Beedon
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| Beedon | |
| Berkshire | |
|---|---|
 St Nicholas, Beedon | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU4878 |
| Location: | 51°28’59"N, 1°18’11"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 393 (2001) |
| Post town: | Berkshire |
| Postcode: | RG20 |
| Dialling code: | 01635 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Berkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Newbury |
Beedon is a village in Berkshire, about 6½ miles north of Newbury. The village is just west of the A34 trunk road.
Beedon manor house was built early in the 18th century.[1]
The parish church of Saint Nicholas was built in about 1220.[2]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Beedon) |
References
- ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). The Buildings of England: Berkshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 85.
- ↑ Page, William; Ditchfield, P.H., eds (1924). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 4. pp. 40–43.
