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  Newbury shown within Berkshire |
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| Population | 28,339 (Parish, 2001) |
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| Parish | Newbury |
| Unitary authority | West Berkshire |
| Ceremonial county | Berkshire |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWBURY |
| Postcode district | RG14 |
| 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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Geography
The civil parish of Newbury consists of the town, and the suburbs of Wash Common, the City, West Fields, East Fields and Speenhamland. Wash Common is a small suburb to the south of Newbury Berkshire. Speenhamland is a district of Newbury Berkshire, which gave rise to the Speenhamland system of poor relief in the early 19th century The modern conurbation of Newbury, however, also takes in the surrounding villages of Speen, Donnington, Shaw & Greenham. Speen (Roman Spinae) is a Village and Civil parish near Newbury in Berkshire, England. Famous residents Beau Brummell - regency dandy lived at Donnington Grove Thomas Hughes - author of Tom Brown's Schooldays Shaw is a Village in Berkshire, England. It is located to the north of Newbury, near the village of Donnington. Greenham is a Village and Civil parish in Berkshire, England.
Today, Newbury town has a population of about 32,000 (2004) and, with adjacent towns such as Thatcham, is the centre of a continuously built up area with an overall population of around 60,000. Thatcham is a Town in Berkshire, England 3 miles (5km east of Newbury and 15 miles (24km west of Reading Newbury serves as the major commercial and retail centre of West Berkshire.
The River Kennet and the Kennet and Avon Canal flow through the centre of the town, while the River Lambourn partly forms its northern boundary and the River Enborne forms its southern boundary (and also the county boundary with Hampshire). Kennet Fluss2 dbjpg|150px]] The upper reaches of the River Kennet near Avebury The The Kennet and Avon Canal is a Canal in southern England The name may refer to either the route of the original Kennet and Avon Canal Company, which linked the The River Lambourn is a Chalk stream in the English county of Berkshire. The River Enborne is a River that rises near Newbury Berkshire and flows into the River Kennet. Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain Adjoining the town's south-eastern border is Greenham Common and the famous racecourse. Newbury is surrounded on three sides (north, west and south) by the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB is located in the English counties of Berkshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire The downland to the south rises steeply out of the river valley providing scenic views, including Watership Down (made famous by the novel of the same name), Beacon Hill and Combe Gibbet. A downland is an area of open Chalk Hills This term is especially used to describe the Chalk countryside in southern England. Watership Down is a hill or down, at Ecchinswell in the Civil parish of Ecchinswell Sydmonton and Bishops Green in the English county Combe Gibbet is a Gibbet at the top of Gallows Down, near the Village and just within the Civil parish of Combe in Berkshire
Location and transport
Newbury is situated on the River Kennet, the valley of which has always formed an important east–west transport route, served by the Kennet and Avon Canal, and the Great Western Railway line from London to the West Country. Kennet Fluss2 dbjpg|150px]] The upper reaches of the River Kennet near Avebury The The Kennet and Avon Canal is a Canal in southern England The name may refer to either the route of the original Kennet and Avon Canal Company, which linked the The Great Western Railway ( GWR) was a British railway company and a notable example of Civil engineering, linking London with the West London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The West Country is an informal term for the area of south western England roughly corresponding to the modern South West England government region Today, Newbury is served by two railway stations, Newbury and Newbury Racecourse, which both lie on the Reading to Plymouth Line. |}A train station, railway station, railroad station, or station yard is a facility at which Passengers may board and alight from Trains Newbury railway station is a railway station in the centre of the town of Newbury in the county of Berkshire in England. Newbury Racecourse railway station is a railway station serving the East Fields area of the town of Newbury in the county of Berkshire in England. The Reading-Plymouth line is the central part of the trunk Railway line between London Paddington and Penzance railway stations in the southern
Following a similar east–west route is the A4 road from London to Bristol, historically the main route west from London. Bristol ( ˈbrɪstəl is a city, Unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, west of London This road has been superseded as a long distance route by the M4 motorway which here runs parallel three miles to the north. The M4 motorway is a Motorway in Great Britain linking London with Wales. The Newbury junction, at Chieveley, is Junction 13. Chieveley is a Village and Civil parish in the English county of Berkshire, located approximately to the north of Newbury, close
At Newbury this east–west route is crossed by an equally important north–south route, from the major south coast port of Southampton to the industrial centres of the Midlands. Southampton ( IPA /ˌsaʊθˈhæmptən/ is the largest city in the county of Hampshire, on the south coast of England This article is mainly about the English Midlands For other uses see Midlands (disambiguation. Although this route was once served by a railway line, today it is only served by the A34 road, which now bypasses Newbury to the west on an alignment partially using the old rail route (see also 'Newbury Bypass' below). The Didcot Newbury and Southampton Railway (DN&SR was a cross-country Railway running north-south between Didcot, Newbury and Southampton although The A34 is a major road in England. It runs from the A6042 in Salford to Winchester in Hampshire.
