Beech Hill, Berkshire

Beech Hill
Beech Hill
	2011 census)
• Density	63/km2 (160/sq mi)
OS grid reference	SU696644
Civil parish	Beech Hill;
Unitary authority	West Berkshire;
Ceremonial county	Berkshire;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Reading
Postcode district	RG7
Dialling code	0118
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Royal Berkshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Wokingham;
	List of places UK England Berkshire 51°22′27″N 0°59′57″W / 51.3743°N 0.9992°W

Beech Hill is a small

Wokingham district

.

Etymology

Beech Hill is a Norman name derived from the family of De La Bec, usually resident at Aldworth, but who also had a home at Beaumys Castle, just over the parish boundary in Swallowfield.^{[citation needed]}

Geography

Beech Hill stretches from the

railway line

, run through the north of the parish.

Natural conservation areas

The Stanford End Mill and River Loddon site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) is partially within the parish, just to the south east of the village.^[2]

History

The

pub, The Elm Tree Inn. The Church of England parish church of St Mary the Virgin was built in 1867 by William Butterfield and is Grade II* listed.^[5]

Transport

The nearest railway station is Mortimer, 1.7 mi (2.7 km) east of the village, with services to Reading and Basingstoke.

Governance

Beech Hill was originally part of the parish of

MP for Wokingham

.

Demography

**2011 Published Statistics: Population, home ownership and extracts from Physical Environment, surveyed in 2005^[1]**
Output area	Homes owned outright	Owned with a loan	Socially rented	Privately rented	Other	km² roads	km² water	km² domestic gardens	Usual residents	km²
Civil parish	48	41	15	22	1	0.1	0.02	0.1	294	4.70

References

^ ^a ^b "Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005". Archived from the original on 11 February 2003. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
^ Magic Map Application
^ Broomfield, M. (4 October 2016) [31 August 2016]. "Finds record for: SUR-67ED35". The Portable Antiquities Scheme. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
^ Historic England (25 October 1951). "Beech Hill House (Grade II) (1135763)". National Heritage List for England.
^ Historic England (14 April 1967). "Church of St Mary the Virgin (Grade II*) (1117135)". National Heritage List for England.

External links

[ons-1] "Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005". Archived from the original on 11 February 2003. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

[2] Magic Map Application

[3] Broomfield, M. (4 October 2016) [31 August 2016]. "Finds record for: SUR-67ED35". The Portable Antiquities Scheme. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

[4] Historic England (25 October 1951). "Beech Hill House (Grade II) (1135763)". National Heritage List for England.

[5] Historic England (14 April 1967). "Church of St Mary the Virgin (Grade II*) (1117135)". National Heritage List for England.

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v t e Settlements in West Berkshire
Towns	Hungerford Newbury civil parishes and have town councils)
Civil parishes	Aldermaston Aldworth Ashampstead Basildon Beech Hill Beedon Beenham Boxford Bradfield Brightwalton Brimpton Bucklebury Burghfield Catmore Chaddleworth Chieveley Cold Ash Combe Compton East Garston East Ilsley Enborne Englefield Farnborough Fawley Frilsham Great Shefford Greenham Hampstead Marshall Hampstead Norreys Hermitage Holybrook Inkpen Kintbury Lambourn Leckhampstead Midgham Padworth Pangbourne Peasemore Purley on Thames Shaw-cum-Donnington Speen Stanford Dingley Stratfield Mortimer Streatley Sulham Sulhamstead Theale Tidmarsh Tilehurst Ufton Nervet Wasing Welford West Woodhay West Ilsley Winterbourne Wokefield Woolhampton Yattendon
Other villages and hamlets	Aldermaston Wharf Ashmore Green Avington Bagnor Beansheaf Farm Beedon Common Benham Hill Bloomfield Hatch Brightwalton Green Brimpton Common Burghfield Bridge Burnt Hill Calcot Chapel Row Colthrop Crockham Heath Crookham Donnington Eastbury Eddington Elcot Eling Enborne Row Fords Farm Goddard's Green Halfway Heads Hill Hell Corner Hoe Benham Honey Bottom Hungerford Newtown Hunts Green Hyde End Inkpen Common Lambourn Woodlands Little Heath Lower Basildon Lower Denford Lower Padworth Marlston Marsh Benham Midgham Green Mortimer/Mortimer Common Ownham Padworth Common Shaw Shefford Woodlands Snelsmore South Fawley Stockcross Tilehurst Upper Basildon Upper Denford Upper Eddington Upper Lambourn Upper Woolhampton Wash Common Wash Water Weston Wickham Wickham Heath Woodlands St Mary Woodspeen World's End