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Pangbourne is a large village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
and civil parish

Civil parish

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a civil parish is usually the lowest unit of local government, below district and county councils....
on the River Thames

River Thames

The Thames is a major river flowing through southern England. While best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows through several other towns and cities, including Oxford, Reading, Berkshire and Windsor, Berkshire....
in the English

England

Berkshire

Berkshire is a Home Counties in the South East England of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1958, and Letters patent issued confirming...
. Pangbourne is the home of the public school, Pangbourne College

Pangbourne College

Pangbourne College is a coeducational public school located in the civil parish of Pangbourne, just south-west of the village, at Bowden, in the England county of Berkshire....
.

bourne is located some from Reading

Reading, Berkshire

Reading is a town in England, located at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, midway between London and Swindon off the M4 motorway....
and from Oxford

Oxford

Oxford is a City status in the United Kingdom, and the county town of Oxfordshire, in South East England. It has a population of 151,000. The rivers River Cherwell and River Thames run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre....
on the River Thames

River Thames

Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire is a county in the South East England region, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire....
village of Whitchurch-on-Thames

Whitchurch-on-Thames

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Pangbourne is a large village

Village

Civil parish

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a civil parish is usually the lowest unit of local government, below district and county councils....
on the River Thames

River Thames

England

Berkshire

Pangbourne College

Pangbourne College is a coeducational public school located in the civil parish of Pangbourne, just south-west of the village, at Bowden, in the England county of Berkshire....
.

Location

Pangbourne is located some from Reading

Reading, Berkshire

Reading is a town in England, located at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, midway between London and Swindon off the M4 motorway....
and from Oxford

Oxford

River Thames

Oxfordshire

Whitchurch-on-Thames

Whitchurch-on-Thames is a village and civil parish on the River Thames in the England county of Oxfordshire.Whitchurch is located on the north bank of the River Thames, some five miles north west of Reading, Berkshire and directly across the river from the somewhat larger Berkshire village of Pangbourne....
. The two villages of Pangbourne and Whitchurch are often considered as a single settlement, and are connected by both Whitchurch Bridge

Whitchurch Bridge

Whitchurch Bridge is a toll road bridge over the River Thames in England. It carries the road between the villages of Pangbourne, Berkshire, and Whitchurch-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, and crosses the river on the reach above Mapledurham Lock, just before Whitchurch Lock....
and by the weir of Whitchurch Lock

Whitchurch Lock

Whitchurch Lock is a lock and weir situated on the River Thames in England. The lock is located on an island close to the Oxfordshire village of Whitchurch-on-Thames and is inaccessible except by boat....
.

Pangbourne railway station

Pangbourne railway station

Pangbourne railway station is a railway station serving the small town of Pangbourne in the county of Berkshire, and across the River Thames the village of Whitchurch-on-Thames, in Oxfordshire....
, on the Reading to Oxford railway line, serves both villages. The River Pang

River Pang

The River Pang is a small chalk stream river in the west of the England county of Berkshire, and a tributary of the River Thames. It runs for approximately ....
also flows through the centre of Pangbourne village before joining the River Thames between the lock and bridge.

Government

Pangbourne is a civil parish with an elected parish council. The parish covers the immediate area around the village, together with a rural area to the south-west. This rural area contains no other significant settlements, but is the location of Pangbourne College.

The parish shares boundaries with the Berkshire parishes of Purley-on-Thames

Purley-on-Thames

Purley-on-Thames, , is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England. It forms part of the Reading, Berkshire urban area, but remains outside the borough, in West Berkshire....
, Tidmarsh with Sulham

Tidmarsh with Sulham

Tidmarsh with Sulham is a civil parish in the England county of Berkshire. It consists of the villages of Tidmarsh and Sulham, together with the hamlet s of Maidenhatch and Nunhide....
, Theale

Theale, Berkshire

File:Theale Church.jpgFile:The Old Brewery, Theale, Berkshire.jpgFile:The Falcon, Theale, Berkshire.jpgTheale is a large village and civil parish in the England county of Berkshire....
, Englefield

Englefield, Berkshire

Englefield is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England, mostly within the bounds of the private walled estate of Englefield House.The village is situated in the Districts of England of West Berkshire, close to Reading, Berkshire....
, Bradfield

Bradfield, Berkshire

Bradfield is a small village and civil parish in Berkshire, England. The parish also includes the now rather larger village of Southend, Berkshire, and the hamlet of Tutts Clump....
and Basildon

Basildon, Berkshire

Basildon is a civil parish in the England county of Berkshire. It comprises the villages of Upper Basildon and Lower Basildon, named for their respective heights above the River Thames....
. Along the River Thames to the north, there is also a boundary with the Oxfordshire parish of Whitchurch-on-Thames

Whitchurch-on-Thames

Whitchurch-on-Thames is a village and civil parish on the River Thames in the England county of Oxfordshire.Whitchurch is located on the north bank of the River Thames, some five miles north west of Reading, Berkshire and directly across the river from the somewhat larger Berkshire village of Pangbourne....
.