Until the completion of the bypass, the A34 and A4 met in the town centre at the infamous Robin Hood Roundabout. This is a complicated gyratory system encompassing 6 approaching roads, a fire station and an exit on the internal (right-hand) side of the roundabout which has to fly-over the roundabout as it heads away to the north. A fire station (also called stationhouse) is a structure or other area set aside for storage of firefighting apparatus (i In 2007, the sculpture Couple in Conversation was unveiled on the roundabout, providing a new landmark for one of the major gateways into the town.
Other significant roads radiating from Newbury include the A339 which now includes the renumbered part of the old A34 through the town centre and then heads towards Basingstoke and the M3 motorway, the A343 to Andover, the B4000 to Lambourn, the B4494 to Wantage and the B4009 to Streatley. List of A roads beginning with 3 in Great Britain starting west of the A3 and south of the A4. Basingstoke is a town in northeast Hampshire, England It lies across a Valley at the source of the River Loddon. The M3 motorway is a Motorway in Hampshire and Surrey, England. List of A roads beginning with 3 in Great Britain starting west of the A3 and south of the A4. Andover is a town in the English county of Hampshire. The town is situated on the River Anton some 18 Lambourn is a large Village and Civil parish in the northwestern corner of the ceremonial county of Berkshire in England. Wantage is a Town and Civil parish in the Vale of the White Horse, near the Thames Valley, in the English county of Oxfordshire Streatley is a Village and Civil parish on the River Thames in the English county of Berkshire.
Most local bus services are provided by Newbury Buses, a division of Reading Transport Ltd.
Newbury bypass
The town's location at the intersection of the routes from London to Bristol and from Southampton to Birmingham made it, for many years, a transport bottleneck. The Newbury bypass, officially known as 'The Winchester-Preston Trunk Road (A34 (Newbury Bypass' is a stretch of Dual carriageway Road which bypasses London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Bristol ( ˈbrɪstəl is a city, Unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, west of London Southampton ( IPA /ˌsaʊθˈhæmptən/ is the largest city in the county of Hampshire, on the south coast of England Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um A bypass, opened in 1963, removed the traffic from the centre of town and the opening of the M4 in 1971 moved the intersection of these major trunk routes 5km north of the town, to Chieveley. Chieveley is a Village and Civil parish in the English county of Berkshire, located approximately to the north of Newbury, close The ring road around the town still suffered serious congestion and the Newbury bypass was proposed in 1981. The Newbury bypass, officially known as 'The Winchester-Preston Trunk Road (A34 (Newbury Bypass' is a stretch of Dual carriageway Road which bypasses The plans were approved in 1990. However they were extremely controversial and this led to a major environmentalist campaign (sometimes dubbed the Third battle of Newbury) opposing the development. Environmentalism is a broad philosophy and Social movement centered on a concern for the conservation and improvement of the environment. In spite of this, the road was built and finally opened in 1998.
In August 2004, the improved A34-M4 junction was opened which allowed north–south traffic on the A34 to completely bypass the roundabout at the M4.
Local government
Newbury is part of, and the administrative centre of, the district 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
Newbury is also a civil parish, with parish council responsibilities undertaken by Newbury Town Council since 1997. A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. Newbury Town Council currently has 23 councillors, representing 7 wards of the town. In Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, a ward is an Electoral district These are Brummel Grove, Clay Hill, Falkland, Northcroft, Pyle Hill, Victoria and St Johns. As of 2007, 12 of the councillors represent the Liberal Democrats and 11 represent the Conservative Party. The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal Political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by merging the The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. [1]
In Parliament, the town is in the Newbury constituency. The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories Newbury is a United Kingdom House of Commons constituency consisting of Newbury, Thatcham, Hungerford and a large Since the election of May 2005 this constituency has been represented by Richard Benyon, a Conservative. Results Overview For events leading up to the date of the election see article Pre-election day events of the United Kingdom general Richard Henry Ronald Benyon ( 4 September 1960) British Politician and is the Conservative MP for Newbury. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom.
