Farley Hill, Berkshire

Farley Hill
Farley Hill is located in Berkshire
Farley Hill
Farley Hill
Location within Berkshire
OS grid referenceSU752645
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townReading
Postcode districtRG7
PoliceThames Valley
FireRoyal Berkshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
List of places
UK
England
Berkshire
51°22′29″N 0°55′16″W / 51.37459°N 0.92099°W / 51.37459; -0.92099
Woodland near Farley Hill, November 2007

Farley Hill is a village in the county of Berkshire, England.[1][2] For local government purposes, the village is within the civil parish of Swallowfield, which in turn is within the unitary authority of Wokingham.[3]

Notable buildings

The village has three fine country houses: Farley Court, Farley Hall and Farley Castle.[4]

The red brick church of St John the Evangelist, Farley Hill, was designed by George Truefitt and built in 1890-92.[5] It closed at the end of 2012 after draft closure scheme was set in motion by the Church Commissioners.[6] After a community use for the church could not be found, it was sold and converted to become private housing in 2016.[7]

Amenities

Farley Hill has a King George's Field in memorial to King George V. Farley Hill also has a village hall, The Victory Hall, donated to the inhabitants in 1919 by William Bishop of Farley Court.

References

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 175 Reading & Windsor (Henley-on-Thames & Bracknell) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319232149.
  2. ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Ordnance Survey Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  4. ^ Ford, David Nash (2020). Mid-Berkshire Town and Village Histories. Wokingham: Nash Ford Publishing. pp. 108–110. ISBN 9781905191024.
  5. ^ "Farley Hill: St John the Evangelist - CHR Church". facultyonline.churchofengland.org. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  6. ^ LRB. "Loddon Reach Benefice". www.loddonreach.org.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  7. ^ LRB. "Loddon Reach Benefice". www.loddonreach.org.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

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