Riseley, Berkshire

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Riseley
Riseley shown within Berkshire
OS grid reference	SU722632
Parish	Swallowfield
Unitary authority	Wokingham
Ceremonial county	Berkshire
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Royal Berkshire
Ambulance	South Central
European Parliament	South East England
List of places: UK • England • Berkshire

Coordinates: 51°21′48″N 0°57′44″W / 51.363216, -0.962116

Riseley is a village in the English county of Berkshire, adjacent to the border with the county of Hampshire. The village was formerly on the main A33 road between Reading (6 miles) and Basingstoke (8 miles), but is now bypassed by a newer route from just south of Riseley to the M4 motorway on the southern fringes of Reading.

For local government purposes, the village is today within the civil parish of Swallowfield, which in turn is within the unitary authority of Wokingham.

Before 1844, the village of Riseley was part of a detached portion, or exclave, of the county of Wiltshire, some 30 miles to the west. The Counties (Detached Parts) Act of that year resulting in its transfer to the county of Berkshire.^[1]^[2]

[edit] References

^ (2006) Cassini Historical Map - Reading & Windsor - 1816-1830. Cassini Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1847360513.
^ Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844, 7 & 8 Vict. c. 61, London

Settlements in Wokingham Borough
Towns: Earley \| Wokingham \| Woodley
Villages: Arborfield \| Arborfield Cross \| Arborfield Garrison \| Barkham \| Charvil \| Cockpole Green \| Crazies Hill \| Farley Hill \| Finchampstead \| Gardeners Green \| Grazeley \| Hare Hatch \| Holme Green \| Hurst \| Kiln Green \| Ravenswood \| Remenham \| Riseley \| Ruscombe \| Ryeish Green \| Shinfield \| Sindlesham \| Sonning \| Spencers Wood \| Swallowfield \| Three Mile Cross \| Twyford \| Wargrave \| Winnersh
Other civil parishes: Arborfield and Newland \| St Nicholas Hurst \| Wokingham Without