Shaw is a suburban village in
Berkshire
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,
England
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. It is located to the north of
Newbury, near the village of
Donnington. It is in the
parish
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of
Shaw-cum-Donnington
Shaw-cum-Donnington is a civil parish in West Berkshire, England with all of its urban or suburban area immediately north of the largest town in the district, Newbury. It comprises the villages of Shaw and Donnington and contains the partia ...
.
Shaw House
The
Elizabethan
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country house
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, called
Shaw House, is located here. It was one of the
Royalist
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headquarters during the
Second Battle of Newbury
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and, later, the home of the childhood home of the historian,
James Pettit Andrews
James Pettit Andrews (1737– 6 August 1797) was an English historian and antiquary.
Life
He was the younger son of Joseph Andrews of Shaw House, near Newbury in Berkshire, and his second wife Elizabeth Pettit; Sir Joseph Andrews, 1st Bar ...
. It is now a
conference centre
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owned by
West Berkshire Council
West Berkshire Council is the local authority of West Berkshire in Berkshire, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. West Berkshire is divided into 30 wards, electing 52 c ...
.
Transport
From 18 February 2013, Shaw is served by
Newbury & District bus services 6 and 6A from
Newbury.
References
External links
Villages in Berkshire
West Berkshire District
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