Shaw, Berkshire

Shaw
Berkshire
Location
Grid reference:	SU486680
Location:	51°24’32"N, 1°18’9"W
Data
Postcode:	RG14
Local Government
Council:	West Berkshire
Parliamentary constituency:	Newbury

Shaw is a village in Berkshire, to the north of Newbury, adjoining a similar village to the west, Donnington and barely separated from Thatcham to the east. With Donnington, Shaw forms a joint civil parish named 'Shaw-cum-Donnington'; both villages are effectively contiguous with Newbury to the south, seaparated only by the River Kennet and the Kennet and Avon Canal.

Shaw House

An Elizabethan stately home, named Shaw House, stands in the village. It was one of the Royalist headquarters during the Second Battle of Newbury and, later, the home of the childhood home of the historian, James Pettit Andrews. It is now a conference centre owned by the local council.

Outside links

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