civil parish Compton lieutenancy england Berkshire unitary england West Berkshire region South East ... successful The Downs School Berkshire The Downs School local authority secondary school is in Compton. The Institute for Animal Health is at Compton. Substantial portions of the BBC Television series Trainer TV series Trainer were filmed in and around Compton and the neighbouring village of East Ilsley ... http www.westberks.gov.uk media pdf 9 e Compton Parish Plan.pdf West Berkshire Council Parish Plan ... Compton Parish Council http 1stcompton.org.uk 1st Compton Scout Group West Berkshire Category Villages in Berkshire Category West Berkshire Category Civil parishes in Berkshire nl ComptonBerkshire pl ComptonBerkshire pt ComptonBerkshire ...infobox UK place official name Compton static image File St Mary s and St Nicholas, Compton geograph.org.uk ... town Newbury, Berkshire Newbury postcode district RG20 postcode area RG dial code 01635 website http www.comptonparishcouncil.org DNN Default.aspx Compton Parish Council Compton is a village and Civil parishes in England civil parish in the River Pang valley in the Berkshire Downs about convert 6.5 ... 3070&startColumn 1&numberOfColumns 4&containerAreaId 790310 title Area selected West Berkshire ... railway In 1881 the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway was completed through the parish and Compton ... Compton station in 1962. BR had closed Compton goods yard by 1966. Through freight traffic ... of Berkshire, Volume 4 year 1924 publisher location pages 15 21 Cite book last Pevsner first ... of England Berkshire year 1966 publisher Penguin Books location Harmondsworth isbn pages 120 121 External links Commons category Compton, Berkshire http www.berkshirehistory.com villages compton.html Berkshire History Compton http www.iah.ac.uk about lab c.shtml The Institute for Animal Health http www.westberks.org GroupHomepage.asp?GroupID 2505 Compton CoE Primary School http www.thedownsschool.org ... more details
Compton may refer to TOCright Places Canada Compton, Quebec Compton County, Quebec Compton provincial electoral district , a former Quebec provincial electoral district now part of M gantic ComptonCompton electoral district , a former Quebec federal electoral district England Cassey Compton , Gloucestershire Compton, Yorkshire Compton, Derbyshire Compton, South Staffordshire Compton, Wolverhampton , West Midlands Compton, Test Valley , Hampshire Compton End , Hampshire Compton, Isle of Wight Compton, BerkshireCompton, West Sussex Compton, Guildford , Surrey Compton, Waverley , Surrey Compton, Plymouth , Devon Compton, South Hams , Devon United States Compton, Arkansas Compton, California , a city south southeast of downtown Los Angeles Compton, Illinois Compton, Maryland Compton Trappe, Maryland , a home on the National Register of Historic Places Other uses Compton surname Compton crater , a lunar crater Compton Petroleum , a petroleum exploration company based in Calgary, Alberta Compton s Encyclopedia See also Compton and Shawford , Hampshire Compton Abbas , Dorset Compton Abdale , Gloucestershire Compton Bassett , Wiltshire Compton Beauchamp , Berkshire now Oxfordshire Compton Bishop , Somerset Compton Chamberlain , Wiltshire Compton Common , Somerset Compton Dando , Somerset Compton Dundon , Somerset Compton Durville , Somerset Compton Green , Gloucestershire Compton Greenfield , Gloucestershire Compton Martin , Somerset Compton Pauncefoot , Somerset Compton Valence , Dorset Nether Compton , Dorset Over Compton , Dorset West Compton, Dorset West Compton, California Little Compton, Rhode Island Compton Bassett Upper Marlboro, Maryland , a home on the National Register of Historic Places Compton scattering or the Compton effect, an effect observed when photons interact with electrons disambig geo bg de Compton fa fr Compton it Compton nl Compton ja pl Compton pt Compton sl Compton fi Compton t smennyssivu sv Compton vo Compton ... more details
