Finchampstead
Sign in to saveFinchampstead is a village and civil parish in Wokingham Borough in Berkshire, England. Bordering northeastern Hampshire to the south, its northern extremity is south of Wokingham, west of Bracknell, south-east of Reading, and west of central London. It is an affluent area, with the village ranking as Britain's 31st wealthiest. It has a high standard of living and is rated as one of the most desirable places to live in the United Kingdom.
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Place details
- Locality
- Finchampstead
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,034
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Finchampstead
- UK place.label_position
- top
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SU7964
- UK place.population
- 668
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Finchampstead
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Berkshire
- UK place.unitary_england
- Wokingham
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Wokingham
- UK place.post_town
- Wokingham
- UK place.postcode_area
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Wokingham
- Population
- +11990
- Official website
- www.finchampstead-pc.gov.uk
- Image
- Finchampstead, Berks - geograph.org.uk - 173.jpg
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Finchampstead is a village and civil parish in Wokingham Borough in Berkshire, England. Bordering northeastern Hampshire to the south, its northern extremity is south of Wokingham, west of Bracknell, south-east of Reading, and west of central London. It is an affluent area, with the village ranking as Britain's 31st wealthiest. It has a high standard of living and is rated as one of the most desirable places to live in the United Kingdom.
==History== The Church of England parish church of St James is on top of a prominent hill and has an old Roman earthwork around it. It was probably the site of a pagan temple. The Roman road between London and Silchester, called the "Devil's Highway", ran through the middle of the parish. A Roman milestone survives at Banisters. Finchampstead's Old English toponym derives from the large variety of finches that still populate the area. It is referred to by the younger generation as 'Finch'. Oswald of Northumbria apparently visited the village in the 7th century and named the local holy well, which is recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle to have flowed with blood in times of National crisis.