Upper Basildon

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Upper Basildon is a small village in the civil parish of Basildon [1] (where to 2011 Census population is included), near to Pangbourne, in the English county of Berkshire.

It has a church, dedicated to St. Stephen, built in 1964 in the shape of the Christian secret symbol of a fish. [1] Basildon Church of England Primary School is located in School Lane.

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References

  1. 1 2 Ford, David Nash (2020). Mid-Berkshire Town and Village Histories. Wokingham: Nash Ford Publishing. pp. 272–275. ISBN   9781905191024.

Coordinates: 51°28′52″N1°08′24″W / 51.481°N 1.140°W / 51.481; -1.140