Wokingham
Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ N , 0 ° 50 ′ W
Wokingham is a city in England in the county of Berkshire in the district of Wokingham and is its administrative seat. It has more than 30,000 inhabitants.
The river Emm Brook flows through the city .
geography
Wokingham is located on the River Emm Brook in the Loddon Valley in central Berkshire . London is 53.1 kilometers east of the village. The city is located between the two larger towns of Reading in the northwest and Bracknell in the east at the west end of the Windsor Forest .
Townships
The city is divided into eight so-called wards. These include Emmbrook North and South in the north, Norrey East and West in the East, Edendon East and West in the West, and Wescott East and West in the South.
climate
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Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Wokingham
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Neighboring places
Wokingham borders the following localities:
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history
The name Wokingham translated means the home of the people of Wocca. Wocca was a Saxon who used the land in the area for agriculture, including Wokefield . However, the headquarters of Wocca was in Woking . Wokingham was known as Oakingham until the 19th century .
In the Domesday Survey of 1086, Wokingham is not mentioned in any form. Only in 1146 is the place mentioned together with Sonning and Dunsden as land that is owned by the Bishop of Salisbury. In the year 1160 a chaplain is documented for the first time in Wokingham, in 1190 the church there was dedicated to All Saints by Bishop Bubert Walter . The church or chapel of Chapel at that time had baptismal and burial rights. Since half of the place belonged to the Bishop of Salisbury, this part was not part of County Berkshire, but belonged to Wiltshire.
In 1219 Wokingham was Bischoff Richard Poore , the market rights granted, he built the site around the existing church even further. The first market was still on the site of today's town hall. This was probably also because he was just starting the construction of Salisbury Cathedral and was dependent on more income. Forty years after the market law, the place was also allowed to hold a festival on St. Barnaba's Day and on All Saints Day. Shortly thereafter, Broad and Denmark Streets were built and the market was moved to Wide Avenue.
Wokingham also became known for its bell foundry. As early as 1383, when a bell was donated to Dorchester Abbey , this craft was known from Wokingham and many churches around Wokingham had bells from here. In the first half of the 16th century a school is documented for the first time in the village, which was attached to the choir that was dissolved in the same century. The bell foundry was in the center of town until the late 16th century before moving to Reading . The Bell Foundry Lane still reminds of this fact today. Queen Elizabeth I is also said to have visited Wokingham several times. In 1583 the city was granted city rights by the Queen, which was expanded by James I in 1612 , making the city independent of Sonning. At the same time, Flemish weavers, persecuted for religious reasons in their homeland, moved to Wokingham and began making silk goods there, for which the town became famous and was an important industry until the early 19th century. Also known around this time were the fattened chickens that were sold at the market. There was also a carriage factory owned by the Lush brothers, who built carriages for King Edward VII , Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein and Empress Eugénie de Montijo , among others . There was also a larger brick factory in town.
When the butcher George Staverton was mauled by a bull in 1661, he started a bullfighting tradition in the town, which took place in the market square until it was banned in 1821 on St. Thomas' Day. Cockfights, of which the Cockpit Path still reminds us today, are also documented. In 1665 the Lucas Hospital was founded by Henry Lucas, Secretary to the Count of Holland. But apart from the establishment of the hospital, he had no other connection to the city.
The city was also known in the 18th century for the Wokingham Blacks. This gang, based in a house in Wokingham, robbed and murdered people in Windsor Forest. Their name comes from the fact that they each painted their faces black. To combat them, the so-called Black Act was passed in the British Parliament in 1723 , which was also named after them. The Baptist Church was built for the first time in 1774 (rebuilt in 1861). In 1759 the Turnpike Road was completed which connected Wokingham with Reading and Sunninghill. From Sunninghill one could then travel on to London. 1787 the boxing match between Tom Johnson and Bill Warr for the English championship took place in Wokingham .
In 1849 Wokingham got a station on the Reading to Guildford railway line . In the following two decades, the current council house, the police station and the prison were built. The St. Paul Chuch was also built during this period. In the Borough Council of 1885 the organization of the city was revised, the last Aldermann England had to give up his post and was replaced by an elected mayor.
A memorial in the town hall in Wokingham, on which the names of the fallen is recorded, testifies to the First World War. During the First World War some casualties had to be documented, there were during the Second World War, only one other person from Wokingham, during the Falklands War was killed.
The old Wokingham Parish was separated in 1894 and merged again with the Wokingham Rural District to form the Borough of Wokingham in 1974 based on the Local Government Act 1972 . In 1998 the district was transformed into a unitary authority .
politics
Town Council
The Town Council consists of 25 members who represent the eight city districts ("wards"). They are elected every four years.
