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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:

A pump and well house at East Ilsley - a 1930's flywheel pump which is still in working order.

A pump and pump house at Burghfield - the pump in School Lane may have supplied the school with water in the early 1900's, while the pump house at Bunces Lane contains the remains of a pump base, and carries a dedication to Queen Victoria in the year of her son Edward VII's Coronation (1902).

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 https://www.100ballads.org/ and will be of interest to anyone researching music and social history of the period.

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:

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1482847

Crime is a threat to the historic environment management. The Archaeology Service at West Berkshire Council, and Thames Valley Police are working proactively to combat criminal activity that directly or indirectly threatens heritage assets.  For more information, visit:  https://www.westberkshireheritage.org/local-heritage/heritage-crime