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⚫ '''Pangbourne''' is a village and ] on the ] in the ] unitary area of the county of ], England. Pangbourne has shops, churches, schools and a village hall. Outside its ] is an ], ].

⚫ '''Pangbourne''' is a large village and ] on the ] in the ] county of ]. Pangbourne has its own shops, schools, ] on the ] and a ]. Outside its ] is an ], ].


==Geography== ==Geography==
Pangbourne is situated on the ] {{convert|6|mi|0}} west of ], its nearest town, and {{convert|22|mi}} south east of ] on the ]. It is across the river from the ] village of ]. The two villages are connected by both ] and by the traversable weir of ].<ref name="osmap2">Ordnance Survey (2006). ''OS Explorer Map 159 – Reading''. {{ISBN|0-319-23730-3}}.</ref> The ] flows through the centre of Pangbourne village before joining the Thames between Whitchurch Lock and Whitchurch bridge.<ref name="osmap2"/> Its ]s are thought to have inspired author ]'s character Ratty and his book '']''.<ref name=dtwtilg>{{cite news | first = Aislinn | last = Simpson | work = ] | page = 11 | date = 27 August 2007 | title = Waterways that inspired literary gems at risk | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1561450/Waterways-that-inspired-literary-gems-at-risk.html }}</ref> Most of the developed area is just above the current ] of the River Thames which benefits from hay ]s traditionally used as flood meadows to either side of Pangbourne. Fewer than 15 properties here flooded during the ] of 2013–14 in the ]. Pangbourne is situated on the ] {{convert|6|mi|0}} west of ], the nearest town, and {{convert|22|mi}} south east of ]. It is across the river from the ] village of ]. The two villages are connected by ] and by the traversable weir of ].<ref name="osmap2">Ordnance Survey (2006). ''OS Explorer Map 159 – Reading''. {{ISBN|0-319-23730-3}}.</ref> The ] flows through the centre of Pangbourne village before joining the Thames between Whitchurch Lock and Whitchurch bridge.<ref name="osmap2"/> Most of the developed area is just above the current ] of the River Thames which benefits from hay ]s traditionally used as flood meadows to either side of Pangbourne. Fewer than 15 properties here flooded during the ] of 2013–14 in the United Kingdom.


==History== ==History==
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Pangbourne's name is recorded from 844 as ] ''Pegingaburnan'' (] case), which means "the stream of the people of Pǣga".{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
⚫ Pangbourne's name is recorded from 844<ref name=MBTVH>{{cite book|last=Ford|first=David Nash|date=2020|title=Mid-Berkshire Town and Village Histories|url=http://www.nashfordpublishing.co.uk/publications/mid_berkshire_town_and_village_histories.html|location=Wokingham|publisher=Nash Ford Publishing|pages=153-156|isbn=9781905191024}}</ref> as ] ''Pegingaburnan'' (] case), which means "the stream of the people of Pǣga". In ], the ] was given to ] and the ] – also called Bere Court – became the ]'s summer residence.<ref name=MBTVH /> The last abbot, ], was arrested there in 1539<ref name=MBTVH /> and subsequently executed in ].<ref name=MBTVH /> The manor was later purchased by Sir John Davis, the ] mathematician and the ]'s fellow-conspirator.<ref name=MBTVH /> His ] is in the ] of ].<ref name=MBTVH />


⚫ In ], the ] was given to ] and the ] – now called ] – became the ]'s summer residence. The last abbot, ], was arrested there in 1539 and subsequently executed in Reading. The manor was later purchased by Sir John Davis, the ] mathematician and the ]'s fellow-conspirator. His ] is in the ] of ].
⚫ The Pangbourne ] is found in the grounds of the church.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/209180|title=Pangbourne|website=www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-09-29}}</ref> It was designed by the artist Vera Waddington.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://verawaddington.com/pangbourne-war-memorial-from-veras-diaries/|title=Pangbourne War Memorial|date=2016-04-09|work=Vera Waddington|access-date=2018-09-29|language=en-GB}}</ref> Other ] and ] in the church are mostly to the Breedon family.<ref name=MBTVH /> John Breedon Senior bought the ] in 1671. He was ] and brother of the ], whose son later succeeded John at the manor.<ref name=MBTVH /> The family produced a number of sheriffs and MPs for ], as well as doctors and rectors of the ].


⚫ The Pangbourne ] is found in the grounds of the church.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/209180|title=Pangbourne|website=warmemorialsonline.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-09-29}}</ref> It was designed by the artist Vera Waddington.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://verawaddington.com/pangbourne-war-memorial-from-veras-diaries/|title=Pangbourne War Memorial|date=2016-04-09|work=Vera Waddington|access-date=2018-09-29|language=en-GB}}</ref> Other monuments and ] in the church are mostly to the Breedon family. John Breedon, Senior, bought the manor in 1671. He was ] and brother of the ], whose son later succeeded John at the manor. The family produced a number of sheriffs and MPs for Berkshire, as well as doctors and rectors of the parish.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
⚫ ], author of '']'', retired to Church Cottage in Pangbourne.<ref name=MBTVH /> He died there in 1932.<ref name=MBTVH /> ]'s famous illustrations of his book are said to have been inspired by the Thameside landscape there.<ref name=MBTVH /> The Falkland Islands Memorial ] at ] was opened by ] in March 2000.<ref name=MBTVH /> It was built to commemorate the lives and sacrifice of all who died during the ] of 1982, and the courage of those who served with them to protect the sovereignty of the ].<ref name=fimc>{{cite web |title=The Falklands Island Memorial Chapel |url=http://www.falklands-chapel.org.uk/about.php |publisher=The Trustees of the Falkland Island Memorial Chapel Trust |access-date=25 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080809034429/http://www.falklands-chapel.org.uk/about.php |archive-date=9 August 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The Queen revisited the Memorial Chapel in 2007 to mark the 25th anniversary of the Falklands war.

⚫ ], author of '']'', retired to Church Cottage in Pangbourne. He died there in 1932. ]'s famous illustrations of his book are said to have been inspired by the Thameside landscape there and the ]s of the river are thought to have inspired the character of Ratty.<ref name=dtwtilg>{{cite news | first = Aislinn | last = Simpson | work = The Daily Telegraph | page = 11 | date = 27 August 2007 | title = Waterways that inspired literary gems at risk | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1561450/Waterways-that-inspired-literary-gems-at-risk.html }}</ref> The ] memorial chapel at Pangbourne College was opened by ] in March 2000. It was built to commemorate the lives and sacrifice of all who died during the ] of 1982, and the courage of those who served with them to preserve the sovereignty of the islands.<ref name=fimc>{{cite web |title=The Falklands Island Memorial Chapel |url=http://www.falklands-chapel.org.uk/about.php |publisher=The Trustees of the Falkland Island Memorial Chapel Trust |access-date=25 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080809034429/http://www.falklands-chapel.org.uk/about.php |archive-date=9 August 2008 }}</ref> The Queen revisited the Memorial Chapel in 2007 to mark the 25th anniversary of the Falklands war.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}

Jimmy Page guitarist/producer owned a riverside cottage in Pangbourne from 1967 to 1975. The band Led Zeppelin was formed and rehearsals for their first album took place in Pangbourne.

On 12 April 2024, the men's section of the public toilets were officially opened by ], standing in for the planned ].<ref>https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/24250868.channel-4s-joe-lycett-big-brother-celeb-david-potts-pangbourne/</ref>


==Governance== ==Governance==
Pangbourne is a ] with an elected parish council. The ] covers the immediate agricultural ] and a woodland and cultivated south-western area. This rural area contains no other significant settlements and includes ].<ref name=osem>{{cite web |url=http://www.election-maps.co.uk/ |title=Election Maps |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=27 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307072911/http://www.election-maps.co.uk/ |archive-date=7 March 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The parish shares boundaries with the ] parishes of ], ], ] and ]. Along the ] to the north, there is also a boundary with the ] parish of ].<ref name="osem"/> The parish is in the area of the ] of ]. The ] and the unitary authority are responsible for different aspects of local government. Pangbourne forms part of the ] ]. The parish is ] with ] in ].<ref name="Archant twinning">{{cite web |url= http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns |title=British towns twinned with French towns |access-date =11 July 2013 |work=Archant Community Media Ltd}}</ref> Pangbourne is a civil parish with an elected parish council. The parish covers the immediate agricultural green buffer and a part wooded, part cultivated south-western area. The rural area contains no other significant settlements and includes Pangbourne College.<ref name=osem>{{cite web |url=http://www.election-maps.co.uk/ |title=Election Maps |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=27 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307072911/http://www.election-maps.co.uk/ |archive-date=7 March 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The parish shares boundaries with the Berkshire parishes of ], ], ], ] and ]. Along the River Thames, to the north, there is also a boundary with the Oxfordshire parish of Whitchurch-on-Thames.<ref name="osem"/> The parish is in the area of the ] of ]. The ] and the unitary authority are responsible for different aspects of local government. Pangbourne forms part of the ] ]. The parish is ] with ] in ].<ref name="Archant twinning">{{cite web |url= http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns |title=British towns twinned with French towns |access-date =11 July 2013 |work=Archant Community Media Ltd}}</ref>


==Transport== ==Transport==
] is a minor stop on the Great Western Main Line and has stopping services to {{rws|Oxford}} via {{rws|Didcot Parkway}}, and to {{rws|London Paddington}} via {{rws|Reading}}, two stops away. ] is located on the ] and has stopping services to {{rws|Oxford}} via {{rws|Didcot Parkway}}, and to {{rws|London Paddington}} via {{rws|Reading}}.


