Brimpton
| Brimpton | |
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 St Peter's Church |
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 Ashford Hill National Nature Reserve (woodlands) viewed from the southern border of the parish. |
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 Brimpton
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| Brimpton shown within Berkshire | |
| Area | 11.86 km2 (4.58 sq mi) |
| Population | 616 (2011 census) |
| • Density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | READING |
| Postcode district | RG7 |
| Dialling code | 0118 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Royal Berkshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
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Brimpton is a mostly rural village and civil parish in West Berkshire, England. The village occupies a few square miles of land between the Kennet and Avon Canal, a long tributary the Enborne which is used as part of the Hampshire boundary and the winding slopes of an escarpment in the far south-east, beyond the Enborne which is almost contiguous with the larger settlement of Baughurst a wood-buffered part of Tadley post town. This high common field contains five round barrows from the period of the Heptarchy in Anglo Saxon England.
Brimpton is centred 4.5 miles (7.2 km) ESE of the town of Newbury; its traditional and ceremonial county, divided into unitary authority districts, is Berkshire and no railways or dual carriageways bisect the area.
Evidence of Bronze Age inhabitation of Brimpton is in five round barrows right leading up to the border with Baughurst, Hampshire to the south. Known as "Borson Barrows", the tumuli were referred to in an Anglo-Saxon charter in AD 944. There have also been Iron Age and Roman settlements identified within the parish. The hypocaust of a villa was uncovered in the village, though records of its exact location no longer exist. One possible location is opposite Brimpton House near the parish church. A mediaeval bronze steelyard weight was found in the garden of the old moated house at Brimpton Manor.
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