Newbury is twinned with:
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Feltre in Italy (2003)
History
There was a Mesolithic settlement at Newbury. Braunfels is a town in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bagnols-sur-Cèze (Banhòus de Céser is a commune in the Gard department in the Languedoc-Roussillon région in southern This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Eeklo is a Belgian municipality in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Feltre is a town and Comune of the Province of Belluno in Veneto, northern Italy. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age was a period in the development of human technology in between the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age and the Neolithic or New Stone Age Artefacts were recovered from the Greenham Dairy Farm in 1963, and the Faraday Road site in 2002. [2]Addition material was found in excavations along the route of the Newbury Bypass. [3]
Newbury was founded late in the eleventh century following the Norman invasion as a new borough, hence its name. Although there are references to the borough that predate the Domesday Survey it is not mentioned by name in the survey. The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey However, its existence within the manor of Ulvritone is evident from the massive rise in value of that manor at a time when most manors were worth less than in Saxon times.
Doubt has been cast over the existence of 'Newbury Castle', but the town did have Royal connections and was visited a number of times by King John and Henry III while hunting in the area. Newbury Castle is the name of an English adulterine castle built by John Marshal during The Anarchy. John (24 December 1167 &ndash 19 October 1216 reigned as a King of England from 6 April 1199 until his death Henry III (1 October 1207 &ndash 16 November 1272 was the son and successor of John "Lackland" as King of England, reigning for fifty-six years from 1216 [4]
Historically, the town's economic foundation was the cloth trade. This is reflected in the person of the 16th century cloth magnate, Jack of Newbury, the proprietor of what may well have been the first factory in England, and the later tale of the Newbury Coat. Jack O'Newbury (died February 1519 was the much-used Nickname of John Winchcombe, otherwise John Smallwood, one of the richest and most influential The latter was the outcome of a bet as to whether a gentleman's suit could be produced by the end of the day from wool taken from a sheep's back at the beginning.
Newbury was the site of two Civil War battles, the First Battle of Newbury (at Wash Common) in 1643 and the Second Battle of Newbury (at Speen) in 1644. The English Civil War (1642-1651 was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists. The First Battle of Newbury took place on 20 September 1643, in Enborne and Wash Common adjoining Newbury, England between Parliamentary Wash Common is a small suburb to the south of Newbury Berkshire. The Second Battle of Newbury was a Battle of the English Civil War fought on October 27, 1644, in Speen, adjoining Newbury Speen (Roman Spinae) is a Village and Civil parish near Newbury in Berkshire, England. The nearby Donnington Castle was reduced to a ruin in the aftermath of the second battle. Donnington Castle ( is a ruined medieval castle situated in the small village of Donnington, just north of the town of Newbury in the English county
The disruption of trade during the Civil War followed a major collapse of the local cloth trade in the late 16th century leaving Newbury impoverished. The local economy was boosted in the 18th century by the rise of Bath as a popular destination for the wealthy excaping London's summer heat and associated stench. Bath is a city in Somerset in the south west of England It is situated west of London and south-east of Bristol. Newbury was roughly half way between London and Bath and an obvious stopping point in the two day journey. Soon Newbury, in particular Speenhamland, was filled with coaching inns of ever increasing grandure and size. One inn, the George & Pelican, was reputed to have stabling for 300 horses, and this was not the largest of the inns. A theatre was built to provide the travellers with entertainment featuring the major stars of the age.
In 1795, local magistrates, meeting at the Pelican Inn in Speenhamland, introduced the Speenhamland System which tied parish welfare payments to the cost of bread. The Speenhamland system was a form of Outdoor relief intended to mitigate Rural Poverty in England during the early 19th century The Speenhamland system was a form of Outdoor relief intended to mitigate Rural Poverty in England during the early 19th century
The opening of the Great Western Railway killed the coaching trade and Newbury became something of a backwater, a market town with an economy based on agriculture until the arrival of the high tech industries that provide so much employment in the town today. When, in the 1980s, Racal decided to locate their newly formed Racal Vodafone division in the town it was a decision that ensured a new economic boom.
