The River Thames near Sonning.

Sonning (occasionally called Sonning-on-Thames) is a village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire, a few miles east of Reading. The village is situated on the River Thames and was described by Jerome K. Jerome in his book Three Men in a Boat as "the most fairy-like little nook on the whole river". Download high resolution version (1024x768, 257 KB)The Thames near Sonning Photograph taken by Scu98rkr on April 2003, early-evening. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 257 KB)The Thames near Sonning Photograph taken by Scu98rkr on April 2003, early-evening. ... 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. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto)1 Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Reading is a town, unitary authority (the Borough of Reading) and urban area in the English county of Berkshire. ... The Thames is a river flowing through southern England, and one of the major waterways in England. ... Jerome K. Jerome Jerome Klapka Jerome (May 2, 1859–June 14, 1927) was an English author, best known for the humorous travelogue Three Men in a Boat. ... Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. ...

Geography

The parish of Sonning originally included Charvil, Woodley and Earley and, before 1866, was a cross-county-boundary parish containing Sonning Eye, Dunsden Green and Playhatch in Oxfordshire as well. It is now much smaller and triangular shaped. The north-western boundary is formed by the River Thames before passing through the middle of the Thames Valley Business Park. The southern border follows the railway line. The north-eastern boundary travels over Charvil Hill and follows the edge of the housing at Charvil itself until it reaches the confluence of St Patrick's Stream with the Thames, near St Patrick's Bridge. The northern corner of the parish consists of very low-lying land adjoining the River. The Sonning Golf Course sits in the south-east corner, with Holme Park, Sonning Hill and the business park in the south-west, and the village roughly in the middle. Charvil is a village in Berkshire, England a few miles east of Reading on the A4 road to Maidenhead, located between Sonning and Twyford. ... Location within the British Isles Woodley is a town in the English county of Berkshire. ... Location within the British Isles Earley is a town in Berkshire, England with a population of around 30,000 people. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Print of Sonning Bridge (1799), linking Sonning Eye (left) with Sonning (right) Sonning Eye is a hamlet on the Oxfordshire side of the River Thames opposite the village of Sonning in England. ... Dunsden Green (aka Dunsden) is a village in south Oxfordshire, England, north-east from Reading. ... Playhatch (aka Play Hatch) is a small village in south Oxfordshire, England, on the A4155 road between Reading and Henley-on-Thames. ... 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. ...

Sonning village is located at grid reference SU757755, at a crossing point of the River Thames, where the narrow arched Sonning Bridge on the A478 crosses the river to the hamlet of Sonning Eye on the Oxfordshire bank. Just upstream of the bridge is Sonning Lock. The old village is now joined to further housing along Pound Lane and the A4 Bath Road. It lies some three miles east of the major town of Reading. In other directions this would put it within the Reading suburban sprawl, but Sonning remains a clearly delineated small village. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The Thames is a river flowing through southern England, and one of the major waterways in England. ... Sonning Bridge is a bridge across the River Thames in Sonning, Berkshire. ... Sonning Lock is a lock and weir situated on the River Thames in the village of Sonning near Reading, Berkshire, England. ... The A4 at Hotwells in Bristol The A4 crosses Picadilly Circus in central London The A4 is a major road in England, also known as the Great West Road. ... Reading is a town, unitary authority (the Borough of Reading) and urban area in the English county of Berkshire. ...

Transport

See also Sonning Lock

The main road through Sonning is the A478, running from the Bridge to the Charvil roundabout on the A4. The B4446 runs north from the A4 to the village. The A4 itself passes through the south of the parish, as does the main Reading to Paddington railway line, though there is no station. On the Thames, there are moorings at Sonning, both above and below the lock, as well as in the weir stream. Sonning Lock is a lock and weir situated on the River Thames in the village of Sonning near Reading, Berkshire, England. ... Paddington Station, March 2005 during rush hour Paddington station or London Paddington station is a major National Rail and London Underground station complex in the Paddington area of London. ...

Local government

Sonning is a civil parish with an elected parish council of eight councillors. It falls within the area of the unitary authority of Wokingham. Both the parish council and the unitary authority are responsible for different aspects of local government. A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... 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. ... Wokingham is a local government district in Berkshire, England. ...

Twinning

Sonning is twinned with Ligugé, France. The village has an active Twinning Association and the lane to the village primary school is called Ligugé Way. Ligugé is a commune in the département of Vienne, France on the River Clain, 8km south of Poitiers. ... Sign denoting twin towns of Neckarsulm, Germany Town twinning is a concept whereby towns or cities in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links. ...

History

Print of Sonning Bridge (1799) with the tower of St Andrew's Church, Sonning, in the background.

