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unusual facts about Wokingham


Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Colemore

Two bells hang from beneath the bellcote at the west end, one cast in about 1380 at Wokingham, and the other in 1627 by Ellis Knight of Reading.


Emmbrook

Emmbrook, Berkshire, a suburb of the town of Wokingham, Berkshire, England

Lesley Langley

She attended the Royal Merchant Navy School, near Wokingham, Berkshire, (now known as Bearwood College) in the 1950s.

Manx Independent

Stan Corlett (Director at Mercantile) previously served as a councillor for Wokingham and had also taught economics at Ashridge Business School in Hertfordshire returned to the Isle of Man in 1976 at the age of 43 with the mission of finding a way to "Give a voice to the Manx people".

Margaret Wingfield

She stood several times for parliament and the London County Council, for Wokingham in 1964 and 1966, Walthamstow West in a 1967 by-election, and Chippenham in 1970, but was never elected.

Piper Cars

The company was initially based in Hayes, then in Kent, with production taking place from 1968 at Wokingham, Berkshire and from 1973 at South Willingham, Lincolnshire.

Tirabad

Just outside the village is the Tirabad Centre, an outdoor pursuits centre run by the Tirabad Residential Educational Trust and owned jointly by three state schools in Berkshire, England - Charters in Sunningdale, The Emmbrook near Wokingham and Maiden Erlegh in Earley.

Wokingham Without

Ludgrove School at Wixenford is actually just in Wokingham Without, rather than Wokingham.


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