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The places of the historic royal county of Berkshire

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Welford and Wickham

Explore the history and genealogical resources for this West Berkshire parish, including its distinctive churches, manors, and RAF airfield.

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06 Jul 2022
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Wasing

Wasing is a small village and civil parish in West Berkshire, dominated by the 4,000-acre Wasing estate which spills over adjoining parishes

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06 Jul 2022
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Wantage

Wantage is a market town and civil parish in the Vale of the White Horse, as well as being a former Berkshire hundred.

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06 Jul 2022
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Upton

Upton is a small village on the Streatley to Wantage road, formerly a chapelry of Blewbury, and was in Berkshire until 1974

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06 Jul 2022
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Uffington

Uffington, named for Uffa/Offa, king of Mercia and Wessex is large village and civil parish in the Vale of the White Horse

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06 Jul 2022
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Tilehurst

Tilehurst is not mentioned in the Domesday Book but it appears there has been a settlement in the area for about 900 years. 

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06 Jul 2022
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Thatcham

Thatcham, 3 miles east of Newbury is crossed by The Great Bath Road, the Great Western railway, the River Kennet and the Kennet and Avon Canal

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06 Jul 2022
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Stanford Dingley

Stanford Dingley is a village and parish in the valley of the river Pang, between Reading and Newbury, in the North Wessex Downs AONB

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06 Jul 2022
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Speen and Stockcross

The parish of Speen lies mainly on the ridge dividing the valleys of the rivers Kennet and Lambourn, to the north-west of Newbury

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06 Jul 2022
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Sparsholt

Sparsholt, a downland village and civil parish four miles west of Wantage, formerly included the hamlets of Westcot, Kingston Lisle and Fawler

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06 Jul 2022
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South Moreton

South Moreton is a village and civil parish about 3 miles east of Didcot and 4miles west of Wallingford, and was part of Berkshire until 1974

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06 Jul 2022
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Shaw-cum-Donnington

The parish of Shaw-cum-Donnington is a combination of two townships, Shaw and Donnington, on the northern boundary of Newbury

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06 Jul 2022

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