Shaw, Berkshire

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Shaw
Berkshire
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Location
Grid reference: SU486680
Location: 51°24’32"N, 1°18’9"W
Data
Post town: Newbury
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, separated only by the River Lambourn.

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.

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