The Berkshire Archaeological Society (BAS) has undertaken a number of geophysics surveys along the routes of these two major Roman roads across West Berkshire. Most notably in the area of Wickham, where the Roman Road to Bath is believed to intersect with Ermin Street which connects Silchester to Cirencester. Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) […]

RAF Welford was initially planned as a standard World War II 3-runway bomber airfield under the command of Membury but it was handed over to the USAAF in 1943 prior to its completion. Aircraft and gliders flown from the airfield participated in D-day and subsequent support operations – it was transferred back to the RAF […]

Richard Benyon was elected as Conservative MP for Newbury in May 2005 and stood down in November 2019. He had been appointed a Privy Councillor in December 2016 and was raised to the Peerage in January 2021. He served terms as a Minister in the Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs both while an […]

The Hartley Trust (formerly Donnington Hospital Trust) was founded in 1393 and is Berkshire’s oldest charity, providing over 70 almshouses for retired people in Berkshire and Oxfordshire. Willie Hartley-Russell was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Berkshire in 2016 and served as High Sheriff of the County in 2021/2022.

The chapel houses a grand series of large-scale murals by the celebrated war artist Stanley Spencer. It was constructed to honour the 'forgotten dead' of the First World War, who were not remembered on any official memorials.  The murals were  inspired by Spencer’s own experiences as a medical orderly at the Beaufort Hospital in Bristol […]

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