Pangbourne village centre

Pangbourne is a large village and civil parish on the River Thames in the English county of Berkshire. Pangbourne is the home of the public school, Pangbourne College. The village centre, Pangbourne, Berkshire, England. ... The village centre, Pangbourne, Berkshire, England. ... Masouleh village, Gilan Province, Iran. ... A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... The Thames (pronounced //) is a river flowing through southern England, and one of the major waterways in England. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... Berks redirects here. ... A public school, in current English, Welsh and Northern Ireland usage, is a (usually) prestigious independent school, for children usually between the ages of 11 or 13 and 18, which charges fees and is not financed by the state. ... Pangbourne College is a public school located in the village of Pangbourne in the English county of Berkshire. ...

Location

Pangbourne is located at grid reference SU635765, some 5 miles (8 km) from Reading and 20 miles (32 km) from Oxford on the River Thames and is directly across the river from the smaller Oxfordshire village of Whitchurch-on-Thames. The two villages of Pangbourne and Whitchurch are often considered as a single settlement. They are connected by both Whitchurch Bridge and by the weir of Whitchurch Lock. A twenty pence toll is payable to cross the bridge by car. Pangbourne railway station, on the Reading to Oxford railway line, serves both villages. The River Pang also flows through the centre of Pangbourne village before joining the River Thames between the lock and bridge.^[1] The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 1 km and 10 km (103 and 104 m). ... Reading is a town, unitary authority (the Borough of Reading) and urban area in the English county of Berkshire. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 10 and 100 km (104 to 105 m). ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Thames (pronounced //) is a river flowing through southern England, and one of the major waterways in England. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in the South East of England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ... Whitchurch-on-Thames is a village and civil parish on the River Thames in the English county of Oxfordshire. ... Whitchurch Bridge as seen from Pangbourne Meadow Whitchurch Bridge is a road bridge over the River Thames in England. ... Whitchurch Lock is a lock and weir situated on the River Thames in England. ... Station buildings from access road Platforms; note fast lines passing behind platform 1 Pangbourne railway station is a railway station in the village of Pangbourne in the county of Berkshire in England. ... The River Pang in Pangbourne The River Pang is a small clear chalk river in the west of the English county of Berkshire, and a tributary of the River Thames. ...

The River Thames in the village

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Local government

Pangbourne is a civil parish with an elected parish council. It falls within the area of the unitary authority of West Berkshire. Both the parish council and the unitary authority are responsible for different aspects of local government. Pangbourne forms part of the Reading West parliamentary constituency. It is twinned with Houdan in France. A unitary authority is a type of local authority, which has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area. ... West Berkshire is a local government district in Berkshire, South East England, governed by a unitary authority (West Berkshire Council). ... Reading West is a parliamentary constituency in the English county of Berkshire. ... Houdan is a French commune with a population of about 3,000. ...

History

Pangbourne's name is recorded from 844 as Anglo-Saxon Pegingaburnan (dative case), which means "the stream of the people of [a man called] Pǣga". This name was shortened to make the name of the River Pang. Events Succession of Pope Sergius II (844 - 847). ... Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ... Dative has several meanings. ... The River Pang in Pangbourne The River Pang is a small clear chalk river in the west of the English county of Berkshire, and a tributary of the River Thames. ...

The River Pang in the village

In Norman times, the manor was given to Reading Abbey and the manor house - known as Bere Court - became the Abbot's Summer residence. The last abbot, Hugh Cook Faringdon, was arrested there in 1539 and subsequently executed in Reading. The manor was later purchased by Sir John Davis, the Elizabethan mathematician and the Earl of Essex' fellow-conspirator. His monument is in the parish church which, unusually, is dedicated to Saint James the Less. Other monuments and hatchments there are mostly to the Breedon family, the first of whom bought the manor in 1671. He was High Sheriff of Berkshire and brother of the Governor of Arcadia and Nova Scotia, whose son later succeeded him. The family produced a number of sheriffs and MPs for Berkshire, as well as doctors and rectors of the parish. The River Pang in Pangbourne village, in the English county of Berkshire. ... The River Pang in Pangbourne village, in the English county of Berkshire. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Generic plan of a mediaeval manor; open-field strip farming, some enclosures, triennial crop rotation, demesne and manse, common woodland, pasturage and meadow Manorialism or Seigneurialism is the organization of rural economy and society in medieval western and parts of central Europe, characterised by the vesting of legal and economic... Reading Abbey Reading Abbey is a large, ruined abbey in Reading, Berkshire, founded by Henry I in 1121 for the salvation of my soul, and the souls of King William, my father, and of King William, my brother, and Queen Maud, my wife, and all my ancestors and successors. // History... Ightham Mote For the London district, see Manor House, London. ... Abbots coat of arms The word abbot, meaning father, has been used as a Christian clerical title in various, mainly monastic, meanings. ... Hugh Cook Faringdon (also known as Hugh Faringdon or Hugh Cook of Faringdon) was appointed Abbot of Reading Abbey in 1520, on the death of Abbot Thomas Worcester. ... Events May 30 - In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal to find gold. ... Reading is a town, unitary authority (the Borough of Reading) and urban area in the English county of Berkshire. ... The Elizabethan Era is the period associated with the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603) and is often considered to be a golden age in English history. ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is the person whose primary area of study and research is the field of mathematics. ... Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (10 November 1566 – 25 February 1601), favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England, is the best-known of the many holders of the title Earl of Essex. ... A church monument is an architectural or sculptural memorial to a dead person or persons, often in the form of an effigy or a wall tablet, located within a Christian church. ... A parish church, in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches. ... Among the men named James (יעקב Holder of the heel; supplanter; Standard Hebrew Yaʿaqov, Tiberian Hebrew Yaʿăqōḇ), in the New Testament, whose number may be increased by the variety of epithets and euphemisms applied to them, James son of Alphaeus (or Clopas), is called James the Less or the... Hatchment, properly, in heraldry, an escutcheon or armorial shield granted for some act of distinction or achievement, of which word it is a corruption through such forms as atcheament, achement, hathement, etc. ... Events May 9 - Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This is a list of viceroys (governors and lieutenant-governors) of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, before and after Confederation in 1867. ...

Kenneth Grahame, author of The Wind in the Willows, retired to Church Cottage in Pangbourne. He died there in 1932. E. H. Shepherd's famous illustrations of his book are said to have been inspired by the Thameside landscape there. Kenneth Grahame Kenneth Grahame (March 8, 1859 – July 6, 1932) was a Scottish novelist. ... Ratty and Mole, as interpreted by E. H. Shepard The Wind in the Willows is a classic of childrens literature written in 1908 by Kenneth Grahame. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Ratty and Mole messing about in boats in E.H. Shepards illustration to The Wind in the Willows Ernest Howard Shepard (December 10, 1879 – March 24, 1976) was an English artist and book illustrator. ...

The meadow and River Thames at Pangbourne

The toll bridge

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References

1. ^ Ordnance Survey (2006). OS Explorer Map 159 - Reading. ISBN 0-319-23730-3.

External links

• Royal Berkshire History: Pangbourne
• Pangbourne village website

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