Greenham Common
A large Royal Air Force base was established during the Second World War at Greenham Common on the edge of the town. RAF Greenham Common is a former World War II and NATO Cold War airfield located on the border between Greenham and Crookham World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including RAF Greenham Common is a former World War II and NATO Cold War airfield located on the border between Greenham and Crookham In the 1950s, it became home to US Air Force bomber and tankers, for which it was equipped with the longest military runway in the United Kingdom. A bomber is a Military aircraft designed to attack ground and sea targets primarily by dropping Bombs on them Aerial refueling, also called air refueling, in-flight refueling ( IFR) air-to-air refueling ( AAR) or tanking, is A runway ( RWY) is a strip of land on an Airport, on which Aircraft can take off and land. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located In the 1980s, it became one of only two bases in the UK equipped with ground-launched nuclear-armed cruise missiles, causing it to become the site of protests by up to 40,000 protesters and the establishment of the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp. A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from Nuclear reactions either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. A cruise missile is a guided Missile that carries an explosive payload and uses a lifting wing and a propulsion system usually a Jet engine, to allow Protest expresses relatively overt reaction to events or situations sometimes in favor though more often opposed Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp was a Peace camp established to protest at nuclear weapon being sited at RAF Greenham Common in Berkshire, England With the end of the Cold War, the base was closed, the runway was broken up for use as fill material in building the Newbury bypass, and much of the area restored to heathland. Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the Heaths are Shrubland habitats characterised by open low growing woody Vegetation, found on mainly infertile Acidic soils
Economy
Newbury is home to the world headquarters of the mobile network operator Vodafone, which is the town's largest employer with over 6,000 people. A mobile network operator ( MNO) also known as carriage service provider ( CSP) wireless service provider, wireless carrier, Vodafone is a Mobile network operator headquartered in Berkshire, England, UK. Before building their £129 million headquarters in the outskirts of the town in 2003, Vodafone used 64 buildings spread across the town centre. [5]
As well as Vodafone, Newbury is also home to the UK headquarters of the pharmaceutical company Bayer AG, Newbury Racecourse (a major course on the British horse-racing calendar), National Instruments, Mediasurface, Quantel, Stearn Electric, The Bindloss Gibb Foundation, Micro Focus, Cabletime Limited and Genesys Video Conferencing. For other uses see Bayer (disambiguation or Beyer or Buyer. Bayer AG (German ˈbaɪə () is a German Newbury Racecourse is a Racecourse in the Civil parish of Greenham, adjoining the Town of Newbury in Berkshire, England National Instruments, or NI ( is an American company with over 4000 employees and direct operations in 41 countries Mediasurface Plc is a UK based supplier of Content management systems and associated services Quantel is a company based in the United Kingdom and founded in 1973 that designs and manufactures Digital production equipment for the broadcast It also is home to Newbury Building Society which operates in the local region. Newbury Building Society is a Building society based in Newbury Berkshire in the south of England.
Sports and leisure
Newbury is home to one of England's major racecourses Newbury Racecourse, which celebrated its centenary in 2005. Newbury Racecourse is a Racecourse in the Civil parish of Greenham, adjoining the Town of Newbury in Berkshire, England The most prestigious race in the calendar is the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup which normally takes place in late November. The Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup is a Grade 3 National Hunt horse race in the United Kingdom for five-year-old and above horses
Newbury is fortunate enough to still have one of the last remaining lidos in the UK. A lido, in the United Kingdom, Portugal and some other countries refers to a public outdoor Swimming pool and surrounding facilities or part of a beach It was built in the 1890s originally although the structure we see today was erected in the 1930s. The pool is still in use today and is capable of receiving more than 1000 visitors a day during peak times. The pool made national news in July 2006 when then manager Andy Reeves ran a feature on the problems of outdoor pools and how to manage existing lidos and securing their future. Uniquely the pool is owned and subsidised by West Berkshire Council but managed by an external contractor Parkwood Leisure. [1]. The article proved to be prophetic as it was closed for most of the summer 2007 due to maintenance problems.
Newbury was home to A.F.C. Newbury, which was for a period one of only two football clubs to be sponsored by Vodafone (the other being Manchester United). AFC Newbury were a football club based in Newbury Berkshire, in England. In May 2006 Vodafone ended its sponsorship of the club[6], following which the club collapsed. A local pub team from the Old London Apprentice took over the ground temporarily and now compete in the Reading League as Newbury F. C. Their future at the ground is uncertain as the owners (West Berkshire Council) plan to turn it into a car park.