The parish falls within the area of the unitary authority

Unitary authority

A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national government....
of West Berkshire

West Berkshire

West Berkshire is a Districts of England in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England, governed by a unitary authority . Its administrative capital is Newbury, Berkshire, located almost equidistantly between Bristol and London....
. 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.

The parish is twinned with Houdan

Houdan

Houdan is a France commune in France with a population of about 3,000....
in France

France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
.

History

Pangbourne's name is recorded from 844 as Anglo-Saxon

Old English language

Old English is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written in parts of what are now England and south-eastern Scotland between the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century....
Pegingaburnan (dative

Dative

Dative has several meanings.*In grammar, the dative case is used to indicate the noun to whom something is given.*In chemistry, a dative bond is a chemical bond in which the shared electrons come from one atom only....
case), which means "the stream of the people of [a man called] P?ga". This name was shortened to make the name of the River Pang

River Pang

The River Pang is a small chalk stream river in the west of the England county of Berkshire, and a tributary of the River Thames. It runs for approximately ....
.

In Norman times

Anglo-Norman

The Anglo-Normans were mainly the descendants of the Normans who ruled England following the conquest by William I of England in 1066, although a few Normans were already in England before the conquest....
, the manor

Manorialism

Manorialism or Seigneurialism was the organizing principle of rural economy and society widely practiced in Middle Ages western and parts of central Europe....
was given to Reading Abbey

Reading Abbey

Reading Abbey is a large, ruins abbey in the centre of the town of Reading, Berkshire, in the England county of Berkshire. It was founded by Henry I of England in 1121 "for the salvation of my soul, and the souls of William I of England, and of William II of England, and Edith of Scotland, and all my ancestors and successors"....
and the manor house

Manor house

A manor house or fortified manor-house is a country house, which has historically formed the administrative centre of a manor , the lowest unit of territorial organization in the feudal system....
- known as Bere Court - became the Abbot

Abbot

The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery....
's Summer residence. The last abbot, Hugh Cook Faringdon

Hugh Cook Faringdon

Hugh Cook Faringdon , also known as Hugh Faringdon or Hugh Cook of Faringdon where he was presumably born. He was appointed Abbot of Reading Abbey in 1520, on the death of Abbot Thomas Worcester....
, was arrested there in 1539 and subsequently executed in Reading

Reading, Berkshire

Reading is a town in England, located at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, midway between London and Swindon off the M4 motorway....
. The manor was later purchased by Sir John Davis, the Elizabethan mathematician

Mathematician

A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and/or research is the field of mathematics....
and the Earl of Essex

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex , a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England, is the best-known of the many holders of the title "Earl of Essex." He was a military hero and royal favourite, but following a poor campaign against Irish rebels during the Nine Years War in 1599, he defied the Queen and was executed for treason....
' fellow-conspirator. His monument

Church monument

A church monument is an architecture or sculpture memorial to a death person or persons, located within a Christian church . It can take various forms, from a simple Commemorative plaque to a large and elaborate structure which may include an effigy of the deceased person and other figures of familial or symbolic nature....
is in the parish church

Church of England parish church

A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative region, known as a parish....
which, unusually, is dedicated to Saint James the Less. Other monuments and hatchment

Hatchment

A hatchment is a funeral Escutcheon or armorial shield enclosed in a black lozenge-shaped frame which used to be suspended against the wall of a deceased person's house....
s there are mostly to the Breedon family, the first of whom bought the manor in 1671. He was High Sheriff of Berkshire

High Sheriff of Berkshire

The High Sheriff of Berkshire, in common with other counties, was originally the King's representative on taxation upholding the law in Anglo-Saxons times....
and brother of the Governor of Arcadia and Nova Scotia

Lieutenant-Governors of Nova Scotia

This is a list of Viceroys representing the British Crown, both Governors of the British Empire and later Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia of the Canada province of Nova Scotia, from 1710 to the present....
, 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.

Kenneth Grahame

Kenneth Grahame

Kenneth Grahame was a United Kingdom writer, most famous for The Wind in the Willows , one of the classics of children's literature. He also wrote The Reluctant Dragon, which was much later adapted into a Disney film....
, author of The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows

The Wind in the Willows is a classic of children's literature by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908 in literature. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a pastoral version of England....
, 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.

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