Warfield 5781855 219520890 2008-06-15T16:57:08Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other {{For|other uses|Warfield (Disambiguation)}} '''Warfield''' is a [[village]] and [[civil parish]] in the [[England|English]] county of [[Berkshire]]. It is part of the [[unitary authority]] of [[Bracknell Forest]]. ==Geography== Warfield is a mostly rural parish made up of a number of small settlements. Warfield Village proper consists of the few houses around the [[parish church]] in the centre of the parish, but the '''West End''', '''Newell Green''', '''Warfield Street''' and '''Hayley Green''' area just to the south is generally referred to as 'Warfield'. To the north are the hamlets of [[Hawthorn Hill, Berkshire|Hawthorn Hill]], [[Jealott's Hill]], [[Moss End]] and [[Nuptown]]. In the south of the old parish, [[Wick Hill]] and [[Priestwood]] were amongst the earliest [[suburb]]s of the [[new town]] of [[Bracknell]], in which parish they now lie. The High Street area of Bracknell itself was originally in Warfield parish. [[Warfield Park]] is an area of residential [[Prefabricated home|park homes]]. New housing developments in Warfield have taken place since the 1980s and include [[Whitegrove]] (also known as 'Warfield Green'), [[Quelm Park]] and [[Lawrence Hill, Bracknell|Lawrence Hill]]. The stream known as [[The Cut, Berkshire|The Cut]] runs through the centre of the parish, eventually joining the [[River Thames]] at [[Bray, Berkshire|Bray]]. The [[Bull Brook]] runs into The Cut, just south-east of the church. There are a number of small ponds and other bodies of water in the parish, notably the ominously named 'Drown Boy Pond' at Jealott's Hill and the lake at Warfield Park. There were [[spring (water)|springs]] in the Holly Spring area. Cabbage Hill is perhaps the largest hill in the parish, from which there are excellent views of Bracknell. ==Local government== As well as being administered by the [[unitary authority]] of [[Bracknell Forest]], Warfield has a [[parish council]] consisting of thirteen [[councillor]]s. There is also a Warfield Action Group. ==History== Warfield was originally an [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] settlement and is recorded in the [[Domesday Book]]. The name means 'Wren's Field'. The medieval church is one of the finest in [[Berkshire]], particularly noted for its [[Decorated Period]] chancel with beautiful carvings and '[[Green man|Green Men]]'. There are several [[church monument|memorials]] to the Stavertons who lived at the old [[manor house]] in the moat at Hayley Green. This was replaced, in the [[Georgian period]], by Warfield House ''alias'' Warfield Grove, the home of Admiral Sir [[Sir George Bowyer, 5th Baronet|George Bowyer]] and, later, the political writer, Sir [[John Coxe Hippisley]]. Another fine old [[country house]] was Warfield Park. In the 18th century, it was the home of [[John Walsh (scientist)|John Walsh]], the Secretary to [[Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive|Lord Clive]] and an amateur [[scientist]], and later to his descendants the [[Baron Ormathwaite|Lords Ormathwaite]]. It was pulled down in 1955. There was formerly much brickworking in the south of the parish, most notably under the Lawrence family who made the bricks for [[10 Downing Street]] there. The last of the brickworks were pulled down in the 1990s to make way for the housing development, Lawrence Hill. A memorial to the brickworks was put in place near the original site. ==Transport== The main road through Warfield is the B3034, from [[Brookside, Berkshire|Brookside]] to Bill Hill. Warfield is served by bus routes 53, 53A, 153, 162 and 192, run by [[First Group]]. ==Education== *Building Blocks Nursery *Paws Nursery *Plus Three Nursery *Possums Nursery *[[Warfield Church of England Primary School|Warfield CofE Primary School]] *Whitegrove Primary School *Sandy Lane Primary School *Meadowbrook [[Montessori method|Montessori School]] ==Sport and leisure== *Frost Folly Country Park *The Library is in Whitegrove *Memorial Ground and Play Area *Rainbows and Brownies at the Brownlow Hall *Six [[public house|pubs]]: The Three Legged Cross, the New Leathern Bottle, the Shepherd's House, the Plough and Harrow, the Cricketers, the Yorkshire Rose *Warfield Archery Club *Warfield Cricket Club *Warfield Players *Warfield [[Women's Institute]] *Warfield Fete each Summer *Warfield Produce Show held annually *Warfield Pumpkin Show every September at the Plough and Harrow *Whitegrove Summer (July) and Christmas Fete (Dec) held every year ==External links== *[http://www.warfieldpc.fsnet.co.uk/ Warfield Parish Council] *[http://www.berkshirehistory.com/villages/warfield.html Royal Berkshire History: Warfield] *[http://www.bfheritage.org.uk/history.php?CID=25&Title=The+Parish+of+Warfield Bracknell Forest Heritage: Warfield] *[http://www.warfield.org.uk/ Warfield Parish Churches] *[http://warfield.play-cricket.com/ Warfield Cricket Club] *[http://warfieldplayers.co.uk/ Warfield Players] {{Bracknell Forest}} {{coor title dm|51|26|N|0|45|W|region:GB_type:city}} [[Category:Villages in Berkshire]] [[Category:Bracknell Forest]] [[nl:Warfield (Engeland)]]