Newbury's rugby union club, Newbury R.F.C. (also sponsored by Vodafone), is based in the town. Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short Newbury Rugby Football Club are a Rugby union club representing Newbury. In the 2004/05 season, the club finished second in the National Two division earning promotion to National One and is now in the top 26 clubs nationally. Newbury had previously won National Four South (now renamed as National Three South) in 1996/97 with a 100% win record. The club was founded in 1928 and in 1996 moved to a new purpose-built ground at Monks Lane,[7] which has since hosted England U21 fixtures.
Major cricket clubs in the town include Falkland C. C. and Newbury C. C. . Newbury also has two strong athletics clubs with Team Kennet and Newbury Athletics Club and there are Newbury District Leagues in many other sports such as badminton, table tennis, squash and darts.
Victoria Park is home of the Newbury Waterways Festival. Victoria Park is a small public Park near to the centre of Newbury, Berkshire, England.
As well as lending out books, Newbury Library, which moved to a new building in July 2000, provides internet access and a wide range of other services to its users and members.
There is a wide range of arts provision in the Newbury area - The Corn Exchange providing a main focus for both professional and amateur live performances. The Corn Exchange is a 400 seat arts centre in Newbury Berkshire. The Watermill Theatre is prolific and internationally renowned, and New Greenham Arts is building a reputation for supporting new and emerging artists. This article is about a type of structure For other locational uses see Milldam.
Annually the Newbury Spring Festival of classical music brings internationally renowned soloists and ensembles to a variety of venues in and around the town. The Newbury Comedy Festival (started in 2004) has rapidly become a key feature in the town's cultural calendar. The Newbury Comedy Festival is a Festival of Comedy which takes place every July in the West Berkshire town of Newbury. [2]
Newbury is also the location for the locally renowned 'Keep Off The Grass' (KOTG) events. Taking place every summer in the towns Victoria Park, the event is unique in the area, with Live DJ's playing from the bandstand. [8]
Places of interest
- West Berkshire Museum
- Corn Exchange - now used as a theatre and cinema
- Kennet & Avon Canal Shop & Tearooms
- Jack of Newbury’s House
- St Nicolas' Church (CofE), completed in 1532. Donnington Castle ( is a ruined medieval castle situated in the small village of Donnington, just north of the town of Newbury in the English county The Corn Exchange is a 400 seat arts centre in Newbury Berkshire. The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican This is a fine example of a parish church built entirely in the Perpendicular style. Position in the Church of England In England, there are parish churches for both the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church. English Gothic is the name of the Architectural style that flourished in England from about 1180 until about 1520
- St Bartholomew's Hospital (almshouses)
- The Litten Chapel
- The Falkland Memorial
- Donnington Castle
- Nearby places of interest include the Bucklebury Farm Park, Combe Gibbet, Highclere Castle, the Sandham Memorial Chapel, Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre, the Watermill Theatre and Watership Down. Almshouses are charitable Housing provided to enable people (typically elderly people who can no longer work to earn enough to pay Donnington Castle ( is a ruined medieval castle situated in the small village of Donnington, just north of the town of Newbury in the English county Combe Gibbet is a Gibbet at the top of Gallows Down, near the Village and just within the Civil parish of Combe in Berkshire Highclere Castle is a Victorian Country house in high Elizabethan style with park designed by Capability Brown. Sandham Memorial Chapel is in the village of Burghclere, Hampshire, England. The Watermill Theatre is a privately owned Repertory Theatre. Watership Down is a hill or down, at Ecchinswell in the Civil parish of Ecchinswell Sydmonton and Bishops Green in the English county
- New Greenham Arts - an ex-US military building on Greenham Common airbase, now used to house artist studios, and a thriving performing arts centre. RAF Greenham Common is a former World War II and NATO Cold War airfield located on the border between Greenham and Crookham An art center or arts centre is distinct from an Art gallery or Art museum.
