Farley Hill, Berkshire

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Farley Hill
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Farley Hill
Location within Berkshire
OS grid reference SU752645
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Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Reading
Postcode district RG7
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51°22′29″N0°55′16″W / 51.37459°N 0.92099°W / 51.37459; -0.92099 Coordinates: 51°22′29″N0°55′16″W / 51.37459°N 0.92099°W / 51.37459; -0.92099
Woodland near Farley Hill, November 2007 WoodlandNearFarleyHill(AndrewSmith)Nov2007.jpg
Woodland near Farley Hill, November 2007

Farley Hill is a village in the county of Berkshire, England. [1] [2] For local government purposes, the village is within the civil parish of Swallowfield, which in turn is within the unitary authority of Wokingham. [3]

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Notable buildings

The village has three fine country houses: Farley Court, Farley Hall and Farley Castle. [4]

The red brick church of St John the Evangelist, Farley Hill, was designed by George Truefitt and built in 1890-92. [5] It closed at the end of 2012 after draft closure scheme was set in motion by the Church Commissioners. [6] After a community use for the church could not be found, it was sold and converted to become private housing in 2016. [7]

Amenities

Farley Hill has a King George's Field in memorial to King George V. Farley Hill also has a village hall, The Victory Hall, donated to the inhabitants in 1919 by William Bishop of Farley Court.

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References

  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 175 Reading & Windsor (Henley-on-Thames & Bracknell) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN   9780319232149.
  2. ↑ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Ordnance Survey Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  4. ↑ Ford, David Nash (2020). Mid-Berkshire Town and Village Histories. Wokingham: Nash Ford Publishing. pp. 108–110. ISBN   9781905191024.
  5. ↑ "Farley Hill: St John the Evangelist - CHR Church". facultyonline.churchofengland.org. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  6. ↑ LRB. "Loddon Reach Benefice". www.loddonreach.org.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  7. ↑ LRB. "Loddon Reach Benefice". www.loddonreach.org.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

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