Bray (Berkshire)

Bray
Coordinates	51 ° 30 ′  N , 0 ° 42 ′  W Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′  N , 0 ° 42 ′  W
Bray
Residents	9159 (as of 2016)
administration
Part of the country	England
region	South East England
Shire county	Berkshire
District	Windsor and Maidenhead
Civil Parish	Bray

Bray is a village and an administrative division in the district of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire , England. Bray is on the River Thames and 12 miles from Reading . In 2016 it had 9,159 inhabitants. Bray was mentioned as Brai in the Domesday Book in 1086 .

Personalities

• Pentti Airikkala (1945–2009), Finnish rally driver; died in Bray
• Sylvia Anderson (1927-2016), film director and producer; lived and died in Bray
• Heston Blumenthal , OBE (* 1966), restaurateur; Chef and owner of the three-star restaurant "The Fat Duck"
• John Boulting (1913–1985), film producer, screenwriter and film director; born in Bray
• Roy Boulting (1913–2001), film producer, screenwriter and film director; born in Bray (twin brother of John)
• Eric Clapton (* 1945), guitarist; took in Bray his album Unplugged on
• Marian Montgomery (1934-2002), American jazz singer; died in Bray
• Michel Roux Sr., OBE (1941-2020), Koch; Founder of the three-star restaurant "The Waterside Inn"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ City Population: Bray ( English ) Retrieved June 11, 2018.
2. ↑ The Domesday Book Online: Berkshire AC ( English ) Retrieved on June 11, 2017th