Gallowstree Common Explained

Official Name:Gallowstree Common
Static Image:Gallowstree Common pub.jpg
Static Image Width:230px
Static Image Caption:The Reformation Public House
Coordinates:51.516°N -1.006°W
Civil Parish:Kidmore End
Shire County:Oxfordshire
Region:South East England
Country:England
Constituency Westminster:Henley
Post Town:Reading
Postcode District:RG4
Postcode Area:RG
Dial Code:0118
Os Grid Reference:SU6980
Website:Kidmore End Parish Council

Gallowstree Common is a hamlet in South Oxfordshire, England,[1] [2] about 4.5miles north of Reading, Berkshire.

The village had a public house, the Reformation, which was controlled by the Brakspear brewery. In 2023, the brewery sold the pub garden for housing and the pub is to be turned into a veterinary surgery.[3] Antony Worrall Thompson was chef at an earlier public house in the village, the Greyhound, which closed in 2009.[4] In 2011, a Diamond Jubilee Pavilion was constructed at a recreation ground in the hamlet at a cost of £590,000; it hosts Kidmore End Cricket Club.[5]

The village has two woods: New Copse[6] and Withy Copse.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Roberts . Hannah . 24 March 2022 . Abandoned Berkshire cottage auctioned off for well over its guide price as 25 people compete to bid . 26 February 2024 . BerkshireLive.
  2. Web site: French . Andrew . 17 October 2020 . Brave soldier’s conviction for landlady’s murder ‘unsafe’ . 26 February 2024 . Oxford Mail.
  3. Web site: 12 January 2024 . Village pub being turned into veterinary surgery . 26 February 2024 . Henley Standard.
  4. Web site: Serck . Linda . 26 January 2009 . Last orders for AWT pub . 26 February 2024 . BBC Berkshire.
  5. Web site: 15 September 2023 . Pavilion not viable after costs soar, says council . 26 February 2024 . Henley Standard.
  6. Web site: 10 September 2018 . Ash trees that profited from Great Storm are under threat of disease . 26 February 2024 . Henley Standard.