| Chieveley | |
  Chieveley shown within Berkshire |
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| Population | 1,481 |
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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 | NEWBURY |
| Postcode district | RG20 |
| Dialling code | 01635 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Royal Berkshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Newbury |
| List of places: UK • England • Berkshire | |
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Chieveley is a village of 1481 people (2001 census) and 508 households. A map of 1877 stated the area at the time to be roughly 5,328. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 189 acres (21. 56242 km²). Chieveley Service Station serves Junction 13 of the M4 motorway. Chieveley services is a UK Motorway service station on the M4 motorway at Chieveley near Newbury in Berkshire. The M4 motorway is a Motorway in Great Britain linking London with Wales.
The landscape is of gently rolling chalk hills. The land is predominantly arable with some dairy, sheep and pigs. There is a healthy quantity of woodland and abundant wildlife. There is a network of green lanes and footpaths that afford good walking.
The civil parish consists of the villages of Chieveley and Curridge and the hamlets of Downend, Oare and Snelsmore Common. Curridge is a Village in the Civil parish of Chieveley in the English county of Berkshire. A hamlet is (usually&mdashsee below a Rural community — that is a small settlement — which is too small to be considered a Village. Oare is a small Village in the Civil parish of Chieveley in the English county of Berkshire. The original parish also included Leckhampstead and Winterbourne. Leckhampstead is a Village and Civil parish in Berkshire, England lying in the North Wessex Downs. Winterbourne is a small Village and Civil parish in the English county of Berkshire, located at. The structure has been much affected by roads. The M4 passes east-west through the middle of the parish and has done much to cut Curridge and Oare from Chieveley. This was opened in 1971. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. The A34 running north-south quarters the parish. Its path has moved several times, the most recent development being a change to Junction 13 that opened in Autumn 2004. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "
The landscape is dominated by farming. There are currently three working farms in the parish. Other industries include a garden centre, land-fill site, hotels, baker and many small businesses.
History
There is ancient civilisation nearby that indicates early settlement. The parish boasts a fine Iron Age hill fort in Snelsmore, called Bussock Camp. In Britain and Ireland the Iron Age lasted from about the 7th century BC until the Roman conquest and until the 5th century in non- Romanised A hill fort is a fortified refuge or defended settlement This is in private grounds but is visible in May when they are opened to the public to view the fine display of bluebells.
The name Chieveley is said to be derived from 'Field of Chives'. The WI's 'Berkshire Book' assures the reader that chives were noted in the area as far back as 951. Chives ( Allium schoenoprasum) are the smallest Species of the Onion family Alliaceae, native to Europe, Asia and This article is about the year 951 For the 951 Porsche sports car (a This is the same year that King Edred gave the village to his bailiff, Wulf.
The Domesday Book has this to say of Chieveley (source: The National Archives):
- In Rowbury Hundred
- The abbey itself holds Chieveley. The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey It has always held it. TRE it was assessed at 27 hides; now at 7½ hides. There is land for 20 ploughs. In demesne are 3 ploughs; and 28 villains and 10 bordars with 18 ploughs. There are 3 slaves, and 4 acres of meadow, [and] woodland for 60 pigs. Of this land William holds of the abbot 5 hides, and Godfrey 1½ hides, and there is 1 plough, with 3 villains and 2 bordars having 1 plough, and 3 acres of meadow. The whole, TRE and afterwards, was worth 12l; now the abbot's portion [is worth] 10l; [that] of his men 50s. The word abbot, meaning Father, is a title given to the head of a Monastery in various traditions including Christianity.
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In August 1207, King John seems to have had a good few days' hunting in West Berkshire. John (24 December 1167 &ndash 19 October 1216 reigned as a King of England from 6 April 1199 until his death He is reported in Curridge on the 3rd and Chieveley on the 5th. Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia.
The first vicar of Chieveley was Elias, appointed in 1154. It is likely that there was a Saxon church before it was replaced by the Normans and later the Victorians. The History of Anglo-Saxon England covers the history of Early medieval England from the end of Roman Britain and the establishment of Anglo-Saxon The Anglo-Normans were mainly the descendants of the Normans who ruled England following the conquest by William of Normandy in 1066, although The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of Architectural styles predominantly employed during the Victorian era. Chieveley parish registers start on 10 April 1560. A parish register is a book normally kept in a Parish church, in which details of Baptisms Marriages and Burials are recorded Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama There are still several families in the area who were recorded in those annals.
Chieveley once had its own maypole, on the site now occupied by Maypole Cottage (on the corner of the High Street and Church Lane). The maypole is a tall wooden pole (traditionally of Maple ( Acer) hawthorn or Birch) sometimes erected with several long coloured
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