Burghfield is a village and large civil parish in West Berkshire, England, with a boundary with Reading. Burghfield can trace its history back to before the Domesday Book, and was once home to three manors: Burghfield Regis, Burghfield Abbas, and Sheffield. Since the 1980s the population of Burghfield has nearly doubled with the construction of housing estates, making it a dormitory for Reading, Newbury, Basingstoke and the M4 corridor.
The Rising Sun, Burghfield Common, in 2005
An iron spearhead from the early Anglo-Saxon period, found in Burghfield in 2000 and dated to c. 400 – c. 525
A silver groat from the reign of Edward III, found in Burghfield and dated to c. 1351 – c. 1352
Old well in Burghfield Common
West Berkshire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. It is administered from Newbury by West Berkshire Council.
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