51-719: Caversham may refer to: Caversham, Reading , in Berkshire, England Caversham (Reading ward) , an electoral ward Caversham, New Zealand , a suburb of Dunedin Caversham (New Zealand electorate) , an electoral constituency in New Zealand Caversham, Western Australia , a suburb of Perth Also Caversham AFC , an association football club in New Zealand Caversham Airfield ,
102-437: A Mayor. The Local Government Act 1972 resulted in the re-organisation of local government in that year. Henley became part of Wallingford District Council, subsequently renamed South Oxfordshire District Council. The borough council was replaced by a town council but the role of mayor was retained. Henley Bridge is a five arched bridge across the river built in 1786. It is a Grade I listed historic structure. During 2011
153-627: A Tamys" in 1485. By the beginning of the 16th century, the town extended along the west bank of the Thames from Friday Street in the south to the Manor , now Phyllis Court , in the north and took in Hart Street and New Street. To the west, it included Bell Street and the Market Place. Henry VIII granted the use of the titles "mayor" and " burgess ", and the town was incorporated in 1568 in
204-414: A clear preference for occupying a small part of Mapledurham playing fields (5%). The consultation is not binding, and there remain some legal difficulties. It is in trust for recreation purposes and was gifted by the late Mr Hewett to residents of Mapledurham and Reading . Yet there would also be significant benefits for the community; the children of the area would have a school within walking distance,
255-668: A community in the suburb of Caversham, on the outskirts of Reading, England Viscount Caversham , a subsidiary title of the Earl Cadogan [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caversham&oldid=892369712 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
306-508: A few others can also be received. Regatta Radio was broadcast during Henley Royal Regatta for a number of years up to 2014. As Henley is on an overlap of TV regions, it is possible to receive signals from the Crystal Palace ( BBC London / ITV London ) and Hannington ( BBC South / ITV Meridian ) transmitters. However, the local relay transmitter for Henley only broadcasts programmes from ITV London and BBC London , making Henley
357-784: A former Air Force base and motor racing circuit at Caversham in Western Australia Caversham Bridge , a bridge across the River Thames in England Caversham Court , a public garden and now-demolished mansion located on the north bank of the River Thames in Caversham, on the outskirts of Reading, England Caversham International Tennis Tournament , a professional tennis tournament held in Jersey, Channel Islands Caversham Lakes ,
408-406: A girls senior school. There is also Caversham Preparatory School , which takes children from ages 3 to 11. There are several primary schools in Caversham including Caversham Primary School , Caversham Park Primary School, Emmer Green Primary School, The Hill Primary School, St. Anne 's RC Primary School, St. Martin's RC Primary School, Micklands Primary School and Thameside Primary School. There
459-410: A local craftsman, is mounted on a tall Oak post in the village centre. Caversham including Emmer Green (the north bank) had: 22.1% of its homes being socially or privately rented in 2011, whereas the borough had 42.4%. This broad area had 20.4% of Reading's population and 23.5% of the borough, with the north bank's homes occupying 29.1% of the footprint of the whole borough's homes. It had 5.7% of
510-579: A naturally straight stretch of the river just north of the town. It was extended artificially. The event became "Royal" in 1851, when Prince Albert became patron of the regatta. Other regattas and rowing races are held on the same reach, including Henley Women's Regatta , Henley Town and Visitors Regatta, Henley Veteran Regatta, Upper Thames Small Boats Head, Henley Fours and Eights Head, and Henley Sculls. These "Heads" often attract strong crews that have won medals at National Championships. Local rowing clubs include: The regatta depicted throughout Dead in
561-802: A new club in Henley was started in September 2016 called Henley Lions FC. Henley has one local newspaper, the Henley Standard which is also available online. In addition to the Henley Standard website, there is another source of news online: the Henley Herald Local radio stations are BBC Radio Berkshire on 94.6 FM, Heart South on 103.4 FM, Greatest Hits Radio Berkshire and North Hampshire on 107.0 FM and London 's radio stations such as Capital and Magic along with
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#1732765637217612-683: A set of lakes created through gravel extraction between the suburb of Caversham in Reading, Berkshire and the hamlet of Sonning Eye in Oxfordshire, just north of the River Thames Caversham Lock , a lock and weir situated on the River Thames in England at Reading, Berkshire Caversham Park , a Victorian stately home with parkland in the suburb of Caversham, on the outskirts of Reading, England Caversham Park Village ,
663-594: A short time in April 1643. Reading had been held by Royalists and was besieged by a Parliamentary force under the Earl of Essex . Royalists marched south from Oxford to try to relieve the town's defenders but were heavily defeated, and the town fell to the Parliamentarians a few days later. The fortified manor house was replaced by Caversham House and Park in the 16th century. Several houses have stood on
