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|official_name= Checkendon |static_image_name= Checkendon SSPeter&Paul southeast.jpg |static_image_caption= Parish church of Saints Peter and Paul |coordinates = {{coord|51.543|-1.046|display=inline,title}} |os_grid_reference= SU6683 |label_position= top |area_total_km2=9.85 |population= 493 |population_ref= (2011 census)[1] |civil_parish= Checkendon |shire_district= South Oxfordshire |shire_county= Oxfordshire |region= South East England |country= England |post_town= Reading |postcode_district= RG8 |postcode_area= RG |dial_code= 01491 |constituency_westminster= Henley |website= Checkendon Village }} Checkendon is a village and civil parish about {{convert|6|mi|0}} west of Henley-on-Thames in South Oxfordshire and about {{convert|9|mi|0}} north west of Reading in Berkshire on a mid-height swathe of the Chilterns. HistoryThe parish has a record of continuous settlement since the 7th century. It is listed in the Domesday Book as Cecadene (Old English for "Ceaca's hill or hill-pasture"). The parish covers about {{convert|1500|ha|acre}} and lies between {{convert|150|m|ft}} and {{convert|170|m|ft}} above sea level.[2] After World War II Checkendon hosted a National Assistance Board camp for Polish war refugees displaced from Middle East and Africa. The camp, located at Checkendon outskirts was opened in 1948 and offered accommodation in Nissen huts and was closed in early 60's.[3][4] Parish church{{main|St Peter and St Paul, Checkendon}}The Church of England parish church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul is a 12th-century Norman building. All but one of the windows were replaced later in the Middle Ages with Decorated Gothic and Perpendicular Gothic ones, and the Perpendicular Gothic west tower is also a later addition.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|pp=533–534}} The building is Grade I listed.[5] The church has an early 13th-century wall painting of Christ in Majesty above a procession of Apostles. The murals were faithfully repainted when they were rediscovered, but more recently this has been considered over-restoration.{{sfn|Long|1972|p=90}} The bell tower has a ring of eight bells. Four were cast by Lester and Pack in 1765, two were cast in 1879 by Mears and Stainbank and two more cast by Mears and Stainbank were added in 1967.[6] The turret clock is by Tucker of London, dated 1853.[7] Saints Peter & Paul parish is now a member of The Langtree Team Ministry: a Church of England benefice that includes also the parishes of Ipsden, North Stoke, Stoke Row, Whitchurch-on-Thames and Woodcote.[8] War artist Eric Kennington (1888–1960), who was churchwarden, is buried here. AmenitiesCheckendon has a Church of England primary school.[9] Checkendon also has a village green with a playground. The village has two pubs: the 15th-century Four Horseshoes[10] within the village and the 17th-century Highwayman[11] to the south in the nearby hamlet of Exlade Street. There is also The Black Horse at Scots Common.[12] Checkendon has an equestrian centre located on Lovegroves Lane.[13] Checkendon Cricket Club[14] plays in the Berkshire Cricket League First Division.[15] North of the village, in the 19th-century Wheelers Barn, is Philip Koomen Furniture, producing modern bespoke wooden furniture.[16] The Hookend Recording Studios, where bands such as Marillion, the Cure and the Manic Street Preachers have made albums, are in the manor house at nearby Hook End.{{cn|date=May 2016}} Near the edge of the village, on public display, is the statue Nuba Survival by John Buckley, created in 2001.[17] Public transportTwo bus routes serve Checkendon:
References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk |title=Area: Checkendon CP (Parish): Parish Headcounts |author= |date= |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |accessdate=8 March 2010}} 2. ^"Checkendon Village: A Brief History" at checkendon.org {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225141523/http://www.checkendon.org/history.htm |date=25 February 2012 }} 3. ^{{cite book | url=http://www.polishresettlementcampsintheuk.co.uk/checkendon.htm | title=Polish resettlement camps in England and Wales 1946-1969 | author=Zosia Biegus | year=2013 | isbn=978-0-9569934-9-6}} 4. ^The camp was situated at {{Coord|51.555556|N|1.046944|W|display=inline}} 5. ^"Church of St Peter and St Paul, Checkendon" at britishlistedbuildings.co.uk {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033827/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-247052-church-of-st-peter-and-st-paul-checkendo/photos |date=4 March 2016 }} 6. ^Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers, Reading Branch {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210256/http://www.odgreadingbranch.co.uk/towers/checkendon.html |date=3 March 2016 }} 7. ^"St. Peter and St. Paul, Checkendon", guide available at the church, published July 1978 8. ^The Langtree Team Ministry {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821012138/http://www.langtree.org/index.htm |date=21 August 2016 }} 9. ^Checkendon Church of England Primary School{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 10. ^[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/37075 Geograph.org.uk] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213904/http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/37075 |date=3 March 2016 }} 11. ^The Highwayman {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312215520/http://thehighwaymaninn-checkendon.co.uk/findus.html |date=12 March 2012 }} 12. ^The Black Horse at beerintheevening.com {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225551/http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/32/32503/Black_Horse/Reading |date=3 March 2016 }} 13. ^Checkendon Equestrian Centre {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184524/http://www.checkendon.f9.co.uk/ |date=3 March 2016 }} 14. ^Checkendon Cricket Club at checkendon.org {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225141700/http://www.checkendon.org/associations.htm |date=25 February 2012 }} 15. ^Berkshire Cricket League {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104220658/http://www.berkshirecricketleague.com/public/docs/Fixtures.htm |date=4 January 2012 }} 16. ^Philip Koomen Furniture {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090252/http://www.koomen.demon.co.uk/ |date=4 March 2016 }} 17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.anxioussilence.co.uk/blog/2008/02/16/checkendon-sculpture-the-nuba-embrace/#|title=Checkendon Sculpture – The Nuba Embrace|date=16 February 2008|publisher=anxioussilence.co.uk}} 18. ^Reading-buses.co.uk {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920024531/http://www.reading-buses.co.uk/files/ANDY/tts/142MF28.HTML |date=20 September 2012 }} 19. ^Whitescoaches.com {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227164132/http://www.whitescoaches.com/WhitesCoaches145.pdf |date=27 February 2012 }} Sources
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