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Winkfield
Winkfield is a village and civil parish in the Bracknell Forest unitary authority of Berkshire, England. Geography According to the 2011 census, the parish had a population of 14,998. The parish includes the hamlets of Winkfield, Maidens Green, Winkfield Row, Burleigh, Winkfield Street, Chavey Down, Woodside, Cranbourne and Swinley, part of the village of North Ascot and the Bracknell suburbs of Forest Park, Martins Heron and The Warren. The parish used to be slightly larger – additionally covering what is now Bullbrook, Crown Wood and Harmans Water – and is said to have been one of the largest in Berkshire. History There is evidence of human occupation in Winkfield in prehistoric times. From the Late Iron Age, this evidence becomes more substantial, although there is as yet no hard evidence of settlement until the early Medieval era. Winkfield was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Wenesfelle'', and was recorded to have 20 households and 20 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bracknell Forest
Bracknell Forest is a unitary authority area in Berkshire, southern England. It covers the two towns of Bracknell and Sandhurst and the village of Crowthorne and also includes the areas of North Ascot, Binfield, Warfield, and Winkfield. The borough borders Wokingham and the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead in Berkshire, and also parts of Surrey and Hampshire. History The district was formed as Easthampstead Rural District under the Local Government Act 1894 as a successor to the Easthampstead rural sanitary district. Originally a small rural district, its population was about 20,000 during World War II. Bracknell, in the district, was one of the first post-war new towns to be designated, and became a civil parish in 1955, created from parts of Binfield, Easthampstead, Warfield and Winkfield parishes. Bracknell had originally been a hamlet at the far south-west of Warfield parish. The district's population rose rapidly, and reached 64,135 by the 1971 census. In 1974 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bracknell
Bracknell () is a town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, the westernmost area within the Greater London Built-up Area, Greater London Urban Area and the administrative centre of the borough of Bracknell Forest. It lies to the east of Reading, Berkshire, Reading, south of Maidenhead, southwest of Windsor, Berkshire, Windsor and west of central London. Bracknell is the third largest town in Berkshire. The name Bracknell is derived from the Saxon ''Braccan Heal'' or ''Braccan Heale'', first recorded in a charter boundary of 942 AD. In the Middle Ages, Bracknell developed into two small market villages, Old Bracknoll and New Bracknoll. By the 19th century, the two Bracknells had combined into a single market town, which was an important centre of local industry, most notably for its brick trade. In the 20th century, Bracknell experienced a period of rapid growth after it was declared a New towns in the United Kingdom, New Town. Planned at first for a population of 25,000, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maidens Green
Maiden's Green or Maidens Green is a small village in Berkshire, England, in the civil parish of Winkfield. Geography The settlement lies near to the A330 road, and is approximately north-east of Bracknell. Maiden's Green has a site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) just to the north of the village, called Chawridge Bourne, which includes a nature reserve called Chawridge Bank. Notable buildings Just north of the village, on the Drift Road, stands New Lodge, built in 1857 for Sylvain Van de Weyer Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer (19 January 1802 – 23 May 1874) was a Belgian politician who served as the Belgian Minister at the Court of St. James's, effectively the ambassador to the United Kingdom, and briefly, as the prime minister of Belg ..., the Belgian ambassador to the United Kingdom. References Villages in Berkshire Winkfield {{Berkshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cranbourne, Berkshire
Cranbourne is a village in Berkshire, England, within the civil parish of Winkfield in the borough of Bracknell Forest. The settlement lies near to Windsor Great Park and Legoland Windsor, and is approximately south-west of Windsor. Neither Cranbourne Chase nor Cranbourne Lodge, which it surrounds, are in Winkfield but across the border in Windsor. History Cranbourne was the location of a free school that eventually became Ranelagh Church of England School. St Peter's Church was built in 1850. The Fleur de Lis pub A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term first appeared in England in the late 17th century, to differentiate private ho ... on the corner of Hatchet Lane is now flats. External links Villages in Berkshire Winkfield {{Berkshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodside, Berkshire (hamlet)
Woodside is a hamlet in Berkshire, England, within the civil parishes of Winkfield and Sunninghill and Ascot in the boroughs of Bracknell Forest and Windsor and Maidenhead. The settlement lies near to the A332 road and is approximately north-east of Ascot Racecourse and largely surrounded by Windsor Great Park. In the early Twentieth Century the south of the hamlet was the site of the Ascot Brick Works. It has two pubs The Rose and Crown and the Duke of Edinburgh but no shops or church, as such it is probably best described as a hamlet and not a village. It features several historic houses and buildings (mostly in the northern part of the hamlet). In the 19th and early 20th Century there were two distinct hamlets: * Woodend (to the southern end) which included a huge country house called Woodend House (last reference to this country house is on an 1886 map and this is now completely demolished). Woodend is in the parish of Sunninghill and Ascot and in 2020, there are a few cot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harmans Water
Harmans Water is a suburb of Bracknell, in the English county of Berkshire, formerly part of the parish of Winkfield. It takes its name from ''Harman's Water Lake'', long gone. Building of the estate began around 1960 and was the fourth and last estate to be built as part of the original plan for the new town. The estate lies approximately south-east of the town centre, to the east of the A322 road and south of the A329 road. It is part of the Harmans Water & Crown Wood ward. Facilities include a shopping centre, a library, several public houses and Harmans Water Primary Schoo St. Pauls Church has shared Church of England and United Reformed Church services and is situated adjacent to the shopping centre. There are a few office buildings in Broad Lane but otherwise the estate is largely residential. The Parks The Parks is a recent development and is on the site of the former country estate and hamlet of Ramslade, which included the RAF Staff College which closed in 1997. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bullbrook
Bullbrook is a suburb of Bracknell, in the English county of Berkshire, formerly part of the parish of Winkfield. It is named after the ''Bull Brook'' which runs through the area, although most of the brook now runs underground in culverts. Bullbrook is one of the earlier estates of Bracknell and was built in the late 1950s. The estate lies largely north of the A329 road and its borders begin immediately east of Bracknell town centre. The section between the A329 and the railway line, Bullbrook 4, is now part of Harmans Water ward following boundary changes in 2003. Facilities include a small shopping centre, a community centre, several public houses and Holly Spring school. Lily Hill Park is an extensive area of woodland and historic parkland. Within the park is Lily Hill House, built between 1814 and 1817 and now used as a business centre. The eastern industrial area is a business area. The Royal Berkshire Bracknell Clinic is at Brants Bridge. Kezia Obama, the stepmothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martins Heron
Martins Heron is a suburb of Bracknell west of London in Berkshire, England, Berkshire, England. Martins Heron and the neighbouring suburb The Warren, Bracknell Forest, The Warren are after a Parliamentary Boundary review in the Bracknell (UK Parliament constituency), Bracknell constituency – until 2010 they were in the Windsor (UK Parliament constituency), Windsor Constituency. It is in the Swinley Forest Wards of the United Kingdom, ward, which also includes Forest Park, Bracknell Forest, Forest Park. The name does not in fact have anything to do with the avian heron but stems from the obsolete word ''hern'', meaning nook or corner of land. The area is bordered by Bracknell to the west and large wooded areas, notably Swinley Forest, Swinley Woods on the east and Lily Hill Park to the north. History The area lies within the former parkland and grounds of a mansion, Martins Herne (or Heron), built around 1750 but demolished in the early 1980s, which was associated with minor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
