Cold Ash
Cold Ash | |
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2011 census)[1] | |
• Density | 514/km2 (1,330/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | SU5169 |
Civil parish |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Thatcham |
Postcode district | RG18 |
Dialling code | 01635 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Royal Berkshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
Website | Cold Ash Parish Council |
Cold Ash is a village and
Geography
The village of Cold Ash is situated at about 150 m (490 ft) above sea level, along the top of a ridge, marked by Hermitage Road and The Ridge, which divides the
History
The name Cold Ash dates from the 16th century and is mentioned in a 1549 deed of settlement from
Governance
The village was originally part of the parish of Thatcham but separated as an ecclesiastical parish in its own right in 1866, and as a civil parish in 1894.[6] It is administered by the West Berkshire unitary authority and represented in parliament by the MP for Newbury.
The church
The
Education
St Mark's Church of England primary school was built in 1873 next to the church and remained there for some 100 years until it was rebuilt on the other side of the road.[4] The former school building is now a residential property.
Hill House Home for Girls, for 'waifs and strays', opened on The Ridge in 1886, it was renamed St Mary's Home for Girls in 1893 and was an
The former home is now divided into private residential properties.Saint Finian's
Amenities
In 1925, the Acland Memorial Hall opened. It was built on land donated by Reginald Acland who had worked to provide a recreational facility for the village before his death in 1924.[14] Sir Reginald and his family lived at Thirtover Place which was bought by Girl Guiding Royal Berkshire in 1990 and today provides a range of residential and day activity camps for community groups.[15]
Cold Ash has a shop,
In popular culture
Cold Ash appears as the main location in the novel The Unseen (2011) by English author Katherine Webb.[19]
The conversion of the former pumping station on Fisher's Lane into a family home was featured on Channel 4's The Restoration Man.[20] The episode was first broadcast on 5 January 2017.[21]
Notable people
- Sir Reginald Acland[22] (1856–1924) - barrister and judge
- aeronauticalpioneer
- John Mackenzie Bacon[23] (1846–1904) - astronomer, aeronaut and lecturer
- W. R. A. Dawson (1891-1918), British Army officer in the First World War
Places of Interest
Demography
Output area | Homes owned outright | Owned with a loan | Socially rented | Privately rented | Other | km2 roads | km2 water | km2 domestic gardens | Usual residents | km2 |
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Civil parish | 484 | 592 | 95 | 123 | 25 | 0.193 | 0.012 | 1.096 | 4063 | 7.9 |
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 6 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Cold Ash and Ashmore Green Village Design Statement". West Berkshire Council. 2002. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ "Magic Map Application". Magic.defra.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ a b c "Cold Ash and Ashmore Green Pathusers". Cold Ash Parish Council. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ "Agnes Maria Bowditch & the Cold Ash Children's Hospital". Berkshire Research. 5 September 2012. Archived from the original on 22 May 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Cold Ash". Berkshire Family History Society. Archived from the original on 20 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Pevsner 1966, p. 117
- ^ "The Waifs of St Mary's". Berkshire Research. 29 June 2012. Archived from the original on 22 May 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ "Hill House Home For Girls". Hidden Lives. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ "The History of St Finian's" (PDF). St Finian's Primary School. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 May 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ "About". Cold Ash Centre. Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ "Our History". Downe House. Archived from the original on 20 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ Historic England (16 August 1983). "Downe House School St Peters St Peters Downe House School (1220197)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ^ "A Brief History of the Acland Memorial Hall". The Acland Memorial Hall. Archived from the original on 20 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "About". Thirtover Place. Archived from the original on 22 May 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "The Castle Inn". Archived from the original on 22 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ^ "The Spotted Dog". Archived from the original on 21 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ^ "Cold Ash WI". Cold Ash Parish. Cold Ash Parish Council. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ^ "The Unseen". fantasyfiction.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "The Restoration Man, Pumping Station". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 20 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Cold Ash's historic pumping station to appear on tv tonight". Newbury Today. Archived from the original on 20 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Cold Ash History". coldash.org.uk. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Cold Ash inventor". newburytoday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- OCLC 1231607557.
- OCLC 1012167455.
Sources
- Page, W.H., eds. (1923). A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 3. Victoria County History. pp. 311–329.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 117.
- Piper, Reg (2001). "Cold Ash – A Brief History of the Development of the Village". Cold Ash Parish. Cold Ash Parish Council. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012.
External links
Media related to Cold Ash at Wikimedia Commons