Farley Hill, Berkshire

Human settlement in England
  • Swallowfield
Unitary authority
  • Wokingham
Ceremonial county
  • Berkshire
Region
  • South East
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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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