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  Beech Hill shown within Berkshire |
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| Population | 284 (2001 Census) |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Unitary authority | West Berkshire |
| Ceremonial county | Berkshire |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | READING |
| Postcode district | RG7 |
| Dialling code | 0118 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Royal Berkshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| List of places: UK • England • Berkshire | |
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Local government
Beech Hill was originally part of the parish of Stratfield Saye, a cross-county-border parish, most of which was in Hampshire. Stratfield Saye is a Village and Civil parish in the north-east of the English county of Hampshire. Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain The Berkshire part became a civil parish in its own right in 1894. A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In the 16th century, it was part of the hundred of Theale, but was later transferred to the hundred of Reading which effectively ceased to function after 1886. Theale is a large Village and Civil parish in the English county of Berkshire. Reading (ˈrɛdɪŋ as Redding) is a town in England, located at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, midway between Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common By 1875, Beech Hill had become part of the Bradfield rural sanitary district which, in 1894, became the Bradfield Rural District. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Bradfield is a small Village and Civil parish in Berkshire, England. Sanitary Districts were established in England and Wales in 1875 and in Ireland in 1878. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Bradfield was a Rural district in Berkshire, England from 1894 to 1974 Since 1974, it has been part of the district of Newbury, now called West Berkshire. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Newbury is a Civil parish and the principal Town in the west of the County of Berkshire in England. History The district of Newbury was formed on April 1, 1974, as a merger of the borough of Newbury Bradfield Rural District, Hungerford Rural
History
The Camlet Way - the Roman Road which runs south-west from Verulamium (St. Albans) - joins the Devil's Highway at Fair Cross on Beech Hill's southern border and continues on westward to Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester). The Roman Roads were essential for the growth of the Roman Empire, by enabling the Romans to move armies and trade goods and to communicate news Verulamium was the third-largest city in Roman Britain. It was sited in the southwest of the modern city of St Albans in Hertfordshire. St Albans is the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans in southern Hertfordshire, England, around north of central London. Calleva Atrebatum (or Silchester Roman Town) was an Iron Age Oppidum and subsequently a Town in the Roman province of Britannia Silchester is a Village and Civil parish in the English county of Hampshire. Beech Hill is a Norman name derived from the family of De La Beche, usually resident at Aldworth, but who also had a home at Beaumys Castle, just over the parish boundary in Swallowfield. The Anglo-Normans were mainly the descendants of the Normans who ruled England following the conquest by William of Normandy in 1066, although Aldworth is also the name of a stately home in Blackdown Sussex Aldworth is a small Village and Civil parish Swallowfield is a Village and Civil parish in the English County of Berkshire. On the Beech Hill side is 'The Priory', a 17th century house on the site of Stratfield Saye Priory founded on the site of an old hermitage in 1170. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar A hermit (from the Greek ἔρημος erēmos, signifying " Desert " "uninhabited" hence "desert-dweller" adjective "eremitic" It only lasted 200 years. Beech Hill House, of 1720, stands on the eastern side of the village and Trunkwell House on the west. Year 1720 ( MDCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Originally the Tudor home of the Noyes family, the current country house at Trunkwell was built in 1878 for a successful local business family and is now a well-known restaurant and conference venue. Social and economic revolution Following the Black Death Plagues and the agricultural depression of the late 14th century population growth The English country house is generally accepted as a large House or Mansion, once in the ownership of an individual who also usually owned another Great Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common It is associated with the local pub, The Elm Tree Inn. The parish church (CofE) was built in 1867. Position in the Church of England In England, there are parish churches for both the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church. The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting
See also
- Nearby towns: Reading
- Nearby villages: Stratfield Mortimer, Spencers Wood, Swallowfield
- Churches: Beech Hill Baptist Church, St Mary The Virgin Beech Hill
- List of civil parishes in Berkshire