Gallowstree_Common

Gallowstree Common

Gallowstree Common

Village near Reading, England

Gallowstree Common is a hamlet in South Oxfordshire, England,[1][2] about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north of Reading, Berkshire.

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The village had a public house, the Reformation, which was controlled by the Brakspear brewery. In 2023, the brewery sold the pub garden for housing and the pub is to be turned into a veterinary surgery.[3] Antony Worrall Thompson was chef at an earlier public house in the village, the Greyhound, which closed in 2009.[4] In 2011, a Diamond Jubilee Pavilion was constructed at a recreation ground in the hamlet at a cost of £590,000; it hosts Kidmore End Cricket Club.[5]

The village has two woods: New Copse[6] and Withy Copse.[citation needed]

See also

Media related to Gallowstree Common at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. [1]
    Roberts, Hannah (24 March 2022). "Abandoned Berkshire cottage auctioned off for well over its guide price as 25 people compete to bid". BerkshireLive. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
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    French, Andrew (17 October 2020). "Brave soldier's conviction for landlady's murder 'unsafe'". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
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    "Village pub being turned into veterinary surgery". Henley Standard. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
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    Serck, Linda (26 January 2009). "Last orders for AWT pub". BBC Berkshire. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
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    "Pavilion not viable after costs soar, says council". Henley Standard. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  6. [6]
    "Ash trees that profited from Great Storm are under threat of disease". Henley Standard. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2024.



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