Curridge is a village in the civil parish of Chieveley in the English county of Berkshire. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. Chieveley is a Village and Civil parish in the English county of Berkshire, located approximately to the north of Newbury, close England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Berkshire (ˈbɑːkʃə or /ˈbɑːkʃɪə/ say Baak-shuh/-sheer sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a Home County in the South
Location and character
It is located in the south-east of Chieveley parish, adjoining Hermitage, and its chief population areas are Curridge village, Longlane and the Denison Barracks, home of the 42 Engineer Regiment (Geographic) and the Royal School of Military Survey. Hermitage is a Village and Civil parish, near to Newbury, in the English county of Berkshire. The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers ( RE) and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps The Defence College of Intelligence Royal School of Military Survey (DCI RSMS is a joint services training facility associated with the Corps of Royal Engineers (RE but attached Curridge is administered by the unitary authority of West Berkshire. See also Independent city A unitary authority is a type of Local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all Local government functions History The district of Newbury was formed on April 1, 1974, as a merger of the borough of Newbury Bradfield Rural District, Hungerford Rural
Much of the local area is deciduously wooded and Faircross Plantation remembers the fact that the hundred court for Faircross Hundred once met there.
History
King Edred's annals of 953 record the village of Custeridge as being given to Alfric, a deed witnessed by the Bishop of Ramsbury. King Edred, also known as Eadred or Aedred (c 923 &ndash 23 November, 955) known as 'weak-in-the-feet' was King This page refers to holders of the Saxon bishopric See Bishop of Ramsbury (Anglican for the modern suffragan bishop The village's name is said to be derived from 'Cusa's Ridge'. It was a tithing of Chieveley. A tithe (from Old English teogoþa "tenth" is a one-tenth part of something paid as a (usually voluntary contribution or as a Tax or levy
The manor of Curridge is known as Prior's Court because it was owned by Poughley Priory in Chaddleworth and the prior held his court there. Chaddleworth is a Village and Civil parish in the English county of Berkshire. 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 School served also as a chapel until 1965, when the last service was held. The ecclesiastical links with Chieveley were severed and Curridge is now linked with Hermitage. Hermitage is a Village and Civil parish, near to Newbury, in the English county of Berkshire. The 20th century poet, printer and artist, Ralph Chubb,, lived at Curridge. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on Ralph Nicholas Chubb ( 8 February 1892 - 14 January 1960) was an English Poet, printer, and Artist
References
- Parts of the text for this page was originally taken, with permission, from www.chieveley.info.
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