Priestwood
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| Priestwood | |
| Berkshire | |
|---|---|
 St Andrew's parish church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU861697 |
| Location: | 51°25’19"N, 0°45’54"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Bracknell |
| Postcode: | RG42 |
| Dialling code: | 01344 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Bracknell Forest |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Bracknell |
Priestwood is a Berkshire village which has become a suburb of Bracknell in that county a mile northwest of the town centre.
Churches
- Church of England: St Andrew's
- Methodist: Bracknell Methodist Church[1]
The original Church of England parish church of St Andrew was simple Gothic Revival building designed by the architect H G W Drinkwater and completed in 1888.[2] After its centenary the building was demolished and replaced with a new church that was consecrated in April 1990. St. Andrew's is now part of the Bracknell Team Ministry.[3]
About the village
Meadow Vale Primary School is in the centre of Priestwood.[4] It has begun an expansion project to enable it to have three classes in each year.[5]
Blue Mountain Golf Club is near Priestwood.[6]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Priestwood) |
References
- ↑ Bracknell Methodist Church
- ↑ Pevsner 1966, pp. 93–94.
- ↑ Bracknell Team Ministry
- ↑ Meadow Vale Primary School
- ↑ "Meadow Vale Expansion Project". Meadow Vale Primary School. http://www.meadowvaleprimary.co.uk/page/?title=Meadow+Vale+Construction+Project&pid=166. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ↑ Blue Mountain Golf Club
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 93–94.