==Pangbourne and District Silver Band== ==Pangbourne and District Silver Band==
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The history of the Pangbourne Band began in 1893 when a fife and drum band used to rehearse in a shed behind the water mill, but when the First World War broke out the band broke up, re-forming in 1919 after the Armistice. Regular concerts were held from then until the outbreak of the Second World War, when many of the bandsmen served in the Armed Forces and the band again broke up and the instruments were held in storage. In 1962, Henry Fuller, a local tutor, started the village brass group. Local musicians became involved when the old instruments were recovered from storage, and the band was established as a full-size contesting brass band within a few years.<ref> Retrieved on 17 July 2013.</ref> In 2009 in music Pangbourne All-Comers' Band was begun (adults and children) incorporating brass and for parade days drums and ]. The history of the Pangbourne Band began in 1893 when a fife and drum band used to rehearse in a shed behind the water mill, but when the ] broke out the band broke up, re-forming in 1919 after the ]. Regular concerts were held from then until the outbreak of the ], when many of the bandsmen served in the Armed Forces and the band again broke up and the instruments were held in storage. In 1962, Henry Fuller, a local tutor, started the village brass group. Local musicians became involved when the old instruments were recovered from storage, and the band was established as a full-size contesting brass band within a few years.<ref> Retrieved on 17 July 2013.</ref> In 2009, Pangbourne All-Comers' Band was begun, incorporating brass and, for parade days, drums and ].


==Demography and land use== ==Demography and land use==
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|+ '''2011 Published Statistics: Population, home ownership and extracts from Physical Environment, surveyed in 2005<ref name=ons />''' |+ '''2011 Published Statistics: Population, home ownership and extracts from Physical Environment, surveyed in 2005<ref name=ons></ref>'''
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!Output area||Homes owned outright||Owned with a loan||Socially rented||Privately rented||Other||km<sup>2</sup> roads||km<sup>2</sup> water||km<sup>2</sup> domestic gardens||Usual residents ||km<sup>2</sup> !Output area||Homes owned outright||Owned with a loan||Socially rented||Privately rented||Other||km<sup>2</sup> roads||km<sup>2</sup> water||km<sup>2</sup> domestic gardens||Usual residents ||km<sup>2</sup>
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{{Reflist}} {{Reflist}}


==Sources== ===Bibliography===
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*{{cite book |editor1-last=Ditchfield |editor1-first=P.H. |editor1-link=Peter Ditchfield |editor2-last=Page |editor2-first=W.H. |editor2-link=William Henry Page |year=1923 |chapter=Pangbourne |title=A History of the County of Berkshire |volume=3 |series=] |pages=303–306 |url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43221 }} *{{cite book |editor1-last=Ditchfield |editor1-first=P.H. |editor1-link=Peter Ditchfield |editor2-last=Page |editor2-first=W.H. |editor2-link=William Henry Page |year=1923 |chapter=Pangbourne |title=A History of the County of Berkshire |volume=3 |series=] |pages=303–306 |url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43221 }}

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Village in Berkshire, England

Village and civil parish in England
Pangbourne
Village and civil parish
Pangbourne village centre
Pangbourne is located in BerkshirePangbournePangbourneLocation within Berkshire
Area6.8 km (2.6 sq mi)
Population3,277 (2021 census)
• Density482/km (1,250/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSU6376
Civil parish
  • Pangbourne
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townReading
Postcode districtRG8
Dialling code0118
PoliceThames Valley
FireRoyal Berkshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
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Berkshire
51°29′02″N 1°05′13″W / 51.4839°N 1.0869°W / 51.4839; -1.0869

Pangbourne is a village and civil parish on the River Thames in the West Berkshire unitary area of the county of Berkshire, England. Pangbourne has shops, churches, schools and a village hall. Outside its grouped developed area is an independent school, Pangbourne College.

Geography

Pangbourne is situated on the A329 road 6 miles (10 km) west of Reading, the nearest town, and 22 miles (35 km) south east of Oxford. It is across the river from the Oxfordshire village of Whitchurch-on-Thames. The two villages are connected by Whitchurch Bridge and by the traversable weir of Whitchurch Lock. The River Pang flows through the centre of Pangbourne village before joining the Thames between Whitchurch Lock and Whitchurch bridge. Most of the developed area is just above the current flood plain of the River Thames which benefits from hay meadows traditionally used as flood meadows to either side of Pangbourne. Fewer than 15 properties here flooded during the Winter storms of 2013–14 in the United Kingdom.

