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Borough of Wokingham, the Glossary

The Borough of Wokingham is a local government district with borough status in Berkshire, England.^[1]

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Districts of Berkshire
Local authorities adjoining the River Thames

Adult education

Adult education, distinct from child education, is a practice in which adults engage in systematic and sustained self-educating activities in order to gain new forms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values.

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Arborfield

Arborfield is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Arborfield and Newland, in the Borough of Wokingham in Berkshire, England.

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Arborfield Green

Arborfield Green is a new village approximately south east of the village of Arborfield Cross in the English county of Berkshire, previously a British Army garrison called Arborfield Garrison.

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Bagshot Formation

In geology, the Bagshot Beds are a series of sands and clays of shallow-water origin, some being fresh-water, some marine.

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Barkham

Barkham is a village and civil parish in the borough of Wokingham in Berkshire, England, located around southwest of the town of Wokingham.

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Berkshire

The Royal County of Berkshire, commonly known as simply Berkshire (abbreviated Berks.), is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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Black British people

Black British people are a multi-ethnic group of British people of either African or Afro-Caribbean descent.

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Borough status in the United Kingdom

Borough status is granted by royal charter to local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Bracknell

Bracknell is a town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, the westernmost area within the Greater London Urban Area and the administrative centre of the borough of Bracknell Forest.

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Bracknell and Wokingham College

Bracknell & Wokingham College is a general college of further education, offering courses for school leavers, adults and employers training their staff, and based in Bracknell, Berkshire, England.

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British Asians

British Asians (also referred to as Asian Britons) are British people of Asian descent.

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British Summer Time

During British Summer Time (BST), civil time in the United Kingdom is advanced one hour forward of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), in effect changing the time zone from UTC±00:00 to UTC+01:00, so that mornings have one hour less daylight, and evenings one hour more.

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California Country Park

California Country Park is a country park covering Long Moor at California, Berkshire, England.

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Ceremonial counties of England

Ceremonial counties, formally known as counties for the purposes of the lieutenancies, are areas of England to which lord-lieutenants are appointed.

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Charvil

Charvil is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England.

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Chiltern Hills

The Chiltern Hills or the Chilterns are a chalk escarpment in southern England, northwest of London, covering across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, and Bedfordshire, stretching from Goring-on-Thames in the southwest to Hitchin in the northeast.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party.

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Countries of the United Kingdom

Since 1922, the United Kingdom has been made up of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales (which collectively make up Great Britain) and Northern Ireland (variously described as a country, province, jurisdiction or region).

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Districts of England

The districts of England (officially, local authority districts, abbreviated LADs) are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government.

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Earley

Earley is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom is an ethnically diverse society.

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Finchampstead

Finchampstead is a village and civil parish in the Wokingham Borough in the shire of Berkshire, England.

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Freedom of the City

The Freedom of the City (or Borough in some parts of the UK) is an honour bestowed by a municipality upon a valued member of the community, or upon a visiting celebrity or dignitary.

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Further education

Further education (often abbreviated FE) in the United Kingdom and Ireland is additional education to that received at secondary school that is distinct from the higher education (HE) offered in universities and other academic institutions.

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Greenwich Mean Time

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the local mean time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, counted from midnight.

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Hurst, Berkshire

Hurst is a village in the civil parish of St Nicholas Hurst in the Borough of Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

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Irreligion in the United Kingdom

Irreligion in the United Kingdom is more prevalent than in some parts of Europe, with about 8% indicating they were atheistic in 2018, and 52% listing their religion as "none".

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Islam in England

Islam in England is the second largest religion after Christianity.

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James Sunderland (politician)

James Sunderland (born 6 June 1970) is a British Conservative politician and former military officer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bracknell between 2019 and 2024.

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John Redwood

Sir John Alan Redwood (born 15 June 1951) is a British politician and academic who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wokingham in Berkshire from 1987 to 2024.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.

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List of English districts by area

This is a list of the districts of England ordered by area, according to Standard Area Measurements published by the Office for National Statistics.