The historical name of the village is Sunning, derived from the name of the Saxon Sunna. Older more traditional villagers still pronounce the name of the village in this way and the spelling can be found on old maps and documents. In Saxon times, the village was of considerable importance as the lesser centre of the bishopric of Ramsbury, sometimes called the see of Ramsbury and Sonning. The church was a secondary cathedral and the present structure contains re-used Saxon carvings. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1050x815, 260 KB) Summary Print of Sonning Bridge, River Thames, England. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1050x815, 260 KB) Summary Print of Sonning Bridge, River Thames, England. ... Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon[1], Old English: ) 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. ... Sunna can refer to: Sunna, a female Viking name[]. A number of English place names are derived from this name including Sonning (historically spelled Sunning), Sonning Eye, Sunbury, Sunningdale, Sunninghill and Sunningwell, many close to the River Thames. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Bishop of Ramsbury is a suffragan to the Bishop of Salisbury in the Church of England. ... This page refers to holders of the Saxon bishopric. ... The famous parade helmet found at Sutton Hoo, probably belonging Raedwald of East Anglia circa 625. ...

Sonning prospered as an important stopping post for travellers, both by road and by boat. There were a number of ancient hostelries where they could have stayed, notably the Great House on the site of the original ferryman's cottage. The Bull Inn had the added bonus of being near the church where pilgrims could worship a relic of Saint Cyriacus. The Bishops of Salisbury succeeded those of Ramsbury and Sonning and had a Bishop's Palace in the village until the 16th century. King Richard II's young bride, Queen Isabella of Valois, was kept captive there during his imprisonment and deposition. The Great House at Sonning is a hotel and restaurant with a riverside garden on the Thames near Sonning Bridge at Sonning, Berkshire, England. ... The Bull Inn in Sonning is an historic public house – now also a restaurant and hotel – in the High Street in centre of the village of Sonning in Berkshire, England. ... Monument to pilgrims in Burgos, Spain This article is on religious pilgrims. ... A relic is an object, especially a piece of the body or a personal item of someone of religious significance, carefully preserved with an air of veneration as a tangible memorial, Relics are an important aspect of Buddhism, some denominations of Christianity, Hinduism, shamanism, and many other personal belief systems. ... Personal Life A Roman nobleman, Cyriacus converted to Christianity during his adult life and renounced his material wealth, giving it away to the poor. ... Arms of the Bishop of Salisbury The Bishop of Salisbury is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury. ... Sonning Bishops Palace was a former episcopal palace at Sonning, near Reading, Berkshire, England. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Richard II (January 6, 1367 – February 14, 1400) was the son of Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, and Joan The Fair Maid of Kent. He was born in Bordeaux and became his fathers successor when his elder brother died in infancy. ... Isabella of Valois (9 November 1389 – 13 September 1409) was a Princess of France, daughter of King Charles VI and Isabeau de Bavière. ...

The Great Western Railway passes about half a mile south of the village, in a two mile long cutting, Sonning Cutting. It was opened in 1840, and was the scene of one of the first railway disasters in 1841, when a goods train ran into a landslip. Nine passengers died in the accident, being thrown from the open trucks just behind the engine. Many were stone masons working on the Houses of Parliament, and the disaster led to changes in the Railways Act, which required that third-class passengers be carried in stoutly constructed carriages rather than open trucks. The Act also created Parliamentary trains for third-class passengers. The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ... Sonning Cutting is on the original Great Western Railway built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. ... Sonning Cutting, close to the scene of the accident. ... “Houses of Parliament” redirects here. ...

Just outside the village, above the lock, is the independent secondary school, Reading Blue Coat School, located in the 19th century manor house, Holme Park. Built in the 'Home Park' of the old palace, it replaced a georgian mansion erected for the Lords of the Manor who eventually superseded the bishops. The first of these was Laurence Halstead, partner to the great Reading cloth merchant, John Kendrick. In the early 20th century, a second country house was built in the village, the Deanery. It provides a fine example of an Edwin Lutyens house with a Gertrude Jekyll garden, originally designed as a show house for the founder of Country Life magazine. Sonning Lock is a lock and weir situated on the River Thames in the village of Sonning near Reading, Berkshire, England. ... Reading Blue Coat School is a boys secondary school located in Holme Park at Sonning-on-Thames, England, which includes a co-educational sixth form. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ightham Mote For the London district, see Manor House, London. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... The title of Lord of the Manor arose in the English medieval system of Manorialism following the Norman Conquest. ... A Cloth Merchant is, strictly speaking, like a draper, the term for any vendor of cloth. ... John Kendrick (1573–1624) was a prosperous English cloth merchant and patron of the towns of Reading and Newbury in Berkshire. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... A country house is a large dwelling, such as a mansion, located on a country estate. ... The Deanery (or Deanery Gardens) is a house designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in Sonning, Berkshire, England, between 1899 and 1901, in the style of the Arts and Crafts movement. ... Edwin Lutyens Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, OM, KCIE, PRA (29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was a leading 20th century British architect who is known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era. ... Gertrude Jekyll (1843–1932) was an influential British garden designer, writer, and artist who created over 400 gardens in the UK, Europe and the USA. She also contributed over 1,000 articles to Country Life, The Garden and other magazines. ... Country Life is a British weekly magazine. ...

Notable village residents

The playwright Sir Terence Rattigan, who lived at The Red House in Sonning, 1945–47.