Education
Newbury has three main secondary schools:
- St. Bartholomew's School – one of the oldest schools in Berkshire, founded in 1466
- Park House School
- Trinity School, a recent school formed after the closure of Shaw House and Turnpike. This article is about the Berkshire school See Bartholomew School Eynsham for the school in Eynsham, Oxfordshire St Park House School is a Co-educational Comprehensive school in Newbury, Berkshire in the United Kingdom. Trinity School is a co-educational comprehensive of about 1000 pupils in Newbury, Berkshire. Shaw House is an Elizabethan Mansion in Shaw, on the north-eastern outskirts of Newbury in Berkshire.
There is also Newbury College, a further and higher education college funded by private finance initiative. Newbury College is a College in Brookline, Massachusetts, in the northeastern United States.
Independent schools nearby include:
- Downe House
- Cheam School
- St Gabriel's School, an all girls school. preparatory school]] in Headley in the [[civil parish]] of [[Ashford Hill with Headley]] in the [[England|English]] county of [[Hampshire]] St Gabriel's School is an independent girls' day school on the outskirts of Newbury, Berkshire, England
- Thorngrove School, a day co-ed school in nearby Highclere.
Media
There are three main local radio stations broadcasting in the Newbury area - a publicly-funded radio service from the BBC, BBC Radio Berkshire - and two independent local radio stations - Kick FM which broadcasts from Newbury, and 2-Ten FM which broadcasts into the area from nearby Reading. BBC Radio Berkshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English County of Berkshire. Independent Local Radio Kick FM is an Independent Local Radio that broadcasts from Bone Lane Newbury, and covers West Berkshire. 2Ten FM (Originally styled 2-Ten FM) is an Independent Local Radio station serving Berkshire and North Hampshire with studios in Reading Reading (ˈrɛdɪŋ as Redding) is a town in England, located at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, midway between
The following local newspapers are distributed in Newbury (circulation in brackets[9]):
- Newbury Weekly News (24,300)
- Newbury & Thatcham Chronicle (21,500)
- Newbury Advertiser & News (33,400)
Famous people
A number of famous people have originated from, worked, lived or died in Newbury:
- Richard Adams – author
- Roger Attfield – thoroughbred horse trainer
- Francis Baily – astronomer
- Michael Bond – creator of Paddington Bear
- Bruno Brookes – radio and tv presenter
- Duke of Chandos – bought his 2nd wife in Newbury
- Earl of Carnarvon – killed at the 1st battle of Newbury
- Keith Chegwin – television presenter
- Miles Coverdale – co-author of the 1st English Bible
- George Dangerfield – journalist and author
- Lord Falkland – killed at the 1st battle of Newbury
- Gerald Finzi – composer and founder of the Newbury String Players
- Alec Hopkins – actor, including in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [3]
- John Kendrick – patron of the town
- William Marshal – given up as a hostage from 'Newbury Castle'
- Jack O'Newbury – cloth merchant & patron
- William of Newbury – 13th century Abbot of Abingdon
- Jacqueline du Pré - One of the best modern-day Cello players
- Hannah Richings - member of preteen UK popgroup S Club 8 (sometimes credited as S Club Juniors or iDream)
- Lord George Sanger - Circus owner born in Newbury and presented the Queen Victoria statue to the town in 1902
- John Septimus Roe – the first Surveyor-General of Western Australia
- Hannah Snell – 18th century female soldier
- Earl of Sunderland – killed at the 1st battle of Newbury
- Edward Charles Titchmarsh – mathematician
- Theo Walcott – footballer, originally for A.F.C. Newbury
- Sir Frank Williams - grand prix motor racing
- John Winchcombe II – cloth merchant & patron
- Will Young - Singer/actor
Further reading
- Higgott Tony (2001). A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. Magazines, periodicals or serials are Publications generally published on a regular schedule containing a variety of articles, generally Richard George Adams (born May 9, 1920) is an English Novelist who is best known as the writer of three novels featuring animal characters Roger L Attfield ( November 28, 1939 in Newbury, Berkshire, England) is a Canadian Thoroughbred Horse trainer In Horse racing, a trainer is responsible for preparing a horse for races Francis Baily ( 28 April 1774 &ndash 30 August 1844) was an English Astronomer, most famous for his observations of ' Michael Bond, OBE, (born January 13, 1926 in Newbury Berkshire) is an English Children's author. Paddington Bear is a Fictional character