714-552: A swan. In previous seasons, Highdown School has been used as Caversham AFC's training ground. The club colours are red and black. Their main rivals are Caversham Trents FC who also have boys teams competing in many of the same divisions as their AFC counterparts who are also known to use Highdown School as their training ground. The club colours are blue and white and their main ground is Mapledurham Playing Fields. The Albert Road recreation ground offers facilities for tennis , croquet , and bowls . There are many Anglican churches in
765-466: Is a short walk from both Reading Bridge and Caversham Bridge. There is one local authority secondary school in Caversham, Highdown School . Many children from the area also attend Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge in South Oxfordshire . In the independent sector, Queen Anne's School educates girls between the ages of 11 and 18, Hemdean House School has mixed infants and junior schools, and
816-547: Is a shortage of primary school places in the west of Caversham, but a 2006 proposal to use part of Mapledurham playing fields to build a replacement for Caversham Primary School did not receive public support. A new Heights Primary School took its first pupils in September 2014 in temporary accommodation, and has not yet found a permanent site. The Education Funding Authority acquired a site (previously residential) in Upper Warren Avenue during 2014, but there
867-815: Is an ecumenical project made up of Anglicans, Baptists and Methodists. Finally, Caversham Evangelical Church meets at the Youth and Community Centre in Emmer Green . Henley-on-Thames Henley-on-Thames ( / ˌ h ɛ n l i -/ HEN -lee ) is a town and civil parish on the River Thames , in the South Oxfordshire district, in Oxfordshire , England, 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Reading , 7 miles (11 km) west of Maidenhead , 23 miles (37 km) southeast of Oxford and 37 miles (60 km) west of London (by road), near
918-557: Is believed, was granted by a charter of King John . A market was certainly in existence by 1269; however, the jurors of the assize of 1284 said that they did not know by what warrant the Earl of Cornwall held a market and fair in the town of Henley. The existing Corpus Christi fair was granted by a charter of Henry VI . During the Black Death pandemic that swept through England in the 14th century, Henley lost 60% of its population. A variation on its name can be seen as "Henley up
969-589: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Caversham, Reading Caversham is a village and suburb of Reading in Berkshire , England, located directly north of Reading town centre across the River Thames . Caversham rises from the River Thames, lying on flood plain and the lowest reaches of the Chiltern Hills . Two road bridges, including Caversham Bridge , and two footbridges join Caversham to
1020-705: Is in the Reading Central parliamentary constituency , currently represented by Matt Rodda of the Labour Party . The 2016 Boundary Commission review recommended moving one of Caversham's wards, Mapledurham, into the Reading West parliamentary constituency, but after consultation, this proposal was reverted in the 2018 recommendations. Caversham was an ancient parish in the Binfield hundred of Oxfordshire . The parish historically extended from
1071-477: Is located around 6 miles (9.7 km) south west of Henley). With the exception of the centre of Caversham and Emmer Green, which were traditional villages, much of the development occurred during the 20th century. In 1911, it was transferred to Berkshire and became part of the county borough of Reading. The first written description of Caversham as Cavesham appeared in the Domesday Book (1086) within
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#17327656372171122-591: The Dissolution of the Monasteries , these lands were given to Christ Church . The rectory stood in what is now Caversham Court park and herb garden where there are remains with information panels and flat foundation stones as well as a ha ha wall below giving a view over the River Thames and much of Reading and Tilehurst . In the Civil War there was fierce fighting around Caversham Bridge for
1173-601: The M40 motorway (junction 4) are both about (7 miles or 11 km) away. Bus route 850, operated by Carousel Buses on an 20 minute frequency, runs through Henley between Reading and High Wycombe . Organic baby food manufacturer Ella's Kitchen is headquartered in Henley-on-Thames. Henley is a world-renowned centre for rowing . Each summer the Henley Royal Regatta is held on Henley Reach,
1224-464: The United Kingdom with its own nurseries, school, training college and residential accommodation on campus. Caversham AFC is one of the largest youth football clubs in the area with many of its girls' and boys' youth teams competing in the top divisions of local leagues. Caversham AFC's main ground is Clayfield Copse , commonly referred to as "Swan's Lair" because the mascot for the team is
1275-478: The geographical county of Berkshire. In 1911 the civil parish had a population of 9,858. Caversham had no council of its own after 1911, but was classed as an urban parish within the borough of Reading. The parish of Caversham was finally abolished on 1 April 1916, when the parish of Reading was enlarged to cover the whole borough. The Caversham Park area east of Caversham and part of the parish of Mapledurham west of Caversham were subsequently transferred into
