Quelm Park
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Quelm Park is a suburb of Bracknell
, in Berkshire
, England
.
The settlement lies west of the A3095 road, south of the Bracknell Northern Distributor Road "Harvest Ride" and is approximately 0.75 miles (1.2 km) north of Bracknell town centre.
It takes its name from "Quelm Lane", an ancient thoroughfare that runs north-south through the development. "Quelm" is thought to mean "gibbet" and may be derived from the Old English cwelm, cwealm meaning 'death, murder, slaughter'.
Quelm Park was built in the latter 1990s as a planned urban extension to Bracknell; however it lies entirely within the parish of Warfield
, forming the Quelm Ward of Warfield Parish Council.
located near the Quelm Park Roundabout on Harvest Ride, at OS grid reference SU 8697 7087. It is made of sandstone, measures 1460mm long, 995mm wide and 260mm deep, and is estimated to weigh 1,158kg. It is thought to have been deposited here about 14,000 years ago by a retreating glacier during the last glacial period.
Bracknell
Bracknell is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Bracknell Forest in Berkshire, England. It lies to the south-east of Reading, southwest of Windsor and west of central London...
, in Berkshire
Berkshire
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, England
England
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.
The settlement lies west of the A3095 road, south of the Bracknell Northern Distributor Road "Harvest Ride" and is approximately 0.75 miles (1.2 km) north of Bracknell town centre.
It takes its name from "Quelm Lane", an ancient thoroughfare that runs north-south through the development. "Quelm" is thought to mean "gibbet" and may be derived from the Old English cwelm, cwealm meaning 'death, murder, slaughter'.
Quelm Park was built in the latter 1990s as a planned urban extension to Bracknell; however it lies entirely within the parish of Warfield
Warfield
Warfield is a village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire and the Borough of Bracknell Forest.-Geography:Warfield is a mostly rural parish made up of a number of small settlements...
, forming the Quelm Ward of Warfield Parish Council.
The Quelm Stone
The Quelm Stone is a standing stoneStanding stone
Standing stones, orthostats, liths, or more commonly megaliths are solitary stones set vertically in the ground and come in many different varieties....
located near the Quelm Park Roundabout on Harvest Ride, at OS grid reference SU 8697 7087. It is made of sandstone, measures 1460mm long, 995mm wide and 260mm deep, and is estimated to weigh 1,158kg. It is thought to have been deposited here about 14,000 years ago by a retreating glacier during the last glacial period.