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Beech Hill, Berkshire

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in the east, to Trunkwell in the west and to Clappers Farm in the north, and to the Hampshire border, above Fair Cross, in the south. The village sits on a small hill above the Loddon Valley at the junction of Beech Hill Road and Wood Lane. The
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which was founded on the site of an old hermitage in 1170 and dissolved in 1399. Beech Hill House, of 1720, stands on the eastern side of the village. It is a Grade II
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at Trunkwell was built in 1878 for a successful local business family and is now a hotel and restaurant. It is associated with the local
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2011 Published Statistics: Population, home ownership and extracts from Physical Environment, surveyed in 2005
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which effectively ceased to function after 1886. By 1875, Beech Hill had become part of the
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which is now the West Berkshire unitary authority. It is represented at Westminster by the
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at Fair Cross on Beech Hill's southern border and continues on westward to
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is partially within the parish, just to the south east of the village.
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name derived from the family of De La Bec, usually resident at
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It is in the south east of the 20: 723: 394:Relevant discussion may be found on the 821: 561:The Stanford End Mill and River Loddon 553:, run through the north of the parish. 293: 249: 217: 193: 107: 76: 27: 621:, a 17th-century house on the site of 827: 825: 277: 265: 253: 239: 227: 207: 175: 157: 139: 96: 7: 949:Royal Berkshire History: Beech Hill 810:List of civil parishes in Berkshire 517:, just over the parish boundary in 81:4.70 km (1.81 sq mi) 926:National Heritage List for England 902:National Heritage List for England 869:Broomfield, M. (4 October 2016) . 53: 14: 954:Beech Hill Memorial Hall Web Site 873:. The Portable Antiquities Scheme 1038: 387:relies largely or entirely on a 376: 52: 45: 29: 657:The nearest railway station is 643:Church of England parish church 871:"Finds record for: SUR-67ED35" 529:Beech Hill stretches from the 1: 617:. On the Beech Hill side is 513:, but who also had a home at 765: 1714:Civil parishes in Berkshire 944:Beech Hill Village Web Site 700:which, in 1894, became the 597:which runs south-west from 110:OS grid reference 18:Human settlement in England 1730: 557:Natural conservation areas 1036: 649:and is Grade II* listed. 312: 290: 250: 40: 35:St Mary the Virgin Church 28: 1578:Mortimer/Mortimer Common 702:Bradfield Rural District 641:, The Elm Tree Inn. 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Beech Hill is located in Berkshire
Berkshire
2011 census
Density
OS grid reference
SU696644
Civil parish
Unitary authority
West Berkshire
Ceremonial county
Berkshire
Region
South East
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
RG7
Dialling code
Police
Thames Valley
Fire
Royal Berkshire
Ambulance
South Central
UK Parliament
Wokingham
UK

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