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List of English districts by population

This is a list of the districts of England ordered by population, according to estimated figures for from the Office for National Statistics.

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List of MPs elected in the 2017 United Kingdom general election

In the United Kingdom's 2017 general election, 650 Members of Parliament (MPs) were elected to the House of Commons – one for each parliamentary constituency.

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List of sovereign states

The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974.

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Local Government Commission for England (1992)

The Local Government Commission for England was the body responsible for reviewing the structure of local government in England from 1992 to 2002.

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London Borough of Hackney

The London Borough of Hackney is a London borough in Inner London, England.

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Matt Rodda

Matthew Richard Allen Rodda (born 28 December 1966) is a British Labour Party politician, former journalist and civil servant who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Reading Central since 2024.

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Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)

Mixed is an ethnic group category that was first introduced by the United Kingdom's Office for National Statistics for the 2001 Census.

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More or Less (radio programme)

More or Less is an investigative BBC Radio 4 programme about the accuracy of numbers and statistics in the public domain.

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ONS coding system

The ONS coding system was a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data.

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Ordnance Survey National Grid

The Ordnance Survey National Grid reference system (OSGB), also known as British National Grid (BNG), is a system of geographic grid references, distinct from latitude and longitude, whereby any location in Great Britain can be described in terms of its distance from the origin (0, 0), which lies to the west of the Isles of Scilly.

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Primary school

A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary education of children who are 4 to 10 years of age (and in many cases, 11 years of age).

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Private schools in the United Kingdom

Private schools in the United Kingdom (also called independent schools) are schools that require fees for admission and enrollment.

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Regions of England

The regions of England, formerly known as the government office regions, are the highest tier of sub-national division in England.

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Religion in England

Religion in England is characterised by a variety of beliefs and practices that has historically been dominated by Christianity.

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Remenham

Remenham is a village and civil parish on the Berkshire bank of the River Thames opposite Henley-on-Thames in southern England.

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River Loddon

The River Loddon is a tributary of the River Thames in southern England.

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River Thames

The River Thames, known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London.

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Roman road from Silchester to Bath

The Roman road from Silchester to Bath connected Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester) with Aquae Sulis (Bath) via Spinae (Speen), Cunetio (near Marlborough) and Verlucio (near Sandy Lane).

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Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) is the maintenance arm of the British Army that maintains the equipment that the Army uses.

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Ruscombe

Ruscombe is a village and civil parish, east of Twyford in the Borough of Wokingham in Berkshire, England.

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Secondary school

A secondary school or high school is an institution that provides secondary education.

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Shinfield

Shinfield is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

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Sonning

Sonning (traditional:; modern) is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England, on the River Thames, east of Reading.

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South East England

South East England is one of the nine official regions of England in the United Kingdom at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes.

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Special education

Special education (also known as special-needs education, aided education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, and SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates their individual differences, disabilities, and special needs.

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Spencers Wood

Spencers Wood is a village in the Borough of Wokingham, Berkshire, England, south of Reading.

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Swinley Forest

Swinley Forest is a large expanse of Crown Estate woodland managed by Forestry England mainly within the civil parishes of Windlesham in Surrey and Winkfield and Crowthorne in Berkshire, England.

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Tertiary education

Tertiary education, also referred to as third-level, third-stage or post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of secondary education.

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Theresa May

Theresa Mary, Lady May (born 1 October 1956) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2016 to 2019.

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Three Mile Cross

Three Mile Cross is a village in the Borough of Wokingham, Berkshire, England, around to the south of Reading town centre.

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Twyford, Berkshire

Twyford is a large village and civil parish in the Borough of Wokingham in Berkshire, England.

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The unitary authorities of England are a type of local authority responsible for all local government services in an area.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borough_of_Wokingham

Also known as Wokingham (borough), Wokingham (district), Wokingham Borough, Wokingham District, Wokingham UA.

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Borough of Wokingham, the Glossary

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See also

Districts of Berkshire

Local authorities adjoining the River Thames

References