Bray (sometimes Bray-on-Thames) is a village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire. It stands on the banks of the River Thames, just south-east of Maidenhead. It is famous as the village mentioned in the song The Vicar of Bray. The parish has an area of 2,498 hectares (6,170 acres) and a population of 8460 at the 2001 census. The village contains two triple-Michelin-starred restaurants.
Bray has always been a very large parish, alth...
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Bray (sometimes Bray-on-Thames) is a village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire. It stands on the banks of the River Thames, just south-east of Maidenhead. It is famous as the village mentioned in the song The Vicar of Bray. The parish has an area of 2,498 hectares (6,170 acres) and a population of 8460 at the 2001 census. The village contains two triple-Michelin-starred restaurants.
Bray has always been a very large parish, although it has shrunk considerably since Maidenhead became independent in 1894. As well as the main village, the parish contains a large number of villages and hamlets, often greens, which were originally scattered amongst the dense woodland of Windsor Forest that once covered the area. These include: Bray Wick, Holyport, Water Oakley, Oakley Green, Moneyrow Green, Stud Green, Foxley Green, Touchen End, Braywoodside, Hawthorn Hill and Fifield.
Despite being located on the very edge of Maidenhead, Bray is still very much an idyllic English village...
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