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Shinfield

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Shinfield is a village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire, just south of Reading. [1]

56 relations: A roads in Zone 3 of the Great Britain numbering scheme, Aldershot, Anglo-Saxons, Arborfield, Baptists Together, Berkshire, Borough of Wokingham, Brynjar Gunnarsson, Catherine of Aragon, Cavalier, Charles I of England, Church of England parish church, Civil parish, Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844, Courage Brewery, Dawn French, Ecotricity, Enercon, English Civil War, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Foster Wheeler, Glen Little, Gravel, Grazeley, Green Park Business Park, Hundred (county division), Hundred of Charlton, Jem Karacan, Lenny Henry, London Clay, M4 motorway, Manorialism, Mary Russell Mitford, Met Office, Mothers' Union, Norman conquest of England, RAF Shinfield Park, Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire, River Kennet, River Loddon, Roundhead, Ryeish Green, Shire, Spencers Wood, Theale, Three Mile Cross, Tudor period, University of Reading, Watt, ..., Whitley, Reading, Wiltshire, Wind turbine, Wokingham (UK Parliament constituency), Wokingham Rural District, Women's Institutes. Expand index (6 more) »

A roads in Zone 3 of the Great Britain numbering scheme

List of A roads in zone 3 in Great Britain starting west of the A3 and south of the A4 (roads beginning with 3).

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Aldershot

Aldershot is a town in the Rushmoor district of Hampshire, England.

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Anglo-Saxons

The Anglo-Saxons were a people who inhabited Great Britain from the 5th century.

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Arborfield

Arborfield is a village in Berkshire about south-east of Reading, about west of Wokingham.

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Baptists Together

Baptists Together (officially The Baptist Union of Great Britain) is the association of Baptist churches in England and Wales.

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Berkshire

Berkshire (abbreviated Berks, in the 17th century sometimes spelled Barkeshire as it is pronounced) is a county in south east England, west of London and is one of the home counties.

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Borough of Wokingham

The Borough of Wokingham is a local government district in Berkshire, United Kingdom.

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Brynjar Gunnarsson

Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson (born 16 October 1975) is an Icelandic former footballer who last played for KR as a midfielder.

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Catherine of Aragon

Catherine of Aragon (16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536), was Queen of England from June 1509 until May 1533 as the first wife of King Henry VIII; she was previously Princess of Wales as the wife of Henry's elder brother Arthur.

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Cavalier

The term Cavalier was first used by Roundheads as a term of abuse for the wealthier Royalist supporters of King Charles I and his son Charles II of England during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration (1642 – c. 1679).

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Charles I of England

Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.

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Church of England parish church

A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative region, the parish – since the 19th century called the ecclesiastical parish (outside meetings of the church) to avoid confusion with the civil parish which many towns and villages have.

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Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority.

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Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844

The Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844 (7 & 8 Vict. c. 61), which came into effect on 20 October 1844, was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which eliminated many outliers or exclaves of counties in England and Wales for civil purposes.

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Courage Brewery

Courage Brewery was an English brewery, founded by John Courage in 1787 in London, England.

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Dawn French

Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957) is a British actress, writer, comedian and presenter from Holyhead, Wales.

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Ecotricity

Ecotricity is an energy company based in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England specialising in selling green energy to consumers that it primarily generates from its 87.2 megawatt wind power portfoliothe company prefers the term windmill rather than wind turbine.

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Enercon

Enercon GmbH, based in Aurich, Lower Saxony, Germany, is the fourth-largest wind turbine manufacturer in the world and has been the market leader in Germany since the mid-nineties.

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English Civil War

The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") over, principally, the manner of England's governance.

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European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is an independent intergovernmental organisation supported by most of the nations of Europe and is based at Shinfield Park, Reading, United Kingdom.

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Foster Wheeler

Foster Wheeler AG (formerly Foster Wheeler Inc.) was a Swiss global engineering conglomerate with its principal executive offices in Reading, UK and its registered office in Baar, Canton of Zug, Switzerland.

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Glen Little

Glen Matthew Little (born 15 October 1975) is an English footballer who is a player/assistant manager for Grays Athletic.

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Gravel

Gravel is a loose aggregation of rock fragments.

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Grazeley

Grazeley is a small village and former civil parish in the English county of Berkshire.

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Green Park Business Park

Green Park is a business park near junction 11 of the M4 motorway on the outskirts of the English town of Reading.

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Hundred (county division)

A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region.

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Hundred of Charlton

Charlton was a hundred in the English county of Berkshire.

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Jem Karacan

Jem Paul Karacan (Cem Karacan,; born 21 February 1989) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bolton Wanderers.

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Lenny Henry

Sir Lenworth George Henry, (born 29 August 1958), known as Lenny Henry, is a British stand-up comedian, actor, singer, writer, and television presenter, known for co-founding charity Comic Relief, and presenting various television programmes, including the comedy Chef!, and The Magicians for BBC One.

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London Clay

The London Clay Formation is a marine geological formation of Ypresian (early Eocene Epoch, c. 56–49 Ma) age which crops out in the southeast of England.

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M4 motorway

The M4 is a motorway which runs between London and South Wales in the United Kingdom.

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Manorialism

Manorialism was an essential element of feudal society.

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Mary Russell Mitford

Mary Russell Mitford (16 December 1787 – 10 January 1855) was an English author and dramatist.

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Met Office

The Met Office (officially the Meteorological Office) is the United Kingdom's national weather service.

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Mothers' Union

Mothers’ Union is an international Christian charity that seeks to support families worldwide.

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Norman conquest of England

The Norman conquest of England (in Britain, often called the Norman Conquest or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, Flemish and French soldiers led by Duke William II of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

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RAF Shinfield Park

RAF Shinfield Park was a Royal Air Force administrative site in the south of Reading, Berkshire.

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Reading Abbey

Reading Abbey is a large, ruined abbey in the centre of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire.

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Reading, Berkshire

Reading is a large, historically important minster town in Berkshire, England, of which it is the county town.

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River Kennet

The Kennet is a river in the south of England, and a tributary of the River Thames.

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River Loddon

The River Loddon is a river in the English counties of Berkshire and Hampshire.

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Roundhead

Roundheads were supporters of the Parliament of England during the English Civil War.

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Ryeish Green

Ryeish Green is a small hamlet in the civil parish of Shinfield, Berkshire, England, 4 miles south of Reading.

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Shire

A shire is a traditional term for a division of land, found in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and some other English speaking countries.

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Spencers Wood

Spencers Wood is a village in the civil parish of Shinfield, Berkshire, England, south of Reading.

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Theale

Theale is a large village in West Berkshire, England which forms a civil parish.

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Three Mile Cross

Three Mile Cross is a village in the civil parish of Shinfield, to the South of Reading, and immediately North of the adjoining village of Spencers Wood, in the English county of Berkshire.

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Tudor period

The Tudor period is the period between 1485 and 1603 in England and Wales and includes the Elizabethan period during the reign of Elizabeth I until 1603.

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University of Reading

The University of Reading is a public university located in Reading, Berkshire, England.

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Watt

The watt (symbol: W) is a unit of power.

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Whitley, Reading

Whitley is a suburb of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire.

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Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a county in South West England with an area of.

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Wind turbine

A wind turbine is a device that converts the wind's kinetic energy into electrical energy.

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Wokingham (UK Parliament constituency)

Wokingham is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Wokingham Rural District

Wokingham Rural District was a rural district in the county of Berkshire, England.

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Women's Institutes

The Women's Institute (WI), a community-based organisation for women, was founded in Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, by Adelaide Hoodless in 1897.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinfield

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