History

St James the Less parish church
Village name sign by its secular parish hall with homes in background.
Pangbourne Bridge (period 1850–98) by Francis Frith

Pangbourne's name is recorded from 844 as Old English Pegingaburnan (dative case), which means "the stream of the people of Pǣga".

In Norman times, the manor was given to Reading Abbey and the manor house – now called Bere Court – became the abbot's summer residence. The last abbot, Hugh Cook Faringdon, was arrested there in 1539 and subsequently executed in Reading. The manor was later purchased by Sir John Davis, the Elizabethan mathematician and the Earl of Essex's fellow-conspirator. His monument is in the Church of England parish church of Saint James the Less.

The Pangbourne war memorial is found in the grounds of the church. It was designed by the artist Vera Waddington. Other monuments and hatchments in the church are mostly to the Breedon family. John Breedon, Senior, bought the manor in 1671. He was High Sheriff of Berkshire and brother of the Governor of Nova Scotia, whose son later succeeded John at the manor. The family produced a number of sheriffs and MPs for Berkshire, as well as doctors and rectors of the parish.

Kenneth Grahame, author of The Wind in the Willows, retired to Church Cottage in Pangbourne. He died there in 1932. E. H. Shepherd's famous illustrations of his book are said to have been inspired by the Thameside landscape there and the water voles of the river are thought to have inspired the character of Ratty. The Falkland Islands memorial chapel at Pangbourne College was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in March 2000. It was built to commemorate the lives and sacrifice of all who died during the Falklands War of 1982, and the courage of those who served with them to preserve the sovereignty of the islands. The Queen revisited the Memorial Chapel in 2007 to mark the 25th anniversary of the Falklands war.

Jimmy Page guitarist/producer owned a riverside cottage in Pangbourne from 1967 to 1975. The band Led Zeppelin was formed and rehearsals for their first album took place in Pangbourne.

On 12 April 2024, the men's section of the public toilets were officially opened by David Potts, standing in for the planned Joe Lycett.

Governance

Pangbourne is a civil parish with an elected parish council. The parish covers the immediate agricultural green buffer and a part wooded, part cultivated south-western area. The rural area contains no other significant settlements and includes Pangbourne College. The parish shares boundaries with the Berkshire parishes of Purley-on-Thames, Tidmarsh, Sulham, Bradfield and Basildon. Along the River Thames, to the north, there is also a boundary with the Oxfordshire parish of Whitchurch-on-Thames. The parish is in the area of the unitary authority of West Berkshire. The parish council and the unitary authority are responsible for different aspects of local government. Pangbourne forms part of the Reading West and Mid Berkshire parliamentary constituency. The parish is twinned with Houdan in France.

Transport

The village's railway station is located on the Great Western Main Line and has stopping services to Oxford via Didcot Parkway, and to London Paddington via Reading.

Pangbourne and District Silver Band

The Pangbourne and District Silver Band July 2010

The history of the Pangbourne Band began in 1893 when a fife and drum band used to rehearse in a shed behind the water mill, but when the First World War broke out the band broke up, re-forming in 1919 after the Armistice. Regular concerts were held from then until the outbreak of the Second World War, when many of the bandsmen served in the Armed Forces and the band again broke up and the instruments were held in storage. In 1962, Henry Fuller, a local tutor, started the village brass group. Local musicians became involved when the old instruments were recovered from storage, and the band was established as a full-size contesting brass band within a few years. In 2009, Pangbourne All-Comers' Band was begun, incorporating brass and, for parade days, drums and bell lyre glockenspiel.

Demography and land use

This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (September 2023)
2011 Published Statistics: Population, home ownership and extracts from Physical Environment, surveyed in 2005
Output area Homes owned outright Owned with a loan Socially rented Privately rented Other km roads km water km domestic gardens Usual residents km
Civil parish 478 418 101 187 41 0.237 0.012 0.654 2978 6.8

References

  1. "Pangbourne Parish Council Website". Pangbourne Parish Council. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey (2006). OS Explorer Map 159 – Reading. ISBN 0-319-23730-3.
  3. "Pangbourne". warmemorialsonline.org.uk. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  4. "Pangbourne War Memorial". Vera Waddington. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  5. Simpson, Aislinn (27 August 2007). "Waterways that inspired literary gems at risk". The Daily Telegraph. p. 11.
  6. "The Falklands Island Memorial Chapel". The Trustees of the Falkland Island Memorial Chapel Trust. Archived from the original on 9 August 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2009.
  7. https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/24250868.channel-4s-joe-lycett-big-brother-celeb-david-potts-pangbourne/
  8. ^ "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 27 February 2008.
  9. "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  10. History – Pangbourne Band Website Retrieved on 17 July 2013.
  11. Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005

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