Beedon

Beedon is a village and civil parish about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) north of Newbury in West Berkshire, England.

Beedon
Village and civil parish
Saint Nicholas Church
Beedon Location within Berkshire
Area	8.05 km2 (3.11 sq mi)
Population	459 (2011 census)[1]
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
OS grid reference	SU4878
Civil parish	Beedon
Unitary authority	West Berkshire
Ceremonial county	Berkshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Newbury
Postcode district	RG20
Dialling code	01635
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Royal Berkshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Reading West & Mid Berkshire
List of places UK England Berkshire 51°28′59″N 1°18′11″W

Geography

The village has outlying farmhouses, surrounded by farmland and hedgerows, and is otherwise clustered around the old A34 Oxford Road, now unclassified, which runs through the village, parallel to the modern A34, with the latter acting as a bypass. The other village street, Stanmore Road, heads north west from Oxford Road, and has the parish church and village school.

Beedon Common

Beedon Common is a hamlet and former common in Beedon.^[2][3] The settlement lies close to the A34 road, and is located approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Newbury.

History

Beedon is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a property of Abingdon Abbey, with Walter de Rivers as the tenant. It passed by inheritance to the de Lisle and later the Roos family. After the manor reverted to the Crown, it was awarded to the Reade family in 1615. In 1857 Sir John Chandos Reade sold the manor to Lewis Loyd, whose son Samuel became Baron Overstone. The manor was then inherited by Overstone's daughter, Harriet Loyd-Lindsay, Baroness Wantage.^[4]

Natural conservation areas

Ashridge Wood, just to the north-east of the village, is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.^[5]

Demography

2011 Published Statistics: Population, home ownership and extracts from Physical Environment, surveyed in 2005^[1]

Output area	Homes owned outright	Owned with a loan	Socially rented	Privately rented	Other	km2 roads	km2 water	km2 domestic gardens	Usual residents	km2
Civil parish	51	47	48	33	4	0.07	0.0007	0.1	459	8.05

Amenities

Transport

Beedon is served by Newbury and District bus services 6 and 6A from Newbury.^[6]

Notable buildings

Beedon manor house was built in 1553^{[citation needed]} but mostly dates from the early in the 18th century.^[7] Now listed as Manor Farm house, it is a Grade II listed building.^[8]

The Church of England parish church of Saint Nicholas is a Grade I listed building^[9] built in about 1220.^[4]

Beedon Hill House, on the old A34, dates back to the 18th century. It is a Grade II listed building.^[10]

See also

• List of civil parishes in Berkshire