Woolley Green, Berkshire

Last updated

Woolley Green
The Shire Horse pub, Woolley Green - geograph.org.uk - 875352.jpg
The Shire House
Berkshire UK location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Woolley Green
Location within Berkshire
OS grid reference SU8580
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Thames Valley
Fire Royal Berkshire
Ambulance South Central
List of places
UK
England
Berkshire
51°30′36″N0°46′12″W / 51.510°N 0.770°W / 51.510; -0.770

Woolley Green is a village to the west of Maidenhead in the county of Berkshire, England. [1]

Contents

Location

Woolley Green is a ribbon development along Cherry Garden Lane in the extreme north-east corner of the civil parish of White Waltham in Berkshire. [2] It sits just south of the Bath Road, immediately to the west of Junction 9b of the A404(M) and east of Littlewick Green. It is surrounded, on the north and west, by Maidenhead Thicket. The hamlet of Altwood adjoins it to the south.

Buildings

Interesting buildings in Woolley include Feens Farm, Woolley Hall and Woolley Grange. [3] Feens Farm is the old manor house of Woolley Fiennes. [3] It is said to be haunted by a Roman hunting dog, the 'Black Dog of Feens'. [3] Woolley Hall became the manor house when it was built in the 1780s. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 175 Reading & Windsor (Henley-on-Thames & Bracknell) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN   9780319232149.
  2. ↑ "Ordnance Survey Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Ford, David Nash (2020). East Berkshire Town and Village Histories. Wokingham: Nash Ford Publishing. pp. 153–155. ISBN   9781905191017.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.