Horncastle, Berkshire
Coordinates: 51°26′38″N 1°01′25″W / 51.443782°N 1.02361°W
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 Horncastle
Horncastle shown within Berkshire |
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| OS grid reference | SU678721 |
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| Unitary authority | Reading |
| Ceremonial county | Berkshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Royal Berkshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Reading West |
| List of places: UK • England • Berkshire | |
Horncastle is an area of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. It is situated on the A4 Bath Road to the west of central Reading, at a point where the Reading suburbs of Southcote, Calcot and Tilehurst all meet, and is designated as a conservation area.[1][2]
Today largely surrounded on all sides but the north-west by areas of 20th century housing, Horncastle was once an isolated hamlet in the rural area to the west of Reading. It was situated at the point at which a lane, known to this day as New Lane Hill, left the Bath Road and climbed the hill to Tilehurst.[1][3]
The old hamlet of Horncastle lies just within the borough of Reading, in Southcote electoral ward and Reading West paliamentary consituency. The name is sometimes used to include the eastern section of Calcot, which lies south-west of the old hamlet and outside the borough boundary in West Berkshire.[1][4]
Calcot Park, formerly a large country house and estate and now a golf course, is to the north west.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Ordnance Survey (2006). OS Explorer Map 159 – Reading. ISBN 0-319-23730-3.
- ^ "Environment and Planning - Planning - Local Planning Policy - Conservation Areas". Reading Borough Council. http://www.reading.gov.uk/environmentandplanning/planning/localplanningpolicy/General.asp?id=SX9452-A77FB568. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
- ^ Cassini Historical Map – Reading & Windsor – 1816-1830. Cassini Publishing Ltd. 2006. ISBN 1847360513.
- ^ "RBC Wards 2004 A4". Reading Borough Council. http://www.reading.gov.uk/Documents/transport_streets/RBC%20Wards%202004%20A4.pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
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