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Calvert is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, near the village of Steeple Claydon.. Originally named after a wealthy local family who had inherited property at Claydon House, Middle Claydon, on condition that they changed their surname to Verney, [1] the village was founded as a hamlet in the Victorian era to house workers for the brick works that were constructed in the area.
Steeple Claydon is a village and civil parish in the Buckinghamshire district of the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England. The village is about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Buckingham , 4.5 miles (7 km) west of Winslow and 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Waddesdon .
The present chancel roof dates from the 17th century. [8] [9] The north aisle was built in 1839 but its east window dates from about 1275. [9] In 1888 All Saints' was largely rebuilt under the direction of John Oldrid Scott. [9] Scott extended the chancel eastwards [9] by about 6 feet (1.8 m) and added a new Gothic Revival east window. [8]
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 as Wokingham District, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Wokingham and Wokingham Rural District. It is governed by Wokingham Borough Council (formerly Wokingham District Council), which has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1998, following the abolition of ...
Recycling collection site in Portsmouth, Hampshire. In 2015, 43.5% of the United Kingdom's municipal waste was recycled, composted or broken down by anaerobic digestion. [1] The majority of recycling undertaken in the United Kingdom is done by statutory authorities, although commercial and industrial waste is chiefly processed by private companies.
Wokingham Library is now located in the Carnival Hub leisure centre having relocated from Denmark Street in September 2022. Wokingham Cricket Club (founded 1825) played at their ground on Wellington Road before relocating to a new, bigger ground in Sindlesham in 2012. Wokingham Music, Food & Drink Festival is held every August.
The earliest known record of the Church of England parish church of Saint James [7] dates from 1220. [4] The ancient church was pulled down in 1860 [3] and the present church building was built in 1860–61 [6] or 1862. [4] The ancient church door remains in the garden of Weston House in Wokingham. [3]
The council's main offices are the Civic Offices at Shute End in Wokingham. The building began as a house, built c. 1870 as the rectory for nearby St Paul's Church. It was purchased by Wokingham Rural District Council in 1939 and converted to become their offices. The building passed to the new Wokingham District Council when local government ...