Sunninghill, Berkshire
Sunninghill | |
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2001 Census (with Ascot) | |
OS grid reference | SU937680 |
• London | 23 miles (37 km) |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Ascot |
Postcode district | SL5 |
Dialling code | 01344 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Royal Berkshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
Sunninghill[1] is a village in the civil parish of Sunninghill and Ascot in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead[2] in the English county of Berkshire.
Location
It is south west and about 12 miles (19 km) from
Toponymy
The name Sunninghill means "the home of
History
The Church of England parish church of St Michael and All Angels was originally established about 890 but was rebuilt in 1808 and 1826–27.[4][5] Cordes Hall in the centre of the village, was designed by Edward and Joseph Morris and built in 1902.[4]
Mansions
The area is mainly
Silwood Park
Silwood Park was first established as the manor house of Sunninghill by John de Sunninghill in 1362.[3] The park is now a campus of Imperial College London, where CONSORT, a small nuclear reactor for civilian scientific research, was used from 1965 to 2012.[6][7]
The Cedars
The Cedars sits opposite the church and is listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England.[8] It was the residence of the politician John Yorke in the 18th century; and the antiquary and poet George Ellis.[9] The novelist Walter Scott stayed at The Cedars with Ellis and wrote part of his epic poem Marmion in the garden.[10]
Tittenhurst Park
Amenities
Sunninghill Saints Sports Club is a Saturday morning junior football and sports club for primary age children in the Ascot area.[13]
Sunninghill is home to the amateur theatrical Quince Players.[14]
References
- ^ "Sunninghill and Ascot Parish Council". Retrieved 16 March 2012.
- ^ "Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead". Retrieved 21 September 2008.
- ^ a b "Sunninghill website – history". Archived from the original on 26 October 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
- ^ a b Pevsner, 1966, page 233
- ^ "Sunninghill Parish Church". Retrieved 21 September 2008.
- ^ "CONSORT civilian scientific research nuclear reactor, 2007 update". Retrieved 17 November 2008.
- ^ "ONR delicenses Imperial College London Consort Reactor site". Nuclear Engineering International. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ Historic England, "The Cedars (1119829)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 1 February 2021
- ^ "Victoria County History - Berkshire A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 3 Parishes: Sunninghill. British History Online". Victoria County History. 1923. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ MacCunn, Florence (1909). Sir Walter Scott's Friends. Edinburgh: William Blackwood. p. 255. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-00-719741-5.
- ^ ISBN 0-900145-83-8.
- ^ "Sunninghill Saints". Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- quince players Home
Sources
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). The Buildings of England: Berkshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 233.