| Yattendon | |
  Yattendon shown within Berkshire |
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| Population | 331 |
|---|---|
| OS grid reference | |
| Unitary authority | West Berkshire |
| Ceremonial county | Berkshire |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Thatcham |
| Postcode district | RG18 |
| 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 | |
Yattendon is a village and civil parish, situated between Newbury and Reading close to the M4 motorway, 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 Thatcham is a Town in Berkshire, England 3 miles (5km east of Newbury and 15 miles (24km west of Reading 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 Newbury is a United Kingdom House of Commons constituency consisting of Newbury, Thatcham, Hungerford and a large 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. Newbury is a Civil parish and the principal Town in the west of the County of Berkshire in England. Reading (ˈrɛdɪŋ as Redding) is a town in England, located at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, midway between The M4 motorway is a Motorway in Great Britain linking London with Wales. 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
Geography
Yattendon stretches from Everington in the west to the hamlet of Burnt Hill in the east and the woodland just east of Yattendon Court, including Mumgrove Copse, Bushy Copse, Clack's Copse and Gravelpit Copse. A hamlet is (usually&mdashsee below a Rural community — that is a small settlement — which is too small to be considered a Village. Burnt Hill is a hamlet in Berkshire, England. It is situated just north of the M4 motorway in West Berkshire and is in the Civil parish The motorway forms most of its southern boundary and some of the houses on the northern edge of Frilsham are actually in Yattendon. The M4 motorway is a Motorway in Great Britain linking London with Wales. Frilsham is a Village and Civil parish, near Newbury, in the English county of Berkshire The River Pang flows through the west of the parish. The River Pang is a small Chalk stream river in the west of the English county of Berkshire, and a Tributary of the River Thames. It is located in the hundred of Faircross which effectively ceased to function after 1886. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
Famous people
The village once had a fortified manor house or castle, Yattendon Castle. A manor house or fortified manor-house is a Country house, which has historically formed the administrative centre of a manor (see Manorialism A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages. Yattendon Castle, at, was a Fortified Manor house located in the civil parish of Yattendon, in the hundred of Faircross, in the It was home to:
- Sir Henry Norreys, a Tudor courtier accused of adultery with Queen Anne Boleyn and the father of
- Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys, Ambassador to France and father of
- Sir John Norreys, the greatest soldier of Elizabethan England whose memorial is in the parish church
Other famous residents include:
- Alfred Waterhouse, the architect of the Natural History Museum who built himself a home at Yattendon Court (not the present building). Social and economic revolution Following the Black Death Plagues and the agricultural depression of the late 14th century population growth Anne Boleyn (1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536 was the Queen of England as the second wife of Henry VIII of England. Henry Norris (or Norreys) Baron Norris (1525 &ndash May 7, 1601) belonged to an old Berkshire family many members of which had Sir John Norreys frequently referred to as John Norris (1547? &ndash July 3 1597) was an English soldier of a Berkshire family of court gentry son of Romance and reality The Victorian era and the early twentieth century idealised the Elizabethan era Position in the Church of England In England, there are parish churches for both the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church. Alfred Waterhouse (19 July 1830 – 22 August 1905 was an English Architect, particularly associated with the Victorian Gothic revival. An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction The Natural History Museum is one of three large Museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London (the others are the Science Museum
- Thomas Carte, noted English historian, once held the rectory and was buried in the church
- Sir Miles Dempsey, World War II general
- Edward Iliffe, 1st Baron Iliffe, the newspaper magnate who lived at Yattendon Court. Thomas Carte (also John Carte) (1686 &ndash April 2, 1754) was an English Historian. Edward Mauger Iliffe 1st Baron Iliffe ( 17 May 1877 - 25 July 1960) was a British newspaper magnate public servant and Conservative From 1925 to 1940, he amalgamated several small farming estates and formed the Yattendon Estate in 1955. Yattendon Investment Trust plc is a private British company owned by the Iliffe family. It covers nearly 9,000 acres (36 km²) of farmland, woodland, grazing and Christmas tree plantations.
External links
- National Gazetteer 1868 Article on Yattendon
- Royal Berkshire History: Yattendon
- Royal Berkshire History: Yattendon Castle
- Royal Berkshire History: Yattendon Court
- Yattendon Estate
- Photographs of Yattendon
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