This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Fords Farm" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Fords Farm | |
---|---|
Pub and church in Fords Farm | |
Fords FarmLocation within Berkshire | |
OS grid reference | SU678717 |
Unitary authority |
|
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Reading |
Postcode district | RG31 |
Dialling code | 0118 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Royal Berkshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament |
|
51°26′26″N 1°01′30″W / 51.440473°N 1.025119°W / 51.440473; -1.025119 |
Fords Farm in West Berkshire is a suburb of Reading in the English county of Berkshire.
Location
Fords Farm is a housing estate between Beansheaf Farm and Calcot Place at Calcot in the civil parish of Holybrook in West Berkshire. It is close to the border with the town and borough of Reading. Fords Farm lies south of the Bath Road.
History
From 1894, Fords Farm was in the civil parish of Theale. Before that it was in the parish of Tilehurst. The historic Calcot Mill is on the Holy Brook at Fords Farm in an area previously known as Calcot Green.
References
- ^ Ford, David Nash (2020). Mid-Berkshire Town and Village Histories. Wokingham: Nash Ford Publishing. pp. 67–70. ISBN 9781905191024.
- Doyle, Dave (18 July 2021). "The lost pubs of Reading and what they've become". Berkshire Live. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
External links
Media related to Fords Farm at Wikimedia Commons
Reading, Berkshire | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Topics | |||||||
Politics |
| ||||||
Places |
|
This Berkshire location article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |