Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Winkfield

Winkfield, vil. and par. (Winkfield with Ascot), Berks, in E. of co.- par. (containing Broadmoor Lunatic Asylum, and parts of Ascot and Bracknell), 10,278 ac., pop. 3622; vil., 3 miles NE. of Bracknell and 5 miles SW. of Windsor; P.O., T.O., called Winkfield (North Street); in vicinity is the hamlet of Winkfield Row; P.O. Winkfield Place and numerous other residences are in the par.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Winkfield AP/CP       Berkshire AncC
Place names: WINKFIELD     |     WINKFIELD NORTH STREET
Place: Winkfield

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