Stanford Dingley

Stanford Dingley
Village and civil parish
15th-century building and The Old Boot Inn
Stanford Dingley Location within Berkshire
Area	4.82 km² (1.86 sq mi)
Population	179 (2011 census)^[1]
• Density	37/km² (96/sq mi)
OS grid reference	SU575715
• London	45.4 miles (73.1 km)
Civil parish	Stanford Dingley
Unitary authority	West Berkshire
Ceremonial county	Berkshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	READING
Postcode district	RG7
Dialling code	0118

Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Royal Berkshire
Ambulance	South Central

UK Parliament	Newbury
List of places UK England Berkshire 51°26′24″N 1°10′16″W / 51.440°N 1.171°W / 51.440; -1.171

Stanford Dingley is a small village and civil parish in West Berkshire, England, between Newbury and Theale.

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Geography

Stanford Dingley fills part of both sides of the valley of the upper River Pang, on the minor roads between the A4 Bath Road and the M4 motorway. The parish mostly consists of farmland, with some woodland in the upland regions. The southern parish boundary runs along the edge of the woodland on the northern slopes of Clay Hill. The official and actual northern boundary is the motorway which is buffered by the area's only area of woodlands, covering about a fifth of the total area. Bucklebury lies to the west and Bradfield to the east. The village spreads north–south along Cock Lane, which runs between Bradfield Southend and Yattendon. Slightly detached to the south is the hamlet of Jennetts Hill and to the north is 'The Buildings'. The pond complex around the 'Blue Pool', containing artesian aquifers, though generally thought of as part of Stanford Dingley is actually just across the parish boundary in Bradfield.

History

Stanford is from the Old English for "Stoney-Ford", perhaps indicating a Roman river-crossing of the river Pang heading towards Dorchester-on-Thames.^{[citation needed]} Dingley was the name of the lords of the manor. One of their wives has a monumental brass in the 12th century Church of England parish church of Saint Denys. The church has remnants of the original Anglo-Saxon church within its inner walls. The main door and the wall paintings in the nave date from the 13th century and the white wooden bell tower was built in the 15th century. The churchyard is notable for a number of sweet chestnut trees. The church is a Grade I listed building.^[2]

Notable residents

Thomas Tesdale, the founding benefactor of Pembroke College, Oxford, was born in Stanford Dingley in 1547.
Robert Gathorne-Hardy (31 July 1902 – 11 February 1973) was an English garden writer.

Amenities

There are two pubs in the village, the 15th century Bull Inn, a Grade II listed building,^[3] and the 18th-century Old Boot Inn, also Grade II listed.^[4]

Parish

Stanford Dingley is an ecclesiastical parish in the Church of England, recorded as such in the Domesday Book. It shares in events and clergy with the benefice of Bucklebury and Bradfield.^[5]^[6]

Demography

**2011 Published Statistics: Population, home ownership and extracts from Physical Environment, surveyed in 2005^[1]**
Output area	Homes owned outright	Owned with a loan	Socially rented	Privately rented	Other	km² roads	km² water	km² domestic gardens	Usual residents	km²
Civil parish	33	25	9	11	3	0.040	0.016	0.151	179	4.82

Nearest places

References

^ ^a ^b Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005
^ Historic England (29 November 1983). "Church of St Denys (Grade I) (1213251)". National Heritage List for England.
^ Historic England (29 November 1983). "The Bull Inn (Grade II) (1289136)". National Heritage List for England.
^ Historic England (29 November 1983). "The Old Boot Inn (Grade II) (1213177)". National Heritage List for England.
^ "Benefice of Bucklebury, Bradfield and Stanford Dingley". The Church of England. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
^ "Stanford Dingley: St Denys – Information". achurchnearyou.com. The Church of England. Retrieved 12 December 2014.

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v t e Settlements in West Berkshire
Towns	Hungerford Newbury Thatcham (All are civil parishes and have town councils)
Civil parishes	Aldermaston Aldworth Ashampstead Basildon Beech Hill Beedon Beenham Boxford Bradfield Brightwalton Brimpton Bucklebury Burghfield Catmore Chaddleworth Chieveley Cold Ash Combe Compton East Garston East Ilsley Enborne Englefield Farnborough Fawley Frilsham Great Shefford Greenham Hampstead Marshall Hampstead Norreys Hermitage Holybrook Inkpen Kintbury Lambourn Leckhampstead Midgham Padworth Pangbourne Peasemore Purley on Thames Shaw-cum-Donnington Speen Stanford Dingley Stratfield Mortimer Streatley Sulham Sulhamstead Theale Tidmarsh Tilehurst Ufton Nervet Wasing Welford West Woodhay West Ilsley Winterbourne Wokefield Woolhampton Yattendon
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