Chapel Row

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Chapel Row
Berkshire

Chapel Row Post Office
Location
Grid reference: SU572695
Location: 51°25’18"N, 1°10’47"W
Data
Post town: Newbury
Postcode: RG7
Dialling code: 0118
Local Government
Council: West Berkshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
West Berkshire

Chapel Row is a small village in Berkshire, and part of the civil parish of Bucklebury. It lies near the A4 road, just five and a half miles northeast of Newbury.

Chapel Row has been often in the news as the home of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge before her marriage to Prince William in April 2011.

Since the mid 17th century, an inn has stood near to the village green. The site is now occupied by The Bladebone Inn.

The Chapel Row Fayre

In the 18th century, Chapel Row became known for its revels, which were held on the Monday following the feast day of Saint Anne.[1] The revels featured events such as backswording (described by Joseph Addison in The Spectator as "a ring of cudgel players who broke one another's heads in order to make some impression on their mistresses' hearts").[1] The sport was not featured in a number of later fayres as at least one contender was reported to have been killed.[1]

An 1812 Reading Mercury article on the fayre focuses primarily on agriculture, stating that the event was an opportunity to trade cattle and employ farmhands.[2]

Scotland, near Chapel Row
Scotland, near Chapel Row

Outside links

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References