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Brightwalton
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Brightwalton is a village and civil parish in the Berkshire Downs centred NNW of Newbury in West Berkshire.
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Place details
- Locality
- Brightwalton
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Brightwalton
- UK place.type
- Village
- UK place.static_image_name
- Brightwalton Church - geograph.org.uk - 39324.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- All Saints' parish church
- UK place.label_position
- bottom
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SU4279
- UK place.population
- 366
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 8.45
- UK place.civil_parish
- Brightwalton
- UK place.unitary_england
- West Berkshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Berkshire
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Newbury
- UK place.post_town
- Newbury
- UK place.postcode_district
- RG20
- UK place.postcode_area
- RG
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- West Berkshire
- Population
- 366
- Area
- 8.45
- Official website
- brightwalton.org.uk
- Image
- Brightwalton Church - geograph.org.uk - 39324.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01488
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Brightwalton
- OS grid reference
- SU4279
- postal code
- RG20
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Name
- Parish church
- School
- Transport
- Notable residents
- Demography
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
Brightwalton is a village and civil parish in the Berkshire Downs centred NNW of Newbury in West Berkshire.
== Name == The name of the village is first recorded in a charter in 939, where it was called Beorhtwaldingtune. It likely meant 'estate associated with Beorhtwald', an Old English personal name.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brightwalton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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