Braywick, Berkshire
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| Bray Wick | |
|---|---|
 Braywick Nature Centre | |
  Bray Wick Location within Berkshire | |
| OS grid reference | SU8979 |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Maidenhead |
| Postcode district | SL6 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Royal Berkshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
Braywick is a linear suburb in the southern portion of the unparished area of Maidenhead and formerly in the civil parish of Bray in the English county of Berkshire. It is incorrectly called Bray Wick on Ordnance Survey maps.[1]
Geography
Natural conservation areas
Braywick Park is a park and local nature reserve on the west side of the York Stream.[2] Adjoining this, on the east side of York Stream, is a site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) called Bray Meadows.[3]
Notable people
- Arthur Dillon (1750–1794) was an Irish Catholic aristocrat born in England who inherited the ownership of a regiment that served France under the Ancien Régime during the American Revolutionary War and then the French First Republic during the War of the First Coalition.
References
- ^ Ford, David Nash (2020). East Berkshire Town and Village Histories. Wokingham: Nash Ford Publishing. pp. 56–58. ISBN 9781905191017.
- ^ "Magic Map Application - Braywick Park". Magic.defra.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ "Magic Map Application - Bray meadows". Magic.defra.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
External links
Media related to Bray Wick at Wikimedia Commons
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