West Berkshire Heritage Forum

West Berkshire Heritage Forum AGM

No Name — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:13:00 +0000

The West Berkshire Heritage Forum AGM was held at the Old Bluecoat School, Chapel Street, Thatcham, RG19 3JG on 28th May 2026. The AGM was followed by an excellent talk by Keith Abbott MA Secretary of the Berkshire Archaeological Society on “Investigations along Ermin Street and the road to Bath in Roman West Berkshire”. This outlined work carried out by BAS to review both the older…

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Cumberland Lodge Group History Tours

No Name — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:07:00 +0000

Cumberland Lodge Group offers interesting history tours of our former royal lodge in Windsor Great Park. The lodge is a grade 2 listed, 17th century lodge with many items from the Royal Collection, and has housed notable people such as Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, Princess Helena, Queen Victoria’s daughter and Lord FitzAlan of Derwent, the last Viceroy of Ireland. You can find out…

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West Berkshire Heritage Forum AGM 2025

No Name — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 12:09:04 +0000

The West Berkshire Heritage Forum was held on 1st July 2025 from 7-9.30pm at The Peter Gooch Room, the Pavilion, Englefield Road, Theale RG7 5AS. It was well attended and following the business of the AGM, talks were given on Researching the Men on the Midgham War Memorial, and on funding and organising the Oral History Project by Newbury District Field Club. Copies of the AGM minutes are…

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Heritage Revival Fund

No Name — Mon, 05 May 2025 12:17:00 +0000

In a major boost that puts heritage at the heart of community renewal, the Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) has announced the launch of a £5 million Heritage Revival Fund. This exciting programme, delivered in partnership with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Historic England, is set to help communities across England rescue and repurpose neglected historic buildings.

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Local Listing Panel recommends seven new heritage assets

No Name — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 12:20:00 +0000

Following a meeting of the Local Listing Panel on Monday 31st March 2025, seven heritage assets have been recommended for Local Listing. They are: The recommendations will now go forward to West Berkshire District Council for a consultation, following which they will be considered for approval to add to the existing Local List. The Local List, which now contains 47 heritage assets across…

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Historic Ridgeway Project

No Name — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 13:45:00 +0000

The historic features along The Ridgeway and in its surrounding landscape tell stories from every historic period as far back as early prehistory. Quiet earthworks and silent fields hold secrets that are waiting to be discovered and this project aspires to reveal a variety of stories that will interest many different people! The Historic Ridgeway Project seeks to bring people together…

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Local Listing Recommendations approved by West Berkshire Council

No Name — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 13:28:00 +0000

Following a Consultation, the recommendation to add eight new heritage assets to the Local List has been approved by West Berkshire Council. The new Locally Listed assets are…

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100 Ballads

No Name — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 13:55:00 +0000

A new website created by historian Christopher Marsh, from Queen’s University Belfast, features ballads and music from the C17. The 100 Ballads website can be found at 100ballads.org and will be of interest to anyone researching music and social history of the period.

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National Listing, Church of St Mary Woolhampton

No Name — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 14:59:00 +0000

The Roman Catholic Church of St Mary at Woolhampton, built in 1848 to a design by George Jonas Wigley, was added to Historic England’s National List of buildings on 8th August 2023. More information on this Grade II Listing can be found here.

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Watermarking War Memorials

No Name — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 16:05:00 +0000

The War Memorials Trust has notified us of a new project with the SmartWaterFoundation which will see Smartwater crime prevention liquid being offered to all war memorial custodians free of charge in order to deter thieves from targeting the metal on war memorials. The SmartWater solution contains a unique chemical code and is only visible under UV light – marking metal on memorials with this…

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