1326-465: The hundred of Binfield . This entry indicates that a sizeable community had developed with a considerable amount of land under cultivation. Robert de Montfort and Henry of Essex fought in front of Henry II under a bridge by the village. The martial Earl of Pembroke, who was a protector of Henry III , died in Caversham in the 13th century. Some time before 1106 a shrine to the Virgin Mary
1377-484: The tripoint of Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire . The population at the 2021 Census was 12,186. There is archaeological evidence of people residing in Henley since the second century as part of the Romano-British period. The first record of Henley as a substantial settlement is from 1179, when it is recorded that King Henry II "had bought land for the making of buildings". King John granted
1428-530: The 17th and 18th centuries was due to manufactures of glass and malt, and trade in corn and wool. Henley-on-Thames supplied London with timber and grain. A workhouse to accommodate 150 people was built at West Hill in Henley in 1790, and was later enlarged to accommodate 250 as the Henley Poor Law Union workhouse. Prior to 1974 Henley was a municipal borough with a Borough Council comprising twelve Councillors and four Aldermen , headed by
1479-747: The Caversham area. St Peter's is the parish church of the Caversham, Thameside, and Mapledurham parish , which also includes St John's and St Margaret's, in the neighbouring Mapledurham village. There are also two Methodist Churches, the Catholic church of Our Lady and St. Anne , Caversham Baptist Church, Grace Church Caversham (which is part of Newfrontiers , and the Pentacostal New Testament Church of God. Caversham Park Village Church meets in Caversham Park Primary School each Sunday and
1530-547: The Thames and Caversham Heights , adjoining their respective golf courses is a western narrow outcrop of the northern foothills that reaches 95m AOD. The low Chiltern Hills on the north bank of the River Thames are therefore higher than the land on the opposite bank, providing wide views to the south. On the northern edge of Caversham is the Local nature reserve of Clayfield Copse . The carved Caversham village sign, carved by
1581-567: The Water , an episode of the British detective television series Midsomer Murders , was filmed at Henley. The River and Rowing Museum , located in Mill Meadows , is the town's one museum. It was established in 1998, and officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II . The museum, designed by the architect David Chipperfield , features information on the River Thames , the sport of rowing , and
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1632-551: The banks of the Thames northwards into the Chiltern Hills, and included the area around Kidmore End . Kidmore End was made a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1853. The reduced ecclesiastical parish of Caversham (excluding the Kidmore End ecclesiastical parish) was made a local government district in 1891. Such districts were reconstituted as urban districts in 1894. Also in 1894, the civil parish of Caversham
1683-404: The borough of Reading in 1977. The shopping area and immediate residential surrounds that form Central Caversham are surrounded by more recent developments that form bolt-on additions to the suburb: Caversham Heights on the higher ground to the west, Lower Caversham to the south east, and Caversham Park Village to the north east on what was the parkland of Caversham Park . Emmer Green , to
1734-452: The borough's non-domestic buildings footprint. At the 2011 census the proportion of homes that were rented as opposed to owned was close to 50% of the average for the borough . The area had 15.3% of Reading 's population and 16.4% of the borough's area. In keeping with a suburb, in 2005 the Office for National Statistics land use statistics published with the census, Caversham had 4.3% of
1785-412: The borough's non-domestic buildings footprint. The same figures (where Emmer Green is excluded from analysis) are that Caversham more narrowly defined, as is becoming more common, saw 24.8% of its homes rented against the borough's 42.4%, the same area had 15.3% of Reading's population and 16.4% of the borough's area with its homes occupying 20.6% of the footprint of the whole borough's homes. It had 4.3% of
1836-483: The bridge underwent a £200,000 repair programme after being hit by the boat Crazy Love in August 2010. About 1 mile (1.5 kilometres) upstream of the bridge is Marsh Lock . Henley Town Hall , which maintains a prominent position in the Market Place, was designed by Henry Hare and completed in 1900. Chantry House is the second Grade I listed building in the town. It is unusual in having more storeys on one side than on
1887-512: The manor of Benson and the town and manor of Henley to Robert Harcourt in 1199. A church at Henley is first mentioned in 1204. In 1205 the town received a tax for street paving, and in 1234 the bridge is first mentioned. In 1278 Henley is described as a hamlet of Benson with a chapel . The street plan was probably established by the end of the 13th century. As a demesne of the crown it was granted in 1337 to John de Molyns, whose family held it for about 250 years. The existing Thursday market, it
1938-469: The name of the warden, portreeves , burgesses and commonalty. The original charter was issued by Elizabeth I but replaced by one from George I in 1722. Henley suffered at the hands of both parties in the Civil War . Later, William III rested here on his march to London in 1688, at the nearby recently rebuilt Fawley Court , and received a deputation from the Lords . The town's period of prosperity in
