{{Short description|Village in Berkshire, England}} {{other uses}} {{Use British English|date=October 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox UK place |country = England |official_name= Warfield |civil_parish= Warfield |shire_district= Bracknell Forest |shire_county = Berkshire |region= South East England |static_image_name= Newell Hall - geograph.org.uk - 78343.jpg |static_image_caption= Newell Hall | population = 11,260 | population_ref = ''(2021)'' |constituency_westminster= Maidenhead<br />Bracknell (minor) |post_town= BRACKNELL |postcode_district = RG42 |postcode_area= RG |dial_code= 01344 |os_grid_reference= SU8772 |coordinates = {{coord|51.442|-0.737|display=inline,title}} }}
'''Warfield''' is a village and civil parish in the Bracknell Forest district, in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. In 2021 it had a population of 11,260.
==History== Warfield was originally an Anglo-Saxon settlement and is recorded in the Domesday Book as ''Warwelt'' [sic]. The name is believed to have originated from the Old English ''wær'' + ''feld'', meaning 'Open land by a weir'.<ref>Mills, A.D: ''A Dictionary of English Place-Names'', page 346. Oxford University Press, 1991.</ref> The medieval church is one of the finest in Berkshire, particularly noted for its Decorated Period chancel with beautiful carvings and 'Green Men'. It is a Grade II* listed building and located on Church Lane, ¾ of a mile north-east of the modern centre of the village. It is dedicated to the archangel Michael. The area around the church has been designated a conservation area since 1974 primarily to protect the character and nature of this historical building.
There are several memorials to the Stavertons who lived at the old manor house in the moat at Hayley Green. This was replaced, in the Georgian period, by Warfield House ''alias'' Warfield Grove, the home of Admiral Sir George Bowyer and, later, the political writer, Sir John Hippisley. Another fine old country house was Warfield Park. In the 18th century, it was the home of John Walsh, the Secretary to Lord Clive and an amateur scientist, and later to his niece, Margaret Benn Walsh and her descendants the Lords Ormathwaite.<ref>[http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/eicah/warfield-park-berkshire/warfield-park-case-study-a-country-house-of-ones-own/ Warfield Park Case Study: A Country House of One’s Own] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107090804/http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/eicah/warfield-park-berkshire/warfield-park-case-study-a-country-house-of-ones-own/ |date=7 January 2014 }}. Blogs.ucl.ac.uk (18 January 2013). Retrieved on 17 July 2013.</ref> It was pulled down in 1955.<ref>[http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/eicah/warfield-park-berkshire/ Warfield Park, Berkshire]. Blogs.ucl.ac.uk (18 January 2013). Retrieved on 17 July 2013.</ref> Warfield Hall, built in the 1840s, is the former home of Field Marshal Sir Charles Brownlow.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.warfieldparishcouncil.org.uk/rsc/Heritage1.pdf|title=Warfield Parish Council Heritage Trail|publisher=Warfield Parish Council|access-date=3 August 2013|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402063634/http://www.warfieldparishcouncil.org.uk/rsc/Heritage1.pdf|archive-date=2 April 2013}}</ref>
==Geography==
The area of Warfield known as Hayley Green has on its border a local nature reserves called Hayley Green Wood.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=REF_CODE%3D%271082989%27 |title=Magic Map Application |publisher=Magic.defra.gov.uk |access-date=2017-04-25}}</ref>
==Local government==
Warfield is a civil parish, with a parish council that first met in 1894. It is one of six towns and parishes that make up the Bracknell Forest. Warfield residents are represented by councillors on Bracknell Forest Council from the wards of Binfield North & Warfield West, and Winkfield & Warfield East.
==Demography==
Men in the Warfield Harvest Ride ward had the highest life expectancy at birth, 90.3 years, of any ward in England and Wales in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |title=Health 'to start failing at 47' in parts of Blackpool and Middlesbrough |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43317918 |access-date=23 November 2018 |publisher=BBC |date=7 March 2018}}</ref>
==Notable residents== *Kerry Ingram (1999-), actress (''Matilda the Musical'', ''Game of Thrones'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2107245_help_matilda_star_kerry_ingram_win_award|title=Help Matilda star Kerry Ingram win award|publisher=Get Surrey|access-date=17 July 2022|last=Fort|first=Hugh|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130420034638/http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2107245_help_matilda_star_kerry_ingram_win_award|archive-date=20 April 2013}}</ref>
==Freedom of the Parish== The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Parish of Warfield.
{{Incomplete list|date=October 2023}}
===Individuals=== * Colleen Dulieu: 30 July 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Colleen Dulieu receives the Freedom of the Parish |url=https://www.warfieldparishcouncil.gov.uk/2023/09/colleen-dulieu-receives-the-freedom-of-the-parish/ |publisher=The Warfield Parish Council |date=30 July 2023 |access-date=25 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Warfield}} *[http://www.warfieldparishcouncil.gov.uk/ Warfield Parish Council] *[http://www.berkshirehistory.com/villages/warfield.html Royal Berkshire History: Warfield] *[http://www.bfheritage.org.uk/history.php?CID=25&Title=The+Parish+of+Warfield Bracknell Forest Heritage: Warfield]
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Category:Warfield Category:Villages in Berkshire Category:Civil parishes in Berkshire Category:Bracknell Forest