Warfield
is a village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire. It is part of the unitary authority of Bracknell Forest.
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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,
Jealott's Hill,
Moss End and
Nuptown. In the south of the old parish,
Wick Hill and
Priestwood were amongst the earliest
suburbs 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
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.
The stream known as
The Cut runs through the centre of the parish, eventually joining the
River Thames at
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
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
councillors. There is also a Warfield Action Group.
History
Warfield was originally an
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 Men'. There are several
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
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, the Secretary to
Lord Clive and an amateur
scientist, and later to his descendants the
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 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 CofE Primary School
- Whitegrove Primary School
- Sandy Lane Primary School
- Meadowbrook 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 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