As a whole, the Town Council only meets six times a year. The Council organizes its actual work in various committees. With the exception of some of the meetings of the Finance & Personnel Commission, all meetings are open to the public.
Commissions
- Amenities: This commission is responsible for the maintenance of the city's parks, buildings, markets, playgrounds and the four allotment areas.
- Arts and Culture: This commission organizes cultural events in the city center.
- Civic: This commission deals with state policy issues and organizes the Civic Awards. She also maintains contact with the partner cities.
- Finance & Personnel: deals with the finances and personnel of the city administration. The Commission is also responsible for controlling the budget and allocating funds to charities. This commission can exclude the public and the press if the content of the meetings is confidential.
- Planning & Transportation: This commission assesses planning and development work in an advisory capacity and deals with transport issues. She is also partly responsible for the maintenance of the bus station and the park benches.
mayor
The mayor is the first citizen of the city and is elected once a year by the legislature. He has a representative function.
The current mayor of the city is Peter Lucey. (As of September 2017)
Town twinning
Wokingham's twin cities are Erftstadt in North Rhine-Westphalia since 1977 and Viry-Châtillon in the French region of Île-de-France .
traffic
The station is on the junction of the Waterloo – Reading line , which runs from London Waterloo to Reading , and the North Downs Line , which runs from Redhill to Reading.
The distribution in Wokingham itself is ensured by Courtney Buses , who develop Courtney with ten different bus routes.
Wokingham is connected to the trunk road network via the M4 motorway.
Sports
The local football club is Wokingham & Emmbrook FC , which was formed in 2004 from the merger of Wokingham Town and Emmbrook Sports. You are currently playing in the Hellenic League, Division 1, in England's ninth highest division. The greatest success of the previous club Wokingham Town was in 1982 reaching the main round of the FA Cup , where they forced Cardiff City from the third-rate Second Division after a 1-1 at home to a replay, but that they lost 3-0.
Wokingham CC has its playground outside of Wokingham in Sindlesham .
The Wokingham Half Marathon , which was held for the first time in 1984, takes place every February .
Personalities
- Claude Duval (1643–1670), French robber baron
- Thomas Godwin (1517–1590), Bishop of Bath & Wells
- John Walter III (1818-1894), owner and publisher of the Times
- Isaac Deutscher (1907-1967), Polish writer, Trotskyite and historian, lived in Wokingham from the late 1950s to 1963.
- Dick Francis (1920-2010), British writer
- Jason Watkins (born 1966), British actor
- Will Young (* 1979), British singer and actor, winner of the first Pop Idol season
- Anna Watkins (* 1983), British swimmer
- Charlie Austin (* 1989), football player ( Southampton FC )
- Nicholas Hoult (* 1989), British film and theater actor
- Dan Howell (* 1991), British Youtuber, author, BBC Radio 1 presenter
Web links
literature
- Jim Bell: Wokingham in the news . A Chronical History of Wokingham from local Newspapers, 1858-1999. Ed .: The Wokingham Society. Wokingham 2016 (English, wokinghamsociety.org.uk [PDF; 7.1 MB ]).
Individual evidence
- ^ Ward Maps. Wokingham Town Council, accessed September 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Climatological averages for the period 1981 to 2010. (PDF) In: Wokingham Climatological Data. Accessed September 2, 2017 .
- ↑ David Nash: Wokingham. A Town of Bells & Bull-Baiting. In: Royal Berkshire History. Accessed September 2, 2017 .
- ^ Wokingham History. The Wokingham Society, accessed September 2, 2017 .
- ^ Wokingham Town Hall War Memorial. Wokingham Town Council, accessed September 2, 2017 .
- ^ The Town Council. Wokingham Town Council, accessed September 2, 2017 .
- ^ Allotments. Wokingham Town Council, accessed September 2, 2017 .
- ↑ The Mayor. Wokingham Town Council, accessed September 2, 2017 .
- ↑ wokinghamtwinning.org.uk
- ^ Wokingham Network Map. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Courtney Buses, archived from the original on September 3, 2017 ; accessed on September 2, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Wokingham Town. In: Football Club History Database. Accessed September 2, 2017 .
- ^ Past Winners. Wokingham Half Marathon, accessed September 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Jennie Slevin: Wokingham gold medalist Anna Watkins chats to Clare Balding on her BBC Two show. April 10, 2015, accessed September 2, 2017 .