Notable former and current village inhabitants include: Image File history File links Terence_Rattigan. ... Image File history File links Terence_Rattigan. ...

• The Bishops of Ramsbury & Sonning, including SS Oda the Severe and Bertwald of Ramsbury
• The Bishops of Salisbury
• General Eisenhower, before D-Day
• Anthony Farindon, 17th century Royalist preacher
• Isabella of Valois, Queen of Richard II of England
• Uri Geller, the illusionist
• Laurence Halstead, 17th century cloth merchant and partner of philanthropist, John Kendrick
• William Holman Hunt, the Pre-Raphaelite artist, in his later life at The Acre
• Ric Lee, drummer for the 1970s group Ten Years After
• Jon Lord, composer and founder member of the 1970s group Deep Purple [1]
• Right Honourable Theresa May, the local MP
• Sir Terence Rattigan, dramatist, briefly at The Red House during 1945–47 — there is a blue plaque
• Sir Thomas Rich, 17th century merchant, money-lender to the King and benefactor to both Sonning and Gloucester.
• Dick Turpin, reputedly, at his aunt's house, now called Turpins
• Admiral Villeneuve, subsequent to his defeat at the Battle of Trafalgar
• Robert Wright, 17th century Bishop of Lichfield & Coventry & Vicar of Sonning

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• Edmund John Phipps-Hornby
• Llewellyn Alberic Emilius Price-Davies

Photo by Phil Payne - Nov 1999 Edmund John Phipps-Hornby (VC, CB, CMG) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ... His headstone at Sonning, Berkshire, England Llewellyn Alberic Emilius Price-Davies (VC, CB, CMG, DSO) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ...

Sport and leisure

Sonning has a King George's Field in memorial to King George V, where Sonning Cricket Club play. There are playing fields between Sonning and the main A4 road, including hockey and rugby fields. There are 471 King George V Playing Fields[2] in the United Kingdom, all part of an enormous memorial to King George V, each of which is an individual registered charity[3]. This is the page for Berkshire. ... George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was the first British monarch belonging to the House of Windsor, which he created from the British branch of the German House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. ... The A4 at Hotwells in Bristol The A4 crosses Picadilly Circus in central London The A4 is a major road in England, also known as the Great West Road. ... Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round disc called a puck, into the opponents net or goal, using a hockey stick. ... A BCRFC match at Boston College Rugby football, often just rugby, may refer to a number of sports descended from a common form of football developed at Rugby School in England United Kingdom. ...

Sonning Hockey Club, off Sonning Lane, was the first club in the county of Berkshire to be awarded Club 1st National Hockey Accreditation for junior coaching and development. The club also has squash courts and tennis courts. Next door is Reading Hockey Club. Reading Rugby Football Club (R.F.C.) is also located in Sonning Lane. Redingensians R.F.C. is off the Old Bath Road. Sonning Golf Club is located on the other side of the A4 road. Squash racquet and ball Players in a glass-backed squash court International Squash Singles Court, as specified by the World Squash Federation // Squash is an indoor racquet sport which was formerly called Squash rackets, a reference to the squashable soft ball used in the game (compared with the harder ball... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Reading Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in the English town of Reading. ... Official website www. ... Redingensians R.F.C is an English Rugby Union club. ...

Sonning Regatta restarted in 2000 and is held every two years just upstream from Sonning Lock. There is sailing and waterskiing on the Caversham Lakes across the river and the Redgrave Pinsent Rowing Lake has recently be created there as well. Sonning Regatta is the regatta of Sonning in Berkshire and Sonning Eye in Oxfordshire, England. ... Sonning Lock is a lock and weir situated on the River Thames in the village of Sonning near Reading, Berkshire, England. ... For either of the songs named Sailing, see Sailing (song). ... Recreational skiiers typically use two skis — other techniques abound. ... Caversham Lakes is a set of lakes created through gravel extraction between the suburb of Caversham in Reading, Berkshire and the hamlet of Sonning Eye in Oxfordshire, just north of the River Thames. ... The Redgrave-Pinsent Rowing Lake is a rowing lake in the United Kingdom, named after the Olympic rowers Sir Steve Redgrave and Sir Matthew Pinsent. ...

Sonning Parish Magazine, established in 1869, serves Sonning and the neighbouring village of Charvil, and the Sonning Village Show is held every September at the village primary school. 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...

See also

• Railway accident at Sonning Cutting
• Sonning Cutting

Sonning Cutting, close to the scene of the accident. ... Sonning Cutting is on the original Great Western Railway built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. ...

External links

• Sonning-on-Thames
• Sonning and Sonning Eye Community website
• Sonning & Sonning Eye Society
• Royal Berkshire History: Sonning
• Sonning Golf Club
• Sonning Hockey Club
• The Mill at Sonning
• Sonning Cricket Club

References

• Angel Perkins, The Book of Sonning, Barracuda Books, 1977. ISBN 0-86023-051-1. 2nd edition, Baron Buckingham, 1999. ISBN 0-86023-051-1.
• Jonathan Bowen, Sonning-on-Wikipedia, Sonning Parish Magazine, page 26, October 2006.

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