Ryeish Green is a small
hamlet
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in the
civil parish
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of
Shinfield
Shinfield is a village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire, just south of Reading. It contains and is administered by the unitary authority of Wokingham District. Shinfield Park is the northern part of the parish, becoming p ...
,
Berkshire
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, England, 4 miles south of
Reading
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. It is located next to
Spencers Wood
Spencers Wood is a village in the civil parish of Shinfield, Berkshire, England, south of Reading. The village of Three Mile Cross adjoins it to the north. To the west lies the village of Grazeley.
History
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and sometimes considered a part of that village.
The only road in the hamlet is Hyde End Lane, which was an unnamed road until recently.
It is the location of
Oakbank School. The site was previously the location of Ryeish Green School, which served as the local
polling station
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Hamlets in Berkshire
Borough of Wokingham
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