Burghfield

Burghfield is a village and civil parish in West Berkshire, England, close to the boundary with Reading. Burghfield is about 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Reading. Burghfield parish includes two separate villages – Burghfield Common and Burghfield Village – and several small hamlets, including Burghfield Bridge, Burghfield Hill, Pingewood, Trash Green, Whitehouse Green and Sheffield Bottom. Given the extent of the parish, it is bounded by several other parishes and villages. In 1923 the parish of Burghfield had 4,309 acres of land, of which 1,660 acres were arable, 1,940 acres permanent pasture and 163 acres woods and plantations. The land lies low in the valley of the Kennet, at an average altitude of a little over 100 feet (30 m)...