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 runs for approximately 23 kilometres (14 mi) from its source near the village of Compton to its confluence with the Thames in the village of Pangbourne.
Bagnor is a hamlet close to the town of Newbury in the English county of Berkshire and situated on the banks of the River Lambourn. At the 2011 census the population of the hamlet was included in the civil parish of Speen. It is best known as the home of the nationally famous Watermill Theatre. It was recorded in the Domesday Book as Bagenore.
"Humphrey the Chamberlain holds Bagenore from the King. Wulfeva held it freehold from King Edward. Then it answered for 4 hides; now 1 hide. Land for 3 ploughs: In hardship 1 (plough) 3 villagers and 3 smallholders with 2 ploughs. 1 slave: a mill at 20s meadow 22 acres: woodland at 4pigs".
Wash Common is a small suburb to the south of Newbury, Berkshire. It is built on the former Newbury Wash, which was flat open heathland overlooking Newbury, and until the 19th century there was just a small group of houses separated from Newbury by open country. Both places have grown into each other, and the suburb of Wash Common is now contiguous with Newbury. Most housing development has taken place to the west of the Andover road, and some of the area to the east of the road still remains open farmland.
World's End is a hamlet in Berkshire, England. It is in the district of West Berkshire, near the A34 road north of Newbury. To the north is the village of Beedon ; to the south lie Downend and Chieveley.
Woolhampton is a village and civil parish in West Berkshire, England. The village straddles the London to Bath (A4) road between the towns of Reading (8 miles) and Newbury (6 miles). The village homes are clustered and are on the northern side of the plain of the River Kennet, with the Berkshire Downs rising through the fields and woods of the village northwards.
Ashmore Green is a small hamlet in Berkshire, England. It is situated just to the west of the village of Cold Ash and to the north of Thatcham in the West Berkshire district.
Upper Lambourn is a small village in the county of Berkshire, England. The village is situated in the civil parish of Lambourn, and is 1.2 miles (2 km) to the north-west of the village of Lambourn, just off the Lambourn to Shrivenham road. The parish is within the district of West Berkshire, close to the point where the counties of Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire meet.
Stockcross is a village in Berkshire, England. The village lies to the west of Newbury in the civil parish of Speen and the district of West Berkshire. Close to the cross-road in the middle of the village were the stocks hence the name Stock-Cross, which were removed in the early 1980s.
Speenhamland is an area within modern Newbury, Berkshire, which gave rise to the Speenhamland system of poor relief in the early 19th century. Its name is probably derived from Old English Spen-haema-land, "land of the inhabitants of Speen", with "Speen" perhaps being formed on a Brittonic root deriving from Latin spinis, "thorns".
Ashmansworth is a village and civil parish in the Basingstoke and Deane district of the English county of Hampshire.
Benham Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, between Kintbury and Newbury. It is located below Marsh Benham, but in the civil parish of Enborne, in the English county of Berkshire.
Upper Woolhampton is a settlement in the English county of Berkshire. It is situated 0.5 miles (800 m) to the north of the parent village of Woolhampton, on higher ground. Both the parish church of St Peter and the village school are located in Upper Woolhampton.
Benham Hill is a settlement in Berkshire, England, and is adjoined to both Thatcham and Newbury. The settlement lies on the A4 road, and is previously the site of the Turnpike School.
Brightwalton Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Brightwalton in the county of Berkshire, England. The settlement lies near to the A338 road, and is situated approximately 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Newbury.
Crockham Heath is a village in Berkshire, England. Crockham Heath is part of the civil parish of Enborne. The settlement lies near to the A34 road, and is located approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Newbury.
Eling is a village in the county of Berkshire, England.
Wash Water is a hamlet on the border of Berkshire, and Hampshire. It is divided between the civil parishs of Enborne, Newbury, Highclere and East Woodhay. The settlement lies adjacent to the A343 and A34 highways, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south-south-west of Newbury.
The Unnamed Eyot is an island in the River Thames in Berkshire, England, north of the village of Wargrave, Berkshire, its parish in civil terms and ecclesiastical parish in the Church of England. It is on the reach above Marsh Lock.
