Thatcham in Berkshire was claimed to be the oldest town in Britain until recently when it was surpassed by Amesbury in Wiltshire. There is evidence that people settled in Thatcham during the Mesolithic Age (10,000BC - 4,000BC).
This town lies on the extremities of the Berkshire Downs and the Chiltern Hills at a point where the waters of the rivers Thames and Kennet meet making the River Thames a major river for the rest of its journey to the sea...
East Hendred is one of the spring line villages nestling just below the Downs in the Vale of the White Horse, Oxfordshire...
Wantage is a small historic market town in Oxfordshire, famous for being the birthplace of King Alfred the Great, who was born there during the 9th century, though the site of the.....
"the most fairy-like little nook on the whole river". - Jerome K. Jerome..
Nettlebed is a lovely English village in the heart of rural Oxfordshire...
A mile north of Newbury. Built in the late 14th century as a fortified residence at the top of a hill, overlooking the River.....
This was once a rather plain building until Sir Charles Barry turned it into the matchless beauty we see today. A place of rare.....
This house stands on a spot where once there may have been a Roman inn or villa. The name means "house of wine" which is a very.....
Displays of Hendred's Millenium history housed in a Grade one Listed ex-Carthusian Chapel (15th Century)...
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Nuffield Place is the former home (1933-63) of Lord Nuffield who was the founder of Morris Motors. The house is a rare survival.....
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