and families with educational needs, in the
English
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* English people
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county of
Berkshire
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, part of the
civil parish
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of
Wokingham Without
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, 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
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. The complex is managed by
Norwood and funded by the
local authority
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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
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.
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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References
External links
Norwood Ravenswood website
Hamlets in Berkshire
Wokingham
Borough of Wokingham
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