Braywick (sometimes written as Bray Wick) is a
linear suburb south of the town of
Maidenhead
Maidenhead is a market town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in the county of Berkshire, England. It lies on the southwestern bank of the River Thames, which at this point forms the border with Buckinghamshire. In the 2021 Census, ...
in
Berkshire
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, England. It was formerly part of the parish of
Bray
Bray may refer to:
Places France
* Bray, Eure, in the Eure ''département''
* Bray, Saône-et-Loire, in the Saône-et-Loire ''département''
* Bray-Dunes, in the Nord ''département''
* Bray-en-Val, in the Loiret ''département''
* Bray-et-Lû ...
.
Geography
Natural conservation areas
Braywick Park is a park and
local nature reserve on the west side of the York Stream. Adjoining this, on the east side of the stream, is a
site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) called
Bray Meadows.
Notable people
*
Arthur Dillon (1750–1794)
Arthur Dillon (3 September 1750 – 13 April 1794) was a French Army officer, colonial administrator and politician who served during the American Revolutionary War and the War of the First Coalition. After serving in several political offices ...
was an
Irish Catholic
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aristocrat born in
England
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who inherited the ownership of a regiment that served
France
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under the
Ancien Régime
''Ancien'' may refer to
* the French word for " ancient, old"
** Société des anciens textes français
* the French for "former, senior"
** Virelai ancien
** Ancien Régime
** Ancien Régime in France
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during the
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which Am ...
and then the
French First Republic
In the history of France, the First Republic (), sometimes referred to in historiography as Revolutionary France, and officially the French Republic (), was founded on 21 September 1792 during the French Revolution. The First Republic lasted un ...
during the
War of the First Coalition
The War of the First Coalition () was a set of wars that several European powers fought between 1792 and 1797, initially against the Constitutional Cabinet of Louis XVI, constitutional Kingdom of France and then the French First Republic, Frenc ...
.
References
External links
Villages in Berkshire
Maidenhead
Bray, Berkshire
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