Fords Farm

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51°26′26″N 1°01′30″W / 51.440473°N 1.025119°W / 51.440473; -1.025119

Fords Farm in West Berkshire is a suburb of Reading in the English county of Berkshire.

Location

Fords Farm is a housing estate between Beansheaf Farm and Calcot Place at Calcot in the civil parish of Holybrook in West Berkshire.[1] It is close to the border with the town and borough of Reading.[2] Fords Farm lies south of the Bath Road.

History

From 1894, Fords Farm was in the civil parish of Theale.[1] Before that it was in the parish of Tilehurst.[1] The historic Calcot Mill is on the Holy Brook at Fords Farm in an area previously known as Calcot Green.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Ford, David Nash (2020). Mid-Berkshire Town and Village Histories. Wokingham: Nash Ford Publishing. pp. 67–70. ISBN 9781905191024.
  2. ^ Doyle, Dave (18 July 2021). "The lost pubs of Reading and what they've become". Berkshire Live. Retrieved 9 February 2024.

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