in Children's literature. Bruno Brookes (born Trevor Neil Brookes in Stoke-on-Trent, 24 April, 1959) is a British radio presenter who became famous in the 1980s Henry Brydges 2nd Duke of Chandos (17 January 1708 – 28 November 1771 described by King George II as "a hot headed passionate half-witted coxcomb" was the second Robert Dormer 1st Earl of Carnarvon (1610 &ndash September 20 1643) was the grandson of Robert Dormer 1st Baron Dormer and received the title Baron The First Battle of Newbury took place on 20 September 1643, in Enborne and Wash Common adjoining Newbury, England between Parliamentary Keith "Cheggers" Chegwin (born 17 January 1957 in Bootle) is an English Television presenter, former Child actor Myles Coverdale (also Miles Coverdale) (c 1488 &ndash 20 January 1569) was a 16th-century Bible translator who produced the Early Modern English Bible translations are those translations of the Bible which were made between about 1500 and 1800, the period of Early Modern George Dangerfield ( October 28, 1904 &ndash December 26, 1986) was a journalist an author and the literary editor of Vanity Fair Lucius Cary 2nd Viscount Falkland (c 1610 – 20 September, 1643) was an English politician soldier and author Gerald Raphael Finzi ( July 14, 1901 &ndash September 27, 1956) was a British Composer, whose popularity has increased Wikipedia_talkFeatured_lists#Proposed_change_to_all_featured_lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->The list of Harry Potter John Kendrick (1573 &ndash 30 December 1624 was a prosperous English Cloth merchant and patron of the Towns of Reading and Newbury William Marshal 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146 &ndash 14 May 1219) also called William the Marshal (Guillaume le Maréchal was an Anglo Norman soldier Jack O'Newbury (died February 1519 was the much-used Nickname of John Winchcombe, otherwise John Smallwood, one of the richest and most influential The following list of Anglo-Saxon Abbots of Abingdon is taken from Kelly (2000 Jacqueline Mary du Pré, OBE ( January 26, 1945 &ndash October 19, 1987) was an English cellist, today acknowledged The violoncello (abbreviated to cello, or 'cello, plural cellos or celli —the c is tʃ S Club 8, previously known as S Club Juniors, were a Spin-off of the highly popular UK Pop music group S Club 7. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting John Septimus Roe ( May 8 1797 – 28 May 1878) was the first Surveyor-General of Western Australia. The Surveyor General of Western Australia is the person nominally responsible for government Surveying in Western Australia. Hannah Snell (1723–1792 was an Englishwoman who took a man's role to become a soldier. Henry Spencer 1st Earl of Sunderland and 3rd Baron Spencer (c Edward Charles ("Ted" Titchmarsh (born 1 June 1899 in Newbury died 18 January, 1963 at Oxford) was a leading Theo James Walcott (born 16 March 1989 is an English footballer who currently plays for Arsenal and the England national football AFC Newbury were a football club based in Newbury Berkshire, in England. Sir Francis Owen Garbatt Williams CBE (born April 16 1942 is founder and manager of the WilliamsF1 Formula One racing team William Robert Young (born 20 January 1979. Young's second album Friday's Child, was released in December 2003 The Story of Newbury. Countryside Books.
- Money, Walter (1887). History of Newbury. Oxford.
References
- ^ Newbury Town Council - Councillors
- ^ "An Early Mesolithic Seasonal Hunting Site in the Kennet Valley, Southern England" by C. J. Ellis, Michael J. Allen, Julie Gardiner, Phil Harding, Claire Ingrem, Adrienne Powell & Robert G. Scaife Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 69: (2003)
- ^ Birbeck, Vaughan (2000) Archaeological Investigations on the A34 Newbury Bypass, Berkshire/Hampshire, 1991-7 Trust for Wessex Archaeology Ltd. , ISBN 1-874350-34-5 ;
- ^ Royal Berkshire History: Kings John & Henry III in Newbury
- ^ "How Vodafone moved to a mobile environment", vnunet. com, 2004-09-24. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina.
- ^ "Vodafone ends AFC Newbury deal", Newbury Weekly News, 23 May 2006. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
- ^ "Rugby at its best", Newbury Weekly News Advertiser, October 2006. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
- ^ Keep Off The Grass
- ^ Audit Bureau of Circulations
External links
- Newbury Town Council
- Newbury Twin Town Association
- Newbury Today from the Newbury Weekly News
- Royal Berkshire History: Newbury
- Newbury.net: Because Life is Local
- West Berkshire Council
- The Corn Exchange & New Greenham Arts
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