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Brightwalton

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

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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

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

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School
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Notable residents
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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.