Bray, sometimes known as Bray on Thames, is a large 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 village contains two of the four three-Michelin-starred restaurants in the UK, and is the home of Bray Studios of "Hammer Horror" fame.
The parish of Bray includes a number of other village...
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Bray, sometimes known as Bray on Thames, is a large 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 village contains two of the four three-Michelin-starred restaurants in the UK, and is the home of Bray Studios of "Hammer Horror" fame.
The parish of Bray includes a number of other villages and hamlets. It has an area of 2,498 hectares (6,170 acres) and a population of 8,425 at the 2001 census.
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,...
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