Cox Green, Berkshire

Cox Green
Lillibrooke Manor
Cox Green  Cox Green shown within Berkshire
Population	7,203 (2001)
OS grid reference	SU8679
Civil parish	Cox Green
Unitary authority	Windsor and Maidenhead
Ceremonial county	Berkshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MAIDENHEAD
Postcode district	SL6
Dialling code	01628
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Royal Berkshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Maidenhead
List of places: UK • England • Berkshire

Cox Green is a civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. The parish is bounded by the A4 road to the north, the A404(M) motorway to the northeast, the M4 motorway to the southeast and a rural boundary with White Waltham parish to the west. The original village was located in the area of Cox Green Lane, Cox Green Road and Norden Road, south of the railway (see map of 1945 here). Parts of this are now outside the current parish boundary. The second half of the 20th Century saw a rapid expansion of housing, including Woodlands Park to the west, and Cox Green is now just a suburb of Maidenhead.

Schools in the area include Lowbrook School and Wessex Primary School, both catering for ages up to eleven Year 6 and Cox Green School, for children aged 11-18. Cox Green School shares a site with the adjacent Community Centre on Highfield Road, providing such local facilities as a library and both indoor and outdoor sports facilities. Additional leisure facilities exist at Ockwells Park, where as well as sports fields and open park and woodland, there is a well-stocked children's play area.

The parish church, Church of the Good Shepherd, is located in the Community Centre in Highfield Road.

The oldest building in the parish is Ockwells Manor. This is located near Ockwells park.

A Roman Villa was discovered from aerial photographs in the 1950s and was fully excavated in 1959 in advance of the building of the present housing estate.

Home to the notorious Cox Green Army, known for their alcohol fuelled high octane nights out and myriad of chants. They have been subject to much crticism for their hoolaganism, but when questioned have just claimed to be incredibly passionate about their army. Although having many members, no-one knows there true identity due to the clever use of nicknames. Few people have met the army and lived to tell the tale, however a handful have and only one member is consistantly mentioned he goes by the alias of JT but has been known to go by other aliases such as: Gay-T, Houdini, Jay-z and Noel. The origins behind these names are unknown but he is said to be a very poor rapper and have a haircut similar to Noel Gallagher.

Controversy

On the 3rd february 2012 The army were reported to be seen on route to Windsor, evidence suggests to see their favourite band Youth Club for Rich Kids, They were first sighted outside Wessex Way shops.They were next spotted on the train to Windsor, many members carrying an alcoholic beveridge reported to be White Ace a notorious tramp drink. The army was reported to be chanting very loudly throughout the train journey and some witnesses have had to have therapy due to mental breakdown's. Key witnesses have reported that they saw the malevolent army in a brawl with a 7ft SAS commando in which one strikingly handsome member of the Army bravely took on the commando to save his fellow members only to be knocked to the floor. The final and most controversial of all reports was reported from the Firestation in Windsor where two members were spotted chundering up their intestines, there has been speculation that one member was underage due to looking somewhat like an 8 year old. The other member was supposedly mumbling the words "i love Lucy" although it is under great debate within in greenarmyologist's group's. Greenarmyology is the study of the mysterious Green Army.

Rumours

It is said that if you listen out of your window on a calm Friday/Saturday night there is a chance you will hear the faintest drunken chant of the army on the wind, only few have heard this bizzare albeit awe-inspiring phenomena.

Aliases

Although being almost like ghosts there have been scarce reports of members names

Half Can: This alias is unclear however one very unreliable report suggests that it may have been because this certain member chundered on half a can of cider,however this was probably false becuase the witnesses seemed to believe it was at ten to five in the afternoon and who in their right mind chunder's then.

Hedge: Nothing is known about the origins of this name but it is said that he is well known for making girl's cry.

Guns: We can only assume by the name that he is the muscles of the group, rough estimations put him at at least 6ft 5

External links

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