1989-436: The non-domestic buildings. Almost wholly low rise where developed, its homes occupied 20.6% of the footprint of all homes in the borough. Caversham Bridge , Reading Bridge , Christchurch Bridge , and Caversham Lock provide crossing points (the last two for pedestrians only), with Sonning Bridge also available a few miles east of Caversham. While Caversham does not have a railway station of its own, Reading railway station
2040-479: The north, is an older village but is generally considered part of Caversham. Elevations of homes vary from 37m above mean sea level to 92m at the top of Caversham Park, three metres short of the highest point in the east of the area. The bank of the river has the Thames Path National Trail except to the west of Caversham, where it reverses banks at Reading Bridge . Between Mapledurham on
2091-602: The northwest of the town. Two notable buildings just outside Henley, in Buckinghamshire , are: The town's railway station is the terminus of the Henley Branch Line from Twyford . In the past there have been direct services to London Paddington . There are express mainline rail services from Reading (6 miles or 9.7 km) to Paddington. Trains from High Wycombe (12 miles or 19 km) go to London Marylebone . The M4 motorway (junction 8/9) and
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2142-464: The other. The Church of England parish church of St Mary the Virgin is nearby and has a 16th-century tower. The Old Bell is a pub in the centre of Henley on Bell Street. The building has been dated from 1325: the oldest-dated building in the town. To celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee , 60 oak trees were planted in the shape of a Victoria Cross near Fairmile, the long straight road to
2193-411: The recreation land would be used by the community more and the centre of Caversham's traffic would be reduced. Caversham has several nursery schools , one of which, New Bridge Nursery School was assessed by Ofsted in 2011 as 'outstanding'. Chiltern College, once a training school for childminders, now provides training in all aspects of child care, and claims to be the only childcare training college in
2244-510: The rest of Reading. Named areas within the village include Emmer Green , Lower Caversham , Caversham Heights and Caversham Park Village . Notable landmarks include Caversham Court , a public park and former country house; Caversham Lakes ; and part of the Thames Path national trail. Recorded as early as 1086, Caversham was a village part of the Henley district of Oxfordshire (it
2295-517: The site, notably the home of William Cadogan . The present Caversham Park House, built in 1850, was occupied by BBC Monitoring from 1943 until 2018, analysing news, information and comment gathered from mass media around the world. The BBC Written Archives Centre is still based on part of the site. Caversham is entirely within the borough of Reading and forms all or part of four of the borough's sixteen electoral wards : Caversham , Caversham Heights , Emmer Green and Thames wards. Caversham
2346-544: The town of Henley itself. Henley has the oldest football team Henley Town F.C. recognised by the Oxfordshire Football Association , they play at The Triangle ground. Henley also has a rugby union club Henley Hawks which play at the Dry Leas ground, a hockey club Henley Hockey Club which play at Jubilee Park, and Henley Cricket Club which has played at Brakspear Ground since 1886.
2397-480: Was criticism of the choice from local residents. After representations from affected constituents, the local MP , Rob Wilson , intervened. Following discussions with the EFA, Reading Borough Council was commissioned to work with local stakeholders on alternative sites. Five possibilities were proposed – two parks, a wildlife site, a residential site and a field in adjoining Oxfordshire . The subsequent consultation showed
2448-592: Was destroyed on 14 September 1538 under the command of Henry VIII . Only the well survives, now dry and surrounded by a protective wall, topped with a domed iron grill. A modern shrine to Our Lady has been re-established at the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady and St. Anne. In the Middle Ages Caversham Manor was one of the demesnes of William Marshal , Earl of Pembroke and regent during King Henry III 's minority. It
2499-418: Was established in Caversham. Its precise location is unknown, but it may have been near the present St Peter's Church . It became a popular place of pilgrimage , along with the chapel of St. Anne on the bridge and her well, whose waters were believed to have healing properties. By the 15th century the statue was plated in silver; Catherine of Aragon is recorded as visiting here on 17 July 1532. The shrine
2550-477: Was reduced to match the urban district, and Kidmore End became a separate civil parish. Caversham Urban District was abolished in 1911, with the area becoming part of the county borough of Reading on 9 November 1911, except for the Caversham Park area, which was transferred instead to the neighbouring parish of Eye and Dunsden . This also had the effect of transferring Caversham from Oxfordshire to
2601-475: Was the place of his death. The medieval community was clustered on the north side of Caversham Bridge east of St Peter's Church , which was built in the 12th century. The third Earl of Buckingham donated the land for the church and neighbouring rectory, together with a considerable amount of land around it, to the Augustinian Notley Abbey near Long Crendon in Buckinghamshire . After
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