Beedon

Village in Berkshire, England

Village and civil parish in England

Beedon

Village and civil parish

Saint Nicholas Church

Beedon

Location within Berkshire

Area| 8.05 km2 (3.11 sq mi)
Population| 459 (2011 census)[1]
• Density| 57/km2 (150/sq mi)
OS grid reference| SU4878
Civil parish|

* Beedon

Unitary authority|

* West Berkshire

Ceremonial county|

* Berkshire

Region|

* South East

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| Newbury
Postcode district| RG20
Dialling code| 01635
Police| Thames Valley
Fire| Royal Berkshire
Ambulance| South Central
UK Parliament|

* Reading West & Mid Berkshire

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51°28′59″N 1°18′11″W﻿ / ﻿51.483°N 1.303°W﻿ / 51.483; -1.303

Beedon is a village and civil parish about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) north of Newbury in West Berkshire, England.

## Geography

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The village has outlying farmhouses, surrounded by farmland and hedgerows, and is otherwise clustered around the old A34 Oxford Road, now unclassified, which runs through the village, parallel to the modern A34, with the latter acting as a bypass. The other village street, Stanmore Road, heads north west from Oxford Road, and has the parish church and village school.

### Beedon Common

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Beedon Common is a hamlet and former common in Beedon.[2][3] The settlement lies close to the A34 road, and is located approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Newbury.

## History

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Beedon is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a property of Abingdon Abbey, with Walter de Rivers as the tenant. It passed by inheritance to the de Lisle and later the Roos family. After the manor reverted to the Crown, it was awarded to the Reade family in 1615. In 1857 Sir John Chandos Reade sold the manor to Lewis Loyd, whose son Samuel became Baron Overstone. The manor was then inherited by Overstone's daughter, Harriet Loyd-Lindsay, Baroness Wantage.[4]

## Natural conservation areas

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Ashridge Wood, just to the north-east of the village, is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.[5]

## Demography

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2011 Published Statistics: Population, home ownership and extracts from Physical Environment, surveyed in 2005[1] Output area | Homes owned outright | Owned with a loan | Socially rented | Privately rented | Other | km2 roads | km2 water | km2 domestic gardens | Usual residents | km2

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Civil parish | 51 | 47 | 48 | 33 | 4 | 0.07 | 0.0007 | 0.1 | 459 | 8.05

## Amenities

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### Transport

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Beedon is served by Newbury and District bus services 6 and 6A from Newbury.[6]

## Notable buildings

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Beedon manor house was built in 1553[citation needed] but mostly dates from the early in the 18th century.[7] Now listed as Manor Farm house, it is a Grade II listed building.[8]

The Church of England parish church of Saint Nicholas is a Grade I listed building[9] built in about 1220.[4]

Beedon Hill House, on the old A34, dates back to the 18th century. It is a Grade II listed building.[10]

## See also

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* List of civil parishes in Berkshire

## References

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1. ^ a b "Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005". Archived from the original on 11 February 2003. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
2. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 174 Newbury & Wantage (Hungerford & Didcot) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319228739.
3. ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
4. ^ a b Page, William; Ditchfield, P.H., eds. (1924). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 4. pp. 40–43.
5. ^ "Magic Map Application". Magic.defra.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2013.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
7. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). The Buildings of England: Berkshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 85.
8. ^ Historic England (25 October 1951). "Manor Farm House (Grade II) (1319560)". National Heritage List for England.
9. ^ Historic England (24 November 1966). "Church of Saint Nicholas (Grade I) (1136040)". National Heritage List for England.
10. ^ Historic England (28 February 1986). "Beedon Hill House (Grade II>) (1117206)". National Heritage List for England.

## External links

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Media related to Beedon at Wikimedia Commons

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Settlements in West Berkshire

Towns

* Hungerford
* Newbury
* Thatcham (All are civil parishes and have town councils)

Civil parishes|

* Aldermaston
* Aldworth
* Ashampstead
* Basildon
* Beech Hill
* Beedon
* Beenham
* Boxford
* Bradfield
* Brightwalton
* Brimpton
* Bucklebury
* Burghfield
* Catmore
* Chaddleworth
* Chieveley
* Cold Ash
* Combe
* Compton
* East Garston
* East Ilsley
* Enborne
* Englefield
* Farnborough
* Fawley
* Frilsham
* Great Shefford
* Greenham
* Hampstead Marshall
* Hampstead Norreys
* Hermitage
* Holybrook
* Inkpen
* Kintbury
* Lambourn
* Leckhampstead
* Midgham
* Padworth
* Pangbourne
* Peasemore
* Purley on Thames
* Shaw-cum-Donnington
* Speen
* Stanford Dingley
* Stratfield Mortimer
* Streatley
* Sulham
* Sulhamstead
* Theale
* Tidmarsh
* Tilehurst
* Ufton Nervet
* Wasing
* Welford
* West Woodhay
* West Ilsley
* Winterbourne
* Wokefield
* Woolhampton
* Yattendon

Other villages
and hamlets|

* Aldermaston Wharf
* Ashmore Green
* Avington
* Bagnor
* Beansheaf Farm
* Beedon Common
* Benham Hill
* Bloomfield Hatch
* Brightwalton Green
* Brimpton Common
* Burghfield Bridge
* Burnt Hill
* Calcot
* Chapel Row
* Colthrop
* Crockham Heath
* Crookham
* Donnington
* Eastbury
* Eddington
* Elcot
* Eling
* Enborne Row
* Fords Farm
* Goddard's Green
* Halfway
* Heads Hill
* Hell Corner
* Hoe Benham
* Honey Bottom
* Hungerford Newtown
* Hunts Green
* Hyde End
* Inkpen Common
* Lambourn Woodlands
* Little Heath
* Lower Basildon
* Lower Denford
* Lower Padworth
* Marlston
* Marsh Benham
* Midgham Green
* Mortimer/Mortimer Common
* Ownham
* Padworth Common
* Shaw
* Shefford Woodlands
* Snelsmore
* South Fawley
* Stockcross
* Tilehurst
* Upper Basildon
* Upper Denford
* Upper Eddington
* Upper Lambourn
* Upper Woolhampton
* Wash Common
* Wash Water
* Weston
* Wickham
* Wickham Heath
* Woodlands St Mary
* Woodspeen
* World's End

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