Sunninghill, Berkshire

Sunninghill[1] is a village in the civil parish of Sunninghill and Ascot in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead[2] in the English county of Berkshire.

Sunninghill
Sunninghill High Street
Sunninghill Location within Berkshire
Population	11,603 2001 Census (with Ascot)
OS grid reference	SU937680
• London	23 miles (37 km)
Unitary authority	Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Ceremonial county	Berkshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Ascot
Postcode district	SL5
Dialling code	01344
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Royal Berkshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Windsor

Location

It is south west and about 12 miles (19 km) from Heathrow Airport and 26 miles (42 km) from Central London. It is just outside Ascot, one of the UK's most famous locations for horse racing. It is close to Sunningdale, Bracknell, Windsor Great Park and Wentworth Golf Club. The town of Windsor is about 7 miles (11 km).

Junction 3 of the M3 motorway and the A30 road are within 1 mile (2 km) at Lightwater. M25 London Orbital motorway junctions 3 at Staines and 11 at Chertsey are both 7 miles (11 km).

The nearest railway stations are Ascot and Sunningdale on the London Waterloo to Reading line.

History

The name Sunninghill means "the home of Sunna's people, that is, the Anglo-Saxon Sunningas tribe".[3]

The Church of England parish church of Saint Michael and All Angels[4] was originally established about AD 890[5] but was rebuilt in 1808 and 1826–27.[5]

Cordes Hall, in the centre of the village, was designed by Joseph and Edward Morris and built in 1902.[5]

Mansions

The area is mainly residential, characterised by generally large dwellings set in their own grounds.

Silwood Park

Silwood Park was first established as the manor house of Sunninghill by John de Sunninghill in 1362.[3] The park is now a campus of Imperial College London, where CONSORT,[6] a small nuclear reactor for civilian scientific research, has been in use since 1964.

Tittenhurst Park

Main article: Tittenhurst Park

Beatle John Lennon and his new wife Yoko Ono lived at the house known as Tittenhurst Park in London Road from 1969–71.[7] Another Beatle, Ringo Starr then lived there till the late 1980s.[7] In the 19th century the house was also the home of Thomas Holloway the Victorian businessman and philanthropist together with his wife, Jane.[8] Holloway was the founder of Royal Holloway, London University, in nearby Englefield Green, and also of Holloway Sanatorium in nearby Virginia Water.[8] Jane died in 1875, aged 61; Holloway died there on 26 December 1875, aged 83. They are buried in a family grave at Sunninghill churchyard.

Amenities

Sunninghill Saints Sports Club (2009) is a Saturday morning junior football and sports club for primary age children in the Ascot area.[9]

References

1. "Sunninghill and Ascot Parish Council". Retrieved 16 March 2012.
2. "Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead". Retrieved 21 September 2008.
3. "Sunninghill website – history". Archived from the original on 26 October 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
4. "Sunninghill Parish Church". Retrieved 21 September 2008.
5. Pevsner, 1966, page 233
6. "CONSORT civilian scientific research nuclear reactor, 2007 update". Retrieved 17 November 2008.
7. Norman, Philip (2008). John Lennon The Life. Hammersmith: Harper Collins. pp. 615 et seq. ISBN 978-0-00-719741-5.
8. Williams, Richard (1983). Royal Holloway College, A Pictorial History. Surrey: Royal Holloway, University of London. pp. 6-includes a picture of the house c.1930. ISBN 0-900145-83-8.
9. "Sunninghill Saints". Retrieved 29 June 2009.

Sources

• Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). The Buildings of England: Berkshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 233.

External links

• Sunninghill and Ascot Parish Council
• Potted History of Sunninghill and Ascot