| Ufton Nervet | |
  Ufton Nervet shown within Berkshire |
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| Population | 317 (2001) |
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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 |
| UK Parliament | Wokingham |
| List of places: UK • England • Berkshire | |
Ufton Nervet is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire. Berkshire (ˈbɑːkʃə or /ˈbɑːkʃɪə/ say Baak-shuh/-sheer sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a Home County in the South In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government History The district of Newbury was formed on April 1, 1974, as a merger of the borough of Newbury Bradfield Rural District, Hungerford Rural The ceremonial counties are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government as the Counties for the purposes of the Lieutenancies Berkshire (ˈbɑːkʃə or /ˈbɑːkʃɪə/ say Baak-shuh/-sheer sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a Home County in the South The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one South East England is one of the nine official Regions of England. Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping 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 This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system Reading (ˈrɛdɪŋ as Redding) is a town in England, located at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, midway between UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The, also known as the Reading postcode area, is a group of postal districts centered on Reading and Basingstoke in Southern England. The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. Thames Valley Police is one of the largest Home Office Police services in England and the largest non- metropolitan one covering 2200 sq mi (5700 The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and The Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service is a statutory fire and rescue service covering the area of the Ceremonial county of Berkshire in The South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the authority responsible for providing NHS Ambulance services in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, South East England is a Constituency of the European Parliament. This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places This is a list of settlements in Berkshire, England. See the List of places in England for places in other counties A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. 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. 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
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Location
Ufton Nervet village is located in the hills above and to the south of the River Kennet, although the parish stretches down into the valley to the north as far as the A4 road. Kennet Fluss2 dbjpg|150px]] The upper reaches of the River Kennet near Avebury The Two narrow lanes connect the village to the A4, crossing the Kennet and Avon Canal and the Great Western railway line in the valley bottom. 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 Both lanes cross the canal by swing bridges, the smaller of the lanes passes through Ufton Green, crossing the railway by the level crossing involved in the rail crash, and the other by an overbridge. A swing bridge is a Movable bridge that has as its primary structural support a vertical locating pin and support ring at or near to its center about which the turning Other lanes connect the village with other villages on the higher ground above the valley.
Local government
Ufton Nervet is a civil parish with an elected parish council. It falls within the area of 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 The parish council and the unitary authority are responsible for different aspects of local government.
History
An excavation at Ufton Green revealed a site which showed evidence of stone-working for the manufacture of tools or weapons and a number of scattered stone artefacts dating from the Mesolithic. 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 [1]
The name Ufton came from Anglo-Saxon Uffa-tūn = "Uffa's farmstead" and it was recorded as Offetune in the Domesday Book. The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey [2] Three manors have existed in this area Ufton Robert, Ufton Nervet and Ufton Pole. The first two are mentioned in the Domesday Book.
The original Ufton Nervet, also known as Ufton Richard, was located about a mile to the north-west of the current village, in the current location of Ufton Green. It had its own church (of St. John the Baptist), the ruined walls of which still exist. The place was named after Richard Neyrvut, later corrupted to Nervet, who owned the manor in the 13th century.
The manor house of Ufton Robert was located just to the west of the current village and stood within the moat, which can still be seen. A moat is deep broad Trench, usually filled with Water, that surrounds a structure installation or town normally to provide it with a preliminary line of Excavations in the 19th century located bridge piles, a gateway and other foundations. The moat is also part of a set of linked medieval fishponds fed from an artificial stream which flowed into the south pond. The water was controlled to the ponds and moat by a series of sluices. [3] The manor came into the hands of the Perkyns family around 1411. When they bought the manor of Ufton Pole in 1560 the two manors were combined and the main residence moved to Ufton Pole, which is now Ufton Court, a large Elizabethan manor house located south-west of the village. Ufton Court is an Elizabethan Manor house at Ufton Nervet in the English county of Berkshire. Romance and reality The Victorian era and the early twentieth century idealised the Elizabethan era A manor house or fortified manor-house is a Country house, which has historically formed the administrative centre of a manor (see Manorialism
In 1434-5 the parishes of Ufton Nervet and Ufton Robert were merged and the Ufton Robert church of St Peter became the current parish church. Curiously although it was the original parish of Ufton Nervet which ceased to exist this eventually became the name of the current village.
Church of St. Peter
The church of St. Peter was erected in 1862, on the site of an earlier church, in a 14th century neo-Gothic style. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement which began The walling is predominantly of a dark grey rag-stone with ashlar dressings. Rag-stone is a name given by some Architectural writers to work done with stones which are Quarried in thin pieces such as the Horsham Sandstone Ashlar is dressed stone work of any type of stone Ashlar blocks are large rectangular blocks of Masonry sculpted to have square edges and even faces It consists of a chancel, north chapel (used as an organ chamber), nave of three bays, west tower, with a tall octagonal shingled spire, and south porch. "Chancel" is an architectural term for the space around the Altar at the Liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building In Romanesque and Gothic Christian Abbey, Cathedral Basilica and church Architecture, the nave is the [4] In front of the porch is a fine old yew. Taxus baccata is a conifer native to western central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest
The church is no longer in use.
Rail crash
The Ufton Nervet rail crash happened nearby on the 6 November 2004. The Ufton Nervet rail crash in England caused seven deaths On 6 November 2004 at 1812 GMT a Class 43 ( HST) 43019 The Ufton Nervet rail crash in England caused seven deaths On 6 November 2004 at 1812 GMT a Class 43 ( HST) 43019 Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Seven people were killed when a First Great Western train, from Paddington to Plymouth, was derailed after colliding with a stationary car on an unmanned level crossing. First Great Western is the operating name of First Greater Western Ltd, a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup, which operates Paddington is an area of the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Plymouth ( is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England about south west of London. The term level crossing (also called a railroad crossing, road through railroad, railway crossing, train crossing or grade crossing
References
External links
- Royal Berkshire History: Ufton Nervet
- 'Parishes: Ufton', A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 3 (1923), pp. 437-444. (via British History Online)
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