Other uses Use British English date November 2011 Infobox England county name The Royal County of Berkshire image motto map File Berkshire UK locator map 2010.svg 250px Berkshire within England br small ... West Berkshire Unitary Borough of Reading Reading Unitary Wokingham district Wokingham Unitary ... Unitary Start of article Berkshire IPAc en icon b r k r or IPAc en b r k r , abbreviated ... historic county of England . The Administrative counties of England administrative county of Berkshire including the Berkshire County Council were abolished in 1998. The county is often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle ..., and letters patent issued confirming this in 1974. ref cite news title The Royal County of Berkshire ... 2007 title Berkshire, The Royal County author Berkshire Record Office work Golden Jubilee 2002 ... where within the county including Abingdon, Berkshire Abingdon , Didcot and Wantage that were moved into Oxfordshire in 1974 List of Berkshire boundary changes boundary changes . At the same time the town of Slough was moved into Berkshire from Buckinghamshire . ref name guide cite book ... a boundary with Greater London . ref cite web title The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey County ... the county council. The highest tier of local government in Berkshire are now the unitary authorities of Bracknell Forest , Reading, Berkshire Reading , Slough Borough Council Slough , West Berkshire ... . History Main History of Berkshire File Windsor Castle at Sunset Nov 2006.jpg thumb left Windsor Castle ..., the probable period of the unification of Sunningum East Berkshire and Ashdown the Berkshire Downs ... browse berkshire title Dictionary.com accessdate 8 November 2008 ref Berkshire has been the scene ... Danes , including the Battle of Englefield, Berkshire Englefield , the Battle of Ashdown and the Battle of Reading 871 Battle of Reading . Newbury, Berkshire Newbury was the site of two English Civil ... more details
Bradfield , gbmappingsmall SU596706 Bradfield Southend Nearby towns and cities Reading, Berkshire Reading Nearby villages Theale, Berkshire Theale , Stanford Dingley , Englefield, Berkshire Englefield ... parish council. It falls within the area of the unitary authority of West Berkshire . Both the parish ... also List of places in Berkshire List of civil parishes in England External links commons category Bradfield, Berkshire http www.bluepool.gwr.bz The Blue Pool West Berkshire Category Villages in Berkshire Category West Berkshire Category Civil parishes in BerkshireBerkshire geo stub nl Bradfield Berkshire pl Bradfield Berkshire ... more details
Berkshire The Downs School in Compton, BerkshireCompton John O Gaunt Community Technology College ... 0 align right width 300 colspan 2 style text align center background f99 West Berkshire District colspan 2 style text align center File West Berkshire UK locator map.svg 150px br Location of West Berkshire in Berkshire colspan 2 style background f99 Geography style width 45 Status Unitary authority Regions of England Region South East England Ceremonial County Berkshire Surface area Area br Total .... HQ Newbury, Berkshire Newbury ONS coding system ONS code 00MB colspan 2 style background f99 Demographics ... West Berkshire coat of arms.jpg 200px Arms of West Berkshire colspan 2 style text align center West Berkshire Council br http www.westberks.gov.uk Local government in England Councillors and mayors ... election, 2005 MPs Richard Benyon , John Redwood , Alok Sharma West Berkshire is a Districts of England local government district in the ceremonial county of Berkshire , England , governed by a unitary authority West Berkshire Council . Its administrative capital is Newbury, Berkshire Newbury , located ... Theale, Berkshire Theale , Purley on Thames , Burghfield , Mortimer Common Mortimer and Hermitage, Berkshire Hermitage . The West Berkshire district borders Hampshire to the south, Wiltshire to the west ... in West Berkshire at Walbury Hill with a summit height of 297 m 974 ft 2 km to the south of the village of Inkpen . West Berkshire is also home to the UK Atomic Weapons Establishment ... numerous horse racing stables and training grounds. West Berkshire has a number of water courses running ... , River Kennet Kennet , River Pang Pang , River Bourne, Berkshire Bourne and the Kennet and Avon ... Berkshire Council Flooding ref Purley and Pangbourne are particularly at risk. ref http www.newburytoday.co.uk ... , along with part of Wantage Rural District . Until 1 April 1998, Newbury District Council and Berkshire County council were responsible for the region at local government level. On 1 April 1998, Berkshire ... more details
infobox UK place official name Compton Beauchamp static image static image caption latitude 51.585 longitude 1.599 os grid reference SU2887 population 50 population ref United Kingdom Census 2001 2001 census ref cite web url http neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk dissemination viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection 03070&productId 779& ph 60 61&datasetInstanceId 3070&startColumn 1&numberOfColumns 4&containerAreaId 790499 title Area selected Vale of White Horse Non Metropolitan District author date work Neighbourhood Statistics Full Dataset View publisher Office for National Statistics accessdate 30 March 2010 ref cilvil parish Compton Beauchamp shire district Vale of White Horse shire county Oxfordshire region South East England country England constituency westminster Wantage UK Parliament constituency Wantage post town postcode district SN6 postcode area SN dial code 01367 website Compton Beauchamp ... of Shrivenham in the Vale of White Horse . It was part of Berkshire until the Local Government Act 1972 1974 boundary changes List of Berkshire boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire . Location The village is at the foot of the Berkshire Downs . The parish includes the hamlets of Knighton ... Castle . History Compton s Toponymy toponym is derived from the Old English cum meaning valley and tun .... The moat ed Compton Beauchamp House was the home of the King s Councillor, Sir Thomas Fettiplace ... of Berkshire, Volume 4 year 1924 publisher location pages 523 528 cite book last Pevsner first ... of England title Berkshire year 1966 publisher Penguin Books location Harmondsworth isbn page 121 External links Commons category Compton Beauchamp http www.berkshirehistory.com castles compton beauchamp house.html Royal Berkshire History Compton Beauchamp House Vale of White Horse Category Villages in Oxfordshire Category Civil parishes in Oxfordshire Oxfordshire geo stub nl Compton Beauchamp pl Compton Beauchamp ... more details
Berkshire is a county in England. It may also refer to Berkshire UK Parliament constituency 1265 1885 Earl of Berkshire , an Earldom based on the county Places in the United States The Berkshires , or Berkshire Mountains, a mountain range and high tourism area in Massachusetts Berkshire, Connecticut , an unincorporated community in Fairfield County located in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains Berkshire, New York Berkshire, Vermont Berkshire County, Massachusetts Other meanings Berkshire pig , a breed of domestic pig from the English county Berkshire soil , soil type Berkshire Hathaway , an American investment and holding company Berkshire locomotive , a railroad steam locomotive type in the Whyte notation, it is a 2 8 4 type Berkshire Publishing Group , a publisher of academic and educational books See also BerkShares , local currency in Massachusetts disambig da Berkshire de Berkshire Begriffskl rung ko it Berkshire disambigua nl Berkshire doorverwijspagina ja no Berkshire andre betydninger pl Berkshire ujednoznacznienie sk Berkshire sv Berkshire olika betydelser zh ... more details
Mike Compton may refer to Mike Compton catcher , played for the Philadelphia Phillies Mike Compton American football , NFL guard Mike Compton musician , bluegrass mandolin player hndis name Compton, Mike DEFAULTSORT Compton, Mike ... more details
Edward Compton may refer to Edward Theodore Compton , usually referred to as E. T. Compton, 1849 1921 , English born, German artist Edward Harrison Compton , artist See also Ned Crompton Compton surname hndis Compton, Edward ... more details
DATE OF DEATH 23 April 1997 PLACE OF DEATH Windsor, Berkshire DEFAULTSORT Compton, Denis Category ... playername Denis Compton image D.C.S.Compton1954.png country England fullname Denis Charles Scott Compton dayofbirth 23 monthofbirth 5 yearofbirth 1918 placeofbirth Hendon , Middlesex countryofbirth England dayofdeath 23 monthofdeath 4 yearofdeath 1997 placeofdeath Windsor, Berkshire countryofdeath ... player 10777.html Cricinfo Denis Charles Scott Compton Order of the British Empire CBE 23 May 1918 in Hendon , Middlesex 23 April 1997 in Windsor, Berkshire Windsor , Berkshire was an English cricket ... at Arsenal F.C. . In 2009 Compton was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame . ref cite web url http www.thesportscampus.com 200907171413 test cricket hof inducted title Benaud, Gooch, Compton, Larwood and Woolley inducted into Cricket Hall of Fame ref Cricket career Denis Compton was the second son of Harry and Jessie Compton his older brother was Les Compton . He was educated at an elementary ... rounder Compton was a right hand bat and a Left arm unorthodox spin slow left arm Chinaman Bowler ... between the Australian Services team and East Zone. The match was interrupted by rioting when Compton was on 94 and one of the rioters who had invaded the pitch ran up to Compton and said Mr Compton, you very good player, but the match must stop now , which Miller gleefully repeated whenever Compton ... would be awarded the Compton Miller medal . In England toured Australia in the 1946 47 Ashes series and though they were beaten by the powerful Australian team, Compton distinguished himself ..., Compton compared the South Africans bowling with a decent county side, but criticised their catching ... england content story 74838.html Compton s 300 remembered ref File Denis Compton.jpg thumb 200px left A picture of misery Denis Compton leaving the Melbourne Cricket Ground after having been told he was unfit ... having just had his right kneecap removed. Compton finished his cricket career after playing 78 Test ... more details
Berkshire East may refer to East Berkshire UK Parliament constituency Berkshire East Ski Area , a United States alpine ski area disambig ... more details
Compton House may refer to The Arthur H. Compton House in Chicago, Illinois Compton House, a mansion in Over Compton , Dorset Compton Verney House , a mansion in Compton Verney, Warwickshire Compton Beauchamp House , a mansion in Compton Beauchamp , Oxfordshire Compton House Surrey Compton House , in Wentworth Estate Wentworth , Virginia Water , Surrey Where Prajadhipok , King of Thailand Siam lived, and died in 1941. geodis ... more details
West Compton can refer to West Compton, California , USA West Compton, Dorset , England West Compton, Somerset , England geodis Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages nl West Compton ... more details
Compton White may refer to Compton I. White 1877 1956 , US Representative from Idaho Compton I. White, Jr. 1920 1998 , US Representative from Idaho hndis White, Compton de Compton White ... more details
Compton is a surname of England English origin, and may refer to Ann Compton , journalist Arthur Compton , physicist and Nobel Prize winner, of the Compton effect , brother of Karl Taylor Compton and Wilson Martindale Compton, below Barnes Compton , Maryland congressman and state officeholder Christian Compton , Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia Cliff Compton born 1979 , American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Domino David G. Compton D.G. Compton , science fiction author Denis Compton , England cricketer and footballer F. E. Compton , publisher Fay Compton , actress Henry Brooks Adams Frances Snow Compton , a pseudonym used by Henry Adams Henry Compton bishop Henry Compton , Bishop of London Henry Compton actor , English actor Ivy Compton Burnett , English novelist John Compton , leader of Saint Lucia United Workers Party Saint Lucia UWP John Compton organ builder John Compton , London pipe & electronic organ maker Karl Taylor Compton , physicist, one time president of MIT , brother of Arthur Compton, above, Wilson Martindale Compton, below Katie Compton , American bicycle racer Leslie Compton , English footballer and cricketer Lynn Compton , lead prosecutor in the Sirhan Sirhan trial and 101st Airborne WWII veteran O Neal Compton , American film and television actor Richard G. Compton , chemist Robert Harold Compton , botanist Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington William Compton courtier , lover of Henry VIII of England Henry VIII s notorious mistress, Anne Stafford the two were prosecuted for adultery Wilson Martindale Compton , fifth president of Washington State University , brother of Arthur Compton and Karl Taylor Compton, above See also Compton Mackenzie , Scottish novelist brother of Fay Compton surname Compton It does not help to add disambig or hndis tags where the page only contains people who share a surname ... more details
infobox UK place country England official name Stanmore latitude 51.508 longitude 1.317 unitary england West Berkshire lieutenancy england Berkshire region South East England post town NEWBURY postcode district RG20 postcode area RG civil parish Beedon population dial code 01635 os grid reference constituency westminster Newbury UK Parliament constituency Newbury Stanmore is a village in Berkshire , England . It is situated west of the A34 road England A34 road , 7 miles north of Newbury, Berkshire . Nearby towns Newbury, Berkshire Newbury , Abingdon, England Abingdon Nearby villages Beedon , East Ilsley , Peasemore See also List of civil parishes in Berkshire Berkshire geo stub West Berkshire Category Villages in Berkshire Category West Berkshire pl Stanmore Berkshire ... more details
Infobox UK place country England official name Eling static image name Eling Farm geograph.org.uk 11388.jpg static image caption small Eling Farm small latitude 51.471136 longitude 1.247745 map type Berkshire population population density metropolitan borough West Berkshire metropolitan county Berkshire region South East England constituency westminster Berkshire UK Parliament constituency Berkshire post town NEWBURY postcode district RG18 postcode area RG dial code 01635 os grid reference SU523750 Eling is a village in the England English county of Berkshire , within the civil parish of Hermitage, Berkshire Hermitage . The settlement lies next to the M4 motorway , and is located approximately convert 5 mi km north east of Newbury, Berkshire Newbury . External links Commons category inline Eling, Berkshire Berkshire geo stub West Berkshire Category Villages in Berkshire Category West Berkshire pl Eling Berkshire ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 File Shaw Church geograph.org.uk 345708.jpg thumb right Parish Church Shaw is a village in Berkshire , England . It is located to the north of Newbury, Berkshire Newbury , near the village of Donnington, Berkshire Donnington . It is in the civil parish parish of Shaw cum Donnington . The Elizabethan architecture Elizabethan stately home , called Shaw House, Berkshire Shaw House , is located here. It was one of the Royalist headquarters during the Second Battle of Newbury and, later, the home of the childhood home of the historian, James Pettit Andrews . It is now a conference centre owned by West Berkshire Council. External links Commons category inline Shaw, Berkshire West Berkshire Coord 51.409 1.314 type city region GB display title Category Villages in Berkshire Category West Berkshire Berkshire geo stub ... more details
Infobox UK place country England official name Downend latitude 51.472345 longitude 1.314619 map type Berkshire population population density unitary england West Berkshire lieutenancy england Berkshire region South East England constituency westminster Newbury UK Parliament constituency Newbury civil parish Chieveley post town NEWBURY postcode district RG20 postcode area RG dial code 01635 os grid reference SU476750 Downend is a village in Berkshire, England , and part of the civil parish of Chieveley . The settlement lies near to the A34 road England A34 road , and is located approximately convert 5 mi km north of Newbury, Berkshire Newbury . Berkshire geo stub West Berkshire Category Villages in Berkshire Category West Berkshire pl Downend Berkshire ... more details
Clapton is a hamlet in the West Berkshire District, in the English county of Berkshire . It is to the south of the M4 motorway . It is also to the south of the smaller hamlet of Winding Wood, Berkshire Winding Wood . References AA Street by Street Berkshire page 130 coord 51.43060 N 1.45028 W type city 50 region GB display title Category West BerkshireBerkshire geo stub ... more details
Spencer Compton may refer to Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton 1601 1643 Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington 1674 1743 , Prime Minister of Great Britain Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton 1790 1851 Spencer Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton born 1946 hndis Compton, Spencer fr Spencer Compton ja sv Spencer Compton olika betydelser th ... more details
Alwyne Compton may refer to Lord Alwyne Compton bishop 1825 1906 , Bishop of Ely Lord Alwyne Compton politician 1855 1911 , British politician, nephew of the above hndis name Compton, Alwyne ... more details
Infobox UK place country England official name Elcot static image name Halfway Inn geograph.org.uk 32972.jpg static image caption small Halfway Inn small latitude 51.420675 longitude 1.430104 map type Berkshire population population density metropolitan borough West Berkshire metropolitan county Berkshire region South East England constituency westminster Berkshire UK Parliament constituency Berkshire post town HUNGERFORD postcode district RG17 postcode area RG dial code 01488 os grid reference SU397696 Elcot is a hamlet in Berkshire, England , and part of the civil parish of Kintbury . It is the location of the Star classification Hotel ratings four star Elcot Park Hotel . The settlement lies near to the A4 road Great Britain A4 road , and is located equidistant from both Hungerford and Newbury, Berkshire Newbury . Berkshire geo stub West Berkshire Category Villages in Berkshire Category West